"DFG-POKAL in Munich"
GPs play a central role in the care of patients with depression, as they often make the initial diagnosis and take the lead in treatment. However, physical illnesses can mask depression and make it more difficult to select and implement suitable therapies.
The General Medicine Research Training Group "Predictors and clinical outcomes of depressive disorders in primary care (POKAL, DFG-GRK 2621)" is therefore developing new diagnostic and treatment approaches and implementation aids for primary care. Nine colleagues from general medicine, psychiatry, psychosomatics, psychology, public health and computer science at LMU and TU Munich (spokesperson: Gensichen J. / co-spokesperson: Schneider A.) will support around 20 doctoral students in this field of research over the next four and a half years. The DFG is providing approximately 5 million euros for this purpose.
Front (from left): Prof. Dr. Jochen Gensichen (Speaker, Institute of General Medicine, LMU Klinikum), Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini (LMU Vice President), Dr. Isolde von Bülow (LMU Graduate Center), Prof. Dr. Antonius Schneider (Co-Speaker, Institute of General Medicine and Health Services Research, TUM)
Middle (from left): Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kramer (TUM Vice President), Prof. Dr. Helmut Krcmar (Chair of Information Systems, TUM), PD Dr. Gabriele Pitschel-Waltz (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, TUM), PD Dr. Karoline Lukaschek (Institute of General Medicine, LMU Hospital)
Back (from left): Prof. Dr. Tobias Dreischulte (Institute of General Medicine, LMU Klinikum), Prof. Dr. Markus Bühner (Department of Psychology, LMU), Prof. Dr. Peter Henningsen (Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, TUM), PD Dr. Caroline Jung-Sievers (Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, LMU), Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Klinikum)
