1. Mental Health Research Group Jürgen Barth Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine Division Social and Behavioural Health Research University Bern Research Day ISPM Bern 11.09.2007

2. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 2 Themes  Mental Health —epidemiology and measurement of Mental Health —individual resources for Mental Health  Interaction of Mental Health and Physical Health —Mental Health as outcome in physically ill patients —Mental Health in physically ill patients (aetiology; prognosis)  Improving interventions and delivery of interventions to promote Mental Health —critical appraisal, reviews —intervention studies with collaborators

3. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 3 Mental Health and Mental Disorders  normal vs. sub-clinical vs. mental disorder  prevention vs. treatment / cure  community vs. education and counseling vs. psychotherapy WHO

4. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 4 Research projects Ongoing  Mental Health and Quality of Life in patients with Huntington‘s Disease (Barth, Licklederer, Wolff; funding via German Society for HD)  Psychotherapy for patients with infertility (Barth, Hämmerli, Znoj; without funding) Upcoming  Meta-Analysis and network meta-analysis on the efficacy of psychotherapeutic interventions (Barth, Znoj, Jüni, Egger; Swiss National Science Foundation); starting date 1.1.2008

5. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 5 Collaborations  Department of Psychosomatics, Bern (Prof. von Känel)  Department of Clinical Psychology, Bern (Prof. Znoj)  working group Psychocardiology, Bern (Prof. Saner)  Measurement and Evaluation Research Group (Prof. Matt, San Diego)

6. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 6 The Group  what is missing?  the group! (group = minimum number of 3 persons)  first meeting in October  everybody is welcome (invitation by e-mail)

7. Mental Health Research Group Jürgen Barth Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine Division Social and Behavioural Health Research University Bern Research Day ISPM Bern 11.09.2007

8. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 8

9. 11. September 2007 Research Group Mental Health 9 Teaching  Swiss School of Public Health (submission of Mental Health workshop for PhD students)  University teaching (Wahlpraktikum Mental Health, to be submitted)  Workshop on systematic reviews and meta-analysis in psychotherapy research (Society of Psychotherapy Research, SPR)  Workshop on Rehabilitation-Psychology (Fribourg)