Management
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg M. Fegert
Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Kölch
Prof. Dr. med. Isabel Böge
The working group "Care research in child and adolescent psychiatry" deals with social psychiatric and care issues in child and adolescent psychiatry. One focus is on the care of neglected, abused and sexually abused children and adolescents.
The vulnerability of children and adolescents to mental disorders is characterised by genetic factors, but also by psychosocial factors in particular. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are the strongest risk factors for complex psychopathology with externalising and internalising symptoms and long-term impairments in children and adolescents. Typical risk groups are children in institutions, foster children and children of mentally ill parents. Certain disorders such as social behaviour disorders, but also affective disorders, show an increasingly severe degree of severity in the course of the disease, but also the risk of various comorbid disorders. The working group deals with the epidemiology of experiences with ACE, the course of psychopathology under developmental aspects, as well as therapy options within the framework of clinical studies. Under the aspect of care research, care data is analysed and new care models are tested.
Further topics of the working group are ethical and legal framework conditions for improving participation, stigma, inclusion etc. as well as improvements in care in an international dimension.
Further functions of Prof Fegert
Overall scientific management of the "Knowledge transfer, dissemination, e-learning" working group
A central concern of Prof Jörg M. Fegert is the creation of structures for knowledge transfer, the dissemination of research results and the continuation of projects. In this context, he is responsible for the overall scientific management of the working group "Knowledge Transfer, Dissemination, E-Learning"(https://www.uniklinik-ulm.de/kinder-und-jugendpsychiatriepsychotherapie/sektionen-und-arbeitsgruppen/arbeitsgruppe-wissenstransfer-dissemination-e-learning.html) in the area of research
Acting head of the "Psychotherapy Research and Behavioural Medicine" section
Since the death of Prof. Lutz Goldbeck in autumn 2017, Prof. Jörg M. Fegert has taken over the provisional management of the "Psychotherapy Research and Behavioural Medicine" section and the associated projects.(https://www.uniklinik-ulm.de/kinder-und-jugendpsychiatriepsychotherapie/forschung-und-arbeitsgruppen/sektion-psychotherapieforschung-und-verhaltensmedizin.html)
Honorary commitment
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Family Issues
Appointed to the Advisory Board in 2002, Prof Dr Jörg M. Fegert has been Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Family Issues at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) since the beginning of 2017.
The Advisory Council was founded in its current form in 1970 and advises the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs independently and on a voluntary basis on issues relating to family research and family policy. The committee is made up of interdisciplinary members who are appointed by the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth on the recommendation of the Advisory Board.
The Advisory Council issues expert opinions and statements on key family policy issues. So far, for example, reports have been published on intergenerational relationships, the educational significance of the family, the equalisation of family burdens or, most recently, foster families and migration. These reports usually conclude with recommendations for policy action and research.
Vice-Chair of Aktion psychisch Kranke e.V. (APK)
Link: http://www.apk-ev.de/ueber-die-apk/
Technical report on the project "Care for mentally ill children and adolescents in Germany - stocktaking and needs analysis"(http://www.apk-ev.de/fileadmin/downloads/Abschlussbericht_Versorgung_psychisch_kranke_Kinder_u_Jugendliche.pdf)
Member of the advisory board and expert advisory board of the Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues
Link: https://beauftragte-missbrauch.de/
Chairman of KlinikSchulVerein e.V.
Link: Hans-Lebrecht-School