Evaluation and publication of research projects in social psychiatry and epidemiology

Information dissemination, access, and comprehension are key components for citizen involvement in democratic processes. The broad dissemination and respective ease of comprehension of voting relevant information in election/voting booklet provided by, for example, the Federal Chancellery is a key prerequisite for votes by informed citizens. ...

A novel situational judgement test to assess borderline personality disorder is translated from english to German and evaluated.

In 2009 the project “Kinokultur in der Schule” was launched with the aim to sensitize secondary school students for the film medium and to stimulate their interest in present-day Swiss film culture. To achieve this objective, teachers are provided with classroom materials on current Swiss film productions, which can be downloaded for free. In ...

Based on clinical registry data from the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurüch (PSYREC) we address various research questions concerning involuntary admissions and coercion in psychiatry.

BEGIN aims to support and evaluate the vocational training and career start of immigrants in the field of basic nursing by means of a mentoring programme that was specifically developed based on professional didactics. In close collaboration with the basic training as a healthcare aide offered by the Swiss Red Cross, referred to as 'Lehrgang ...

This project examines temporal associations between hormone levels, affectivity and cognitive functions.h

The ZHAW Media Psychology section designed the qualitative research project ‘Generation Smartphone’ in collaboration with the FHNW School of Social Work. The aim is to study smartphone use and its significance in the everyday life of 30 adolescents in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The qualitative data collected is being evaluated by the ...

This project examines changes in personality traits and their association with psychopathological syndromes during the course of a psychotherapeutic intervention.

When parents develop mental illness, children have a lot of questions and worries. The children are at a higher risk to develop mental illness themselves in later life. That is one of the reasons why it is important to monitor their uncertainty early on and to help them find answers to their questions. Among other things, child-appropriate media ...

The MIKE study focuses on the media use of six to thirteen years old children. It is the first representative study of media use of children in Switzerland and is conducted every two years since 2015. MIKE stands for Medien, Interaktion, Kinder, Eltern (media, interaction, children, parents). Each time, the study surveys over 1,000 children and ...

Children and adolescents are growing up in a world of media diversity. Parents and teachers often feel uncertain or out of their depth and wonder: how much media time and what media content is good for children? What is to be done in the event of cybermobbing or online addiction? The MEDIENKOMPETENZ (media literacy) guide of the Media Psychology ...

The results of the study were summarized in the following publication: Pletscher, M; Mattli, R; von Wyl, A; Reich, O; Wieser, S (2015). The societal costs of schizophrenia in switzerland. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 18, 2. 93-103 ABSTRACT: Background: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that typically develops in ...

JAMES stands for Youth, Activities, Media - Swiss Survey (in German). The JAMES Study has been providing representative figures about the media use of young people in Switzerland since 2010 and is conducted by ZHAW every two years. Each time, the study surveys over 1,000 adolescents aged 12 to 19 in the three large language regions of Switzerland. ...