The Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) is a scientific research centre of (neuro-)psychiatry and mental health. Research takes place in the field of adult as well as child- and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Antwerp, department Medicine.
AIMOur aim is to perform scientific research in the field of psychiatry. This refers to all activities of research concerning clinical psychiatry and clinical psychology focused on psychiatric disorders in children, adults and the elders. We conduct scientific research in the distinct fields of (neuro-) psychiatry at the University of Antwerp, the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA; Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen) Department Psychiatry, the UCKJA (Universitair Centrum Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie/AZ Middelheim te Antwerpen), the General Centre Hospital Antwerp (Algemeen Centrumziekenhuis Antwerpen)-Campus Stuivenberg and the Psychiatric Hospital St-Norbertushuis (Duffel).
The purpose of this scientific research is to understand the basics that underlie specific psychiatric disorders, in order to improve diagnostics and treatment. This research will be executed from different angles, e.g. epidemiology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychopathology and psychoneuropharmacology. |