Research at the University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy focuses on understanding the development of mental health conditions and advancing their prevention, early detection, and treatment from early childhood through adolescence and emerging adulthood.
Our research spans a broad range of areas, including risk-taking and self-harming behavior, personality disorders, early psychosis, sleep and mental health, eating disorders, childhood maltreatment and trauma, early childhood psychopathology, and child and adolescent forensic psychiatry.
Across these areas, we investigate psychological, social, and neurobiological mechanisms, developmental trajectories, and clinical outcomes using a broad range of methods, including behavioral paradigms, neuroimaging, psychophysiology, neuroendocrinology, longitudinal assessments, and digital assessment and intervention methods.
Our research is guided by a translational approach that seeks to bridge scientific discovery and clinical practice. We are committed to participatory research involving young people and families, and to open science principles promoting transparency, reproducibility, and accessibility.
