University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Zentralgebäude der UPD

A large number of studies show that older people need adapted treatment. The University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy is unique in German-speaking Switzerland as it includes a full professorship specifically for old-age psychiatry and psychotherapy in the role of department head.

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Profile

  • Teaching students studying medicine, pharmacy, psychology, and artificial intelligence in medicine as well as PhD students at the Graduate School of Health Sciences
  • Seven research groups
  • Investigation of cognitive functions with behavioral assessment, brain imaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation in healthy adults and in patients with a neurodegenerative or a psychiatric disorder
  • Application of tablet-based cognitive training in cognitive impairment
  • Improvement of sleep to enhance cognition in old age
  • Aim: Development and validation of non-pharmacological interventions to slow down cognitive decline

External Partners

Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Neuroradiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland; SleepLoop Consortium, University of Zurich/ETH Zurich/University of Ulm; Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, University of Vienna, Austria; Neuroscience Centre, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway; Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany; Technical University, Munich, Germany; University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, Lyon, France

Grants

  • Swiss National Science Foundation (189240,185105,191026, 2152569, 215333)
  • Synapsis Foundation
  • Empiris Foundation
  • Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation
  • SISF (Sitem Insel Support Funds)
  • Age Foundation