Title: 

Prof.

First Name: 

Heinz

Last Name: 

Katschnig

Position: 

Director

Email: 

heinz.katschnig@lubis.lbg.ac.at

1968: M.D., University of Vienna
1968 - 1974: Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna
1974: Consultant for Psychiatry and Neurology
1974 - 1976: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1977 - today: Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry, Vienna
1980: Assistant Professor and
1985: Full Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna
1991 - 2007: Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Vienna, since 2004: Medical University of Vienna
 

Research fields:
Quality of Life, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, Social Psychiatry, Life Events, Health Services Research, Schizophrenia and the Family

Scientific publications:
396 publications, editor of several books, among others: "Life Events and Psychiatric Disorders - Controversial Issues", Cambridge University Press, 1986, "Die andere Seite der Schizophrenie - Patienten zu Hause" (The Other Side of Schizophrenia - Patients at Home), "Quality of Life in Mental Disorders" (with H. Freeman and N. Sartorius), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester New York (translated into Japanese, Italian and Spanish), second edition 2006

Editor and advisory board of scientific journals
Editor of "Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology"
Member of Advisory Board "Methods in Psychiatric Research"
Member of Advisory Board "World Psychiatry"
Member of Advisory Board "Neuropsychiatrie"

WHO, European Commission, Council of Europe
National Counterpart for Mental Health (WHO-EURO)
Member of Working Party for Mental Health - European Commission (to 2007)
Member of Council of Europe expert group on psychiatry (to 2008)
Twinning Project Mental Health Reform Romania

First Name: 

Gabriele

Last Name: 

Niedermayer, MA

Position: 

Administration, Office Management

Email: 

gabriele.niedermayer@lubis.lbg.ac.at

Studied LIS (Library and Information Science) at the university of applied sciences in Eisenstadt.

Task at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut for Social Psychiatry:

• Office Management
• Assistance with scientific projects

Title: 

Prof.

First Name: 

Michaela

Last Name: 

Amering

Position: 

EU Project Coordinator

Email: 

michaela.amering@meduniwien.ac.at

Academic Training
1980: University entrance level
1987: Graduation Dr. med., University of Vienna
1994: Specialist qualification "psychiatry and neurology"
1998: Diploma Psychotherapeutic Medicine
1999: Habilitation "The Social Psychiatry of Panic Disorder"

Clinical Activities
1988 - 1994: Residency at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna
1994 - 1999: Psychiatrist in charge at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna (Focus Day Hospital)
2000 - 2001: Consultant psychiatrist with North Birmingham Mental Health Trust, Birmingham, UK - Home Treatment and Assertive Outreach - 12 months
2003 - 2007: Psychiatrist in charge of unit for "Integrative treatment of psychotic disorders" at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, MUW - (in-patient, out-patient, day care)

Engagements Abroad
1985 (1 month): McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - undergraduate internship
2000 - 2001 (18 months): Consultant and Research Psychiatrist North Birmingham Mental Health Trust, Birmingham, UK
2001 - 2002 (18 months): NYU research fellow: Qualitative research project at Nathan Kline Institute, New York: "Informed Consumers' Decisions to Use or Decline Psychiatric advance Directives (PAD) in New York State"
sind April 2007: Research Visit University of London, UK - Qualitative and quantitative methods for research into change processes in Trialogue and new forms of therapeutic relationships

Actual Functions in Scientific and Professional Associations
Secretary of section "Public Policy and Psychiatry" - WPA
(World Psychiatric Association)
Secretary of section "Women's Mental Health" - EPA
(European Psychiatric Association)
Internal Auditor 2009 - EPA (European Psychiatric Association)
Co-chair of Public Health Component - WPA (World Psychiatric Association) - Institutional Program on Psychiatry for the Person
Small Grant Selection Committee member - Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (AIMHP), Geneva
Board Member of the Österreichische Schizophreniegesellschaft

Memberships
Member of the International Network for Training, Education and Research into Hearing Voices (INTERVOICE)
Member of ÖGPP (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie)
AG "Außerstationäre Einrichtungen" ÖGPP
AG "Ambulante Psychotherapie" ÖGPP

Editorial Board
Editorial Advisory Board - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Editor Reihe Basiswissen, Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn

Reviewer
Archives of General Psychiatry
British Journal of Psychiatry
Psychiatrische Praxis
Psychopathology
International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (IJPCP)
Journal für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie (JNNP)
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing House

First Name: 

Gisela

Last Name: 

Hagmair, MA

Position: 

Researcher

Email: 

gisela.hagmair@lubis.lbg.ac.at

• Sociolinguist
• Research Assistant at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry.
• Currently main researcher for the EU funded project ITHACA
• Research assistance in the EU funded project EUGATE
• Previous research experience in the field of language attitudes, language (minority) policies and text analysis.
• Main areas of interest are: human rights in mental health institutions, migration and health.

First Name: 

Christa

Last Name: 

Strassmayr, MA

Position: 

Researcher

Email: 

christa.strassmayr@lubis.lbg.ac.at

Studied sociology and journalism at the Vienna University.
Further education in project management in the field of addiction prevention and as trainer and coach.

Main tasks at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry:

• Researcher and project management
• Main responsible person for the EU funded projects PROMO and EUGATE
• Research assistance at the "Pharmacy Project"

Main areas of interest and research:

• Mental health promotion for socially marginalised people
• Migration & health
• Coping, health seeking and help seeking behaviour in case of mental disorders