Research Department of Psychiatry | ESPRi

Consortiums

ESPRi Consortium: Advancing Psychiatric Research and Public Health

Description

The Department of Psychiatry at Erasmus MC leads the ESPRi network, which connects mental health care organizations from the south and west of the Netherlands with the Municipality of Rotterdam.

ESPRi, the Epidemiological & Social Psychiatric Research Institute, evolved from the O3 Research Center, is a collaborative effort aimed at conducting research that directly impacts patient care within these mental health institutions and promotes public mental health across the country.

Participating mental health care providers include

- GGZ Delfland

- GGZ WNB

- GGZ Breburg

- Parnassia Antes

- Yulius

- Emergis

- Pameijer

The consortium's general board consists of the leadership from these mental health institutions, the directors of GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Erasmus MC, and the principal investigators. They are supported by a scientific advisory board.

Prof. dr. Niels Mulder

- Professor of Public Mental Health, Psychiatrist

- Program Leader of ESPRi

- Project leader of ESPR's UP's cohort

- Chair of the NVvP since 2022

Dr. Nina Grootendorst

- Assistant Professor, Psychiatrist and Epidemiologist

- Project leader of ESPRI's iBerry study

- Trained as an epidemiologist, she earned her PhD in 2016 for her research on prenatal influences on cognition and behavior in children within the Generation R cohort

Dr. Astrid Kamperman

- Assistant Professor, Psychologist, and Epidemiologist

- Serves as the methodologist and statistician within ESPRi

- Her research focuses on social psychiatric themes, particularly the mental health of women, and the application of Big Data and AI in research and practice

Milan Zarchev

- Postdoc, Psychologist, and Epidemiologist

- Methodologist and statistician within ESPRi

- His research explores adversity, trauma, childhood maltreatment, and their impact on the development of psychopathology

ESPRi's Core Activities

Research Initiation and Coordination

ESPRi initiates, coordinates, and facilitates research projects across its network.

Statistical & Methodological Support

Offering comprehensive support to individual (clinical) researchers, consortium-wide initiatives, and research lines. Key contacts include Dr. Astrid Kamperman and drs. Milan Zarchev.

Symposia and Knowledge Exchange

Annual symposia foster collaboration and disseminate research findings across the field. In addition, ESPRi circulates a biannual newsletter to keep partners and stakeholders informed about the latest developments, ongoing research, and upcoming events.

Training and Research Opportunities

ESPRi provides research opportunities and guidance to PhD candidates, psychiatry residents, and clinical psychology students, many of whom undertake research internships as part of Erasmus MC' two long-running cohort studies: UP's Study and The iBerry Study. For more information or inquiries about available opportunities, you can contact us at onderzoek.psychiatrie@erasmusmc.nl

Research Hub

Beyond its internal projects, ESPRi serves as a research hub, connecting and facilitating epidemiological and clinical research initiatives from both Erasmus MC and its partners. This ensures a continuous flow of knowledge and expertise that enhances the quality and scope of mental health care research in the region.

Other ESPRi Studies

Violence in Acute Psychiatric Care: CRITIC Study.

Erasmus MC Patient Populations

Postpartum Psychosis

OPPER, NP3, Image AL, MRI-study, ExPerienceS

Peripartum Psychiatry

MAIA, DAPPER, Bright Up!, Stop or Go, INCAS, Mind2Care, Peri-OCD, POPPER, PROFILE, Kansrijke Start - Big Data

PMS and PMDD

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ECT Treatment for Severe Depression

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Publications

Over the past few years, more than 300 peer-reviewed articles have been published in leading journals within the field. You can explore ESPRi-related publications here.

Previous PhD Theses in ESPRi

Currently, there are around 10 PhD candidates actively engaged in research under the ESPRi consortium.

A list of prior PhD dissertations that have been developed in collaboration with ESPRi includes:

Determinants of Antisocial Behavior into Adulthood: The Role of Pubertal Timing, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Dual Harm

Philip Michielsen (2024)

ESPRi Consortium: Advancing Psychiatric Research and Public Health

Description

Participating mental health care providers include

ESPRi's Core Activities

Research Initiation and Coordination

Statistical & Methodological Support

Symposia and Knowledge Exchange

Training and Research Opportunities

Research Hub

Other ESPRi Studies

Erasmus MC Patient Populations

Postpartum Psychosis

Peripartum Psychiatry

PMS and PMDD

ECT Treatment for Severe Depression

Publications

Previous PhD Theses in ESPRi

A list of prior PhD dissertations that have been developed in collaboration with ESPRi includes:

Determinants of Antisocial Behavior into Adulthood: The Role of Pubertal Timing, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Dual Harm

On Aggression & Offending: Quantitative analyses on biopsychosocial risk factors for antisocial behavior

Illness management and recovery: Implementation and effects

Sensory processing and psychopathology: a forensic perspective

Reduction of compulsory psychiatric admissions

Money for Medication: Financial incentives for improving antipsychotic medication adherence in patients with psychotic disorders

Motivation for Psychiatric Treatment in Outpatients with Severe Mental Illness

Early Detection of Mental and Motor Symptoms in the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

The effects of Crisis Plans for Patients with Psychotic and Bipolar Disorders

Assertive Community Treatment in the Netherlands

Assertive Community Treatment for Elderly Patients with Severe Mental Illness

Anxiety disorders and depression in older adults

Use of Routine Outcome Monitoring data for evaluating Assertive Community Treatment

Coercive interventions during inpatient psychiatric care: Patients' preference, prevention, and effects

Adherence to Treatment in Patients with Psychosis

Follow-up after Involuntary Admission: Who Cares?

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