Additional informationErasmus University Medical Centre is the largest university medical centre in the Netherlands and is known for its high quality epidemiological and public health research. The department of child and adolescent psychiatry consists of clinical facilities (outpatient department, child residential clinic and an adolescent psychiatric clinic), teaching and research facilities. Research in the department of child and adolescent psychiatry mainly consists of general population and clinical epidemiology and is part of the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences (NIHES). The department of child and adolescent psychiatry has a 30-year track of epidemiological research and is internationally known for its work. The main activities pertain to longitudinal epidemiological research and research on diagnostic assessments, with an emphasis on multiple informant assessment of psychopathology from childhood into adulthood. The department is leading in Europe as far as standardized diagnostic assessment procedures are concerned and is one of the strongest centres in Europe of etiological epidemiological research in the field of child psychopathology. The department leads the behavioural/cognitive section of a large-scale longitudinal birth cohort, GenerationR, which is internationally known for its innovative methodology and results. The department of child and adolescent psychiatry has a strong research tradition; currently it has about 35 PhD students and a research staff of 4 professors, 2 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 2 research child psychiatrists, and 4 postdocs. The department is involved in teaching medical students and psychology students. Each year the department produces about 50 peer reviewed articles and an average of 3 PhDs. The research group has a separate floor of about 500 square meters dedicated to research with high quality technical facilities for data collection and analyses. |
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