IFT Institute for Therapy Research

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The IFT Institute for Therapy Research , based in Munich , was founded in 1973.

history

The independent research institute for application-related issues was founded in 1973 in Munich by the scientific staff of the Psychology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry Johannes Clemens Brengelmann , Norbert Mai and Gerhard Bühringer . In the beginning, five scientific employees work at the institute. At the same time as the establishment of the Institute for Therapy Research, the "Drug Dependence Project Group" was set up at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry. In 1987 the "drug addiction project group" was integrated into the IFT. In the period from 1990 to 1995 the Institute for Therapy Research was expanded to its present size with over 20 scientific employees. In the meantime, the Institute's German Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction had been founded in 1993 . In 2003 the institute was divided into the two departments epidemiological research and intervention research. The independent, state-recognized training institute IFT-Health Promotion works closely with the IFT. Today the institute is run by a non-profit organization. Financing is based on project funding and contracts. Clients include federal ministries, federal and state authorities and EU organizations.

Head of the institute was u. a. Gerhard Bühringer.

tasks

The institute focuses on the research of substance-related disorders (legal and illegal drugs and medication ), pathological gambling , obesity and eating disorders . Fundamental and application-related issues are dealt with in both departments. The institute information can be obtained via the news service or the Internet.

research

The eight research groups of the IFT publish, among other things, the German Addiction Aid Statistics, the Epidemiological Addiction Survey, the European Student Study on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) and the national REITOX report on the drug situation in Germany.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IFT Institute for Therapy Research , accessed June 19, 2011.
  2. ^ IFT Institute for Therapy Research - History , accessed June 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: 30 Years of IFT (PDF; 4.8 MB; accessed on June 19, 2011) )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ift.de
  4. ↑ DBDD ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 19, 2011
  5. ^ IFT Health Promotion , accessed June 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ IFT - About Us , accessed July 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ ESPAD study , accessed July 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ Reitox Report 2010 (PDF; 1.3 MB) ( Memento from November 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 19, 2011