Only a small part of effective therapies find their way into everyday care and benefit all affected patients. In order to overcome this lack of implementation, psychosomatic medicine will increasingly focus on investigating the suitability of care concepts for everyday use. Important questions in psychosomatic care research are: How can we reach patient groups that have so far been undersupplied, e.g. the elderly, refugees or physically and mentally comorbid patients? What must care concepts look like so that they are actually used in routine care? Can new media, e.g. telemedicine, or tailored services, e.g. evening clinic, be helpful in this context? How can specialists be supported in basic psychosomatic care or in shared decision making? Patient orientation, feasibility and consideration of costs are important targets here. In our projects we cooperate with general practicioners and other groups of specialists in the inpatient and outpatient sector.

CURRENT PROJECTS FROM THE AREA

• Strategies for integrating evidence-based digital services into the treatment of eating disorders (SIDA-ESS)
• Transition from inpatient to ambulant psychotherapy - Feasibility of an intersectoral care transition intervention in depression and anxiety (AMBITION)
• Video-based psychosocial consultation in GP practices for patients at increased risk of Somatic stress disorder (VISION)
• Screening for human trafficking in Patrick-Henry-Village Heidelberg
• Evaluation of the German reform of outpatient psychotherapy - implementation by service providers and best practice models (ESRIP)
• Review of the Platform Model for Staffing in Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Clinics (EPPIK)
• Participatory decision making for immunotherapy in oncology - prospective randomized controlled trial (PEF-Immun)
• Improving cross-sectoral collaboration between primary and psychosocial care - an implementation study on video consultations (PROVIDE)
• Prioritization by participation - a method to integrate needs, values and complaints of older patients with multiple morbidities into treatment planning (PACT)
• Online-based mindfulness based intervention to strengthen the psychological stability of pregnant women and promote physiological birth (Mind:Pregnancy)