Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Wancata
Function/Position:
Chair of Division of Social Psychiatry, Professor for Social Psychiatry, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program „Mental Health & Behavioural Medicine“
E-Mail: johannes.wancata@meduniwien.ac.at
Research topic:
Social psychiatry, primarily epidemiology and service research
Research interests:
Psychiatric epidemiology, Evaluation of psychiatric services, Family caregivers of patients, Validity of screening instruments
5 selected publications:
Wancata J, Freidl M, Unger A, Jahn R, Soulier N, Fellinger M, Daniel R (2015) Projections About the Future Number of Dementia Sufferers: Increasing Life Expectancy Not Sufficiently Considered? Psychiatr Danub., 27 (4): 452-457
Wancata J, Freidl M, Krautgartner M, Friedrich F, Matschnig T, Unger A, Gössler R, Frühwald S (2008) Gender aspects of parents’ needs of schizophrenia patients Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 43 (12): 968-974
Wancata J, Börjesson-Hanson A, Östling S, Sjögren K, Skoog I (2007) Diagnostic criteria influence dementia prevalence Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 15: 1034-1045
Wancata J, Alexandrowicz R, Marquart B, Weiss M, Friedrich F (2006) The criterion validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale: a systematic review Acta Psychiatr Scand, 114 (6): 398-410
Wancata J, Krautgartner M, Berner J, Scumaci S, Freidl M, Alexandrowicz R, Rittmannsberger H (2006) The “Carers’ needs assessment for Schizophrenia” Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 41 (3): 221-229
Research projects of the last 5 years:
- Prevalence of and care for persons with mental disorders in Austria (Hauptverband)
- EU-VIORMED: European study on Violence Risk and Mental Disorders (European Commission)
- RE-DEFINE: Refugee Emergency: Defining and Implementing Novel Evidence-based psychosocial interventions (European Commission)
- Readmissions of Heavy Users of psychiatric services (Land Niederösterreich)
- Prevalence of mental disorders among the elderly population in Austria (Hauptverband)