Prof. Dr. med. Georg Schomerus

Research focus

Population attitudes towards persons with mental illness and substance use disorders
Mental health literacy, stigma of mental illness, time-trends of attitudes
Public mental health
Mental health services research
Psychiatric epidemiology

Curriculum Vitae

	Schomerus, Georg, MD, Professor of Psychiatry
Official position	Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig
Institution	Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center (ULMC), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig
Business address	Semmelweisstraße 10, Haus 13, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

Academic education and degrees

1994-2002	Medical School, Universities of Freiburg and Hannover
1997-1998	Medical School, clinical internship, King’s College, London
2008	Board Certification in Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2010	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi), University of Greifswald

Professional career

2010	Assistant Professor, University of Greifswald
2013	Visiting Researcher, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
2014-2016	Head of Community Psychiatry and Outpatient Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Greifswald
2016-2019	Vice-chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald

Honors, awards and positions

2017	Invitee by the German Federal Chancellor for the 3^rd International German Forum on global health and innovation, Berlin
2017	Chairman DGPPN Committee on Public Mental Health
2018	Deputy Chairman, Institute for Social Psychiatry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
2019	DGPPN State Representative for Saxony
2020	Co-Speaker, Section on Public Mental Health, German Society for Public Health
2020	Scientific Advisor; “Initiative for Mental Health”, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
2020	Chairman “Irrsinnig Menschlich e.V.” (“Madly Human”, international NGO focused on mental health promotion, youth, social inclusion, prevention and participatory approach);
2020	Ulrike-Fritze-Lindenthal Anti-Stigma Award
2020	DGPPN PhD-Award 2020 together with Dr. Susanne Stolzenburg

Current journal editorial positions

Since 2015	Stigma and health
Since 2015	Psychiatrische Praxis
Since 2018	Scientific Advisory Board, Psychiatrie Verlag

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 175, SCOPUS h-index: 30)

Angermeyer MC, van der Auwera S, Carta MG, Schomerus G. Public attitudes towards psychiatry and psychiatric treatment at the beginning of the 21st century: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population surveys. World Psychiatry. 2017;16(1): 50-61. (IF: 40.595);

Schomerus G, Stolzenburg S, Angermeyer MC. Impact of the Germanwings plane crash on mental illness stigma: results from two population surveys in Germany before and after the incident. World Psychiatry. 2015;14: 362-3. (Research Letter, IF: 40.595);

Schomerus G, Schwahn C, Holzinger A, Corrigan PW, Grabe HJ, Carta MG, Angermeyer MC. Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2012;125(6): 440-452. (ca. 800 citations, IF: 5.362,);

Giacco D, Amering M, Bird V, Craig T, Ducci G … Schomerus G et al. Scenarios for the future of mental health care: a social perspective. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017;4(3): 257-260. (IF 16.209);

Angermeyer MC, Matschinger H, Schomerus G. Attitudes towards psychiatric treatment and people with mental illness: changes over two decades. Br J Psychiatry. 2013;203: 146-51. (IF: 7.233).

Schomerus G, Van der Auwera S, Matschinger H, Baumeister SE, Angermeyer MC. Do attitudes towards persons with mental illness worsen during the course of life? An age-period-cohort analysis. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2015;132: 357-64.

Schomerus G, Stolzenburg S, Freitag S, Speerforck S, Janowitz D et al. Stigma as a barrier to recognizing personal mental illness and seeking help: a prospective study among untreated persons with mental illness. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019;269: 469-479.

Schomerus G, Lucht M, Holzinger A, Matschinger H, Carta MG, Angermeyer MC. The stigma of alcohol dependence compared with other mental disorders: a review of population studies. Alcohol Alcohol 2011;46: 105-112.

Schomerus G, Angermeyer MC, Baumeister SE, Stolzenburg S, Link BG, Phelan JC. An online intervention using information on the mental health-mental illness continuum to reduce stigma. Eur Psychiatry. 2016;32: 21-7.

Schomerus G, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC. Causal beliefs of the public and social acceptance of persons with mental illness: a comparative analysis of schizophrenia, depression and alcohol dependence. Psychol Med. 2014;44: 303-14.