Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Priebe
Research focus
Studies on how social interactions can be used to overcome mental distress. This includes:
- Concepts and methods of interventions that utilize existing resources in routine patient-clinician meetings, families and communities
- The development and testing of novel psycho-social interventions
- The evaluation of health care services
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Curriculum Vitae
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Priebe Stefan, Dipl.-Psych., Dr. med. habil., FRCPsych |
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Official position |
Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry |
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Institution |
Queen Mary, University of London |
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Business address |
Newham Centre for Mental Health, London E13 8SP |
Academic education and degrees
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1973-1978 |
Diploma in Psychology, University of Hamburg |
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1974-1980 |
Medicine, University of Hamburg |
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1982 |
Dr. med., University of Hamburg |
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1981-1989 |
Qualification as Neurologist, Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, Medical Chamber Berlin |
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1991 |
‘Habilitation’ in Psychiatry, Free University Berlin |
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1996 |
Extraordinary Professor for Psychiatry, Free University Berlin |
Professional career
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1981 |
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Hamburg |
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1982-1983 |
Trainee in Psychiatry and Neurology, Albertinen Hospital Hamburg |
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1983-1988 |
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Free University Berlin |
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1988-1991 |
Deputy Head, Department of Social Psychiatry, Free University Berlin |
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1991-1997 |
Acting Head, Department of Social Psychiatry, Free University Berlin |
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1997-present |
Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary, University of London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust |
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2000-2015 |
Non-Executive Director, East London NHS Foundation Trust |
Honors, awards and positions
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1974-1980 |
Stipend by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
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1991-1997 |
Chair of ‘Platane 19’ (voluntary organisation for the re-integration of people with mental illnesses) |
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1995-present |
Formal advisory roles for national and regional governments in Austria, Germany, Italy, Malta and the United Kingdom |
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1997-2018 |
Director for Research and Development, East London NHS Foundation Trust |
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2000-2006 |
Member of the National Mental Health Task Force in the United Kingdom |
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2000-2002 |
Visiting Professor, Freie Universität Berlin |
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2001 |
Hermann-Simon-Prize for Social Psychiatry awarded by the German Society for Psychiatry |
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2002-2005 |
Chair of ‘Virtuall‘ (voluntary organisation for a London Mental Health Learning Partnership) |
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2003-2013 |
Visiting Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
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2004-present |
Visiting Professor at the University of Belgrade |
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2005 |
‘Arie Querido’ Professorship, awarded by the Medical Faculty of the University of Amsterdam and six mental health charities in The Netherlands |
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2008-2018 |
Deputy Director oft he registered Pragmatic Clinical Trial Unit, Queen Mary, University of London |
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2012-present |
Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development |
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2016-2018 |
Visiting Professor at the University of Verona |
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2017-present |
Director of NIHR Global Health Research Unit for Developing Psycho-Social Interventions |
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2018-present |
Research Director of the Institute for Population Health Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of 472, Scopus h-index: 71)
Priebe S, Katsakou C, Glöckner M, Dembinskas A, Fiorillo A et al. Patients’ views of involuntary hospital admission in 1 and 3 months: prospective study in 11 European Countries (EUNOMIA). British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010;196:179-185.
Priebe S, Bogic M, Ashcroft R, Frančišković T, Galeazzi GM et al. Experience of human rights violations and subsequent mental disorders – A study following the war in the Balkans. Social Science and Medicine. 2010;71:2170-2177.
Priebe S, Barnicot K, McCabe R, Kiejna A, Nawka et al. Patients’ subjective initial response and the outcome of inpatient and day hospital treatment. European Psychiatry. 2011:26:408-413.
Priebe S, McCabe R, Schützwohl M, Kiejna A, Nawka P et al. Patient characteristics predicting better treatment outcomes in day hospitals compared with inpatient wards. Psychiatric Services. 2011;62:278-284.
Giacco D, Amering A, Bird V, Craig T, Ducci G … Priebe S. Scenarios for the future of mental health care: a social perspective. Lancet Psychiatry. 2016;4:257-260.
Bird VJ, Giacco P, Nicaise P, Pfennig A, Lasalvia A … Priebe S. In-patient treatment in functional and sectorised care: patient satisfaction and length of stay. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2018;212:81-87.
Giacco D, Bird VJ, Ahmad T, Bauer M, Lasalvia A … Priebe S. The same or different psychiatrists for in- and out-patient treatment? A multi-country natural experiment. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2018;29:1-9.
Bird V, Miglietta E, Giacco D, Bauer M, Greenberg L … Priebe S. Factors associated with satisfaction of inpatient psychiatric care: a cross country comparison. Psychological Medicine. 2019;1-9.