Physical And meNtal Health Network

Aiming to address the comorbidity of mental and physical disorders. It brings together researchers to enhance primary prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of physical disorders in individuals with mental health conditions. Through collaboration, the Network seeks to generate evidence to reduce the burden and costs of these comorbidities. Key objectives include improving healthcare integration, influencing policy, supporting multidisciplinary collaboration, and developing clinical guidance.

History

The PAN-Health Network was established in 2021 to tackle the critical intersection of physical and mental health, recognising the significant physical comorbidity rate between individuals with severe mental disorders and the general population. 

We are synthesizing evidence on the gap in health between those vs without mental disorders, and building recommendations to fill such gaps.

Marco Solmi, Canada/Germany

Members

Core members

Member name

Institution

City

Country

Laurent Boyer

Aix-Marseille University

Marseille

France

Christoph Correll

Charite University

Berlin 

Germany 

Samuele Cortese

Soltent NHS Trust

Southhampton 

United Kingdom

René Ernst Nielsen

Aalborg University Hospital 

Aalborg 

Denmark

Joseph Firth

University of Manchester

Manchester

United Kingdom 

Paolo Fusar-Poli

University of Pavia

Pavia 

Italy

Mikkel Højlund

Department of Psychiatry Aabenraa/University of Southern Denmark

Aabenraa

Denmark

Henrik Larsson

Örebro University

Örebro

Sweden 

Mirko Manchia

University of Cagliari

Cagliari

Italy

Heidi Taipale

Niuvanniemi Hospital 

Kuopio

Finland

Eduard Vieta 

CIBERSAM

Barcelona

Spain

Elias Wagner

University of Augsburg

Augsburg

Germany

Marx Wolfgang

Deakin University

Victoria

Australia

Shell members
Member name Institution City Country
Elena Dragioti School of Health Science Ioannina Greece
Ebba Du Rietz Karolinska Institute Stockholm Sweden
Richard Holt  University of Southampton Southampton United Kingdom
Anne Høye Arctic University Norway Tromsø Norway
Ai Koyanagi ICREA Barcelona Spain
Kelli Lehto University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
Peter Lindgren Swedish Institute for Health Economics Lund Sweden
Merete Nordentoft Research Center of Mental Health Copenhagen Denmark
Eva Reininghaus Medical University of Graz Graz Austria
Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin Poland
Brendon Stubss King's College London United Kingdom
Davy Vancampfort KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
Early Career Academy members

Member name

Institution

City

Country

Ana Pejcic

University of Kragujevac

Kragujevac

Serbia

Edoardo Pisa

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome

Italy

Michele De Prisco

Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Barcelona

Spain

Goals

1

Measure the gap in quality of physical healthcare between those with vs without mental disorders.

2

Publish recommendations to guide clinical practice to fill such gaps.

3

Apply for funding to generate research to improve physical health in those with mental disorders.

Publications