Prof. Dr. Anke Bramesfeld

research associate

Telephone: +49 (0)511 532 - 8076

Fax: +49 (0)511 532 - 5376

Fields of activity

Health services research and public mental health research
Quality Assurance
Health Policy

Education

Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy and health scientist, habilitated in public health and public mental health.
Medical studies at the University of Witten-Herdecke (1987-1993) with study visits to Case-Western-Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; McMaster University, Toronto, Canada, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Public Health studies (2000-2002) Hannover Medical School, study visit to the World Health Organization (WHO), Copenhagen.

Professional career

1994-2000 Internship in internal medicine (Düsseldorf University Hospital) and specialist training in psychiatry and psychiatry (Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim). Since 2001 health care and health systems research at Hannover Medical School (MHH) (2001-2007 and 2009 to date), the Universities of Leipzig (2007-2009) and Lüneburg (2010-2012). 2012-2015 Administrative Unit Science at the aQua-Institute Göttingen, development of quality assurance for mental illness.
Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, Luxembourg, Directorate General Health and Food Safety for the implementation of the European Action Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing (2009/2010). Contract agent of the European Commission at the Joint Research Center, Ispra Italy 2015-2017 for the development of a quality assurance program for breast cancer care.
Since 06/2017 Deputy Head of Unit in the "Psychiatry" Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality of Lower Saxony.
Active as a reviewer for numerous journals and research funding programs.

Numerous publications on public mental health, care and health system research, and quality assurance. Book publication: Bramesfeld, Koller, Salize (eds.): Public Mental Health: Managing the care of mentally ill people. Hograefe (2019) ISBN 9783456858692

Monographs

Bramesfeld, Koller, Salize (eds.): Public Mental Health: Managing the care of mentally ill people. Hograefe (2019) ISBN 9783456858692

Kästner D, Büchtemann D, Giersberg S, Koch C, Bramesfeld A, Moock J, Kawohl W, Rössler W: Treatment pathways for outpatient integrated care for people with mental illness: Bipolar disorders. Kohlhammer 2015

Bramesfeld A, Amelung V: Integrated care and continuity in the care of mentally ill people in: Rössler W, Kawohl, Soziale Psychiatrie, Vol. 2, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2013, 150-161

Stoppe G, Bramesfeld A, Schwartz FW (eds.): Volkskrankheit Depression: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2006

Contributions in monographs

Gühne U, Bramesfeld A, Riedel-Heller SG (2023). Mental illnesses. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 295-303

Bramesfeld A, Beyer C, Salize H-J, Koller M (2019). Introduction: Governance of psychiatric care in the field of tension between welfare, public order/safety and health care. In: Bramesfeld A, Koller M, Salize H-J [Eds.] (2019). Public Mental Health - Managing care for people with mental illness. Bern: Hogrefe Verlag pp. 15-27

Bramesfeld A (2019). The federal government and its role in managing the care of mentally ill people. In: Bramesfeld A, Koller M, Salize H-J [Eds.] (2019). Public Mental Health - Managing care for people with mental illness. Bern: Hogrefe Verlag pp. 79-99

Bramesfeld A, Koller M, Salize H-J (2019). Summary and conclusion. In: Bramesfeld A, Koller M, Salize H-J [Eds.] (2019). Public Mental Health - Managing care for people with mental illness. Bern: Hogrefe Verlag pp. 261-275

Walter U, Bramesfeld A, Plaumann M. Prevention and health promotion. In: Schmitt-Ott G, Wiegand-Grefe S, Jacobi C, Paar GH, Meermann R, Lamprecht F (eds.) Rehabilitation in Psychosomatics. Care structures - treatment offers - quality management. 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Schattauer 2015; pp. 21-27.

Bramesfeld A, Amelung V. Integrated care and continuity in the care of mentally ill people. In: Rössler W, Kawohl W [Eds.] Social Psychiatry. Vol. 2; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2013; pp.: 150-161.

Bramesfeld A. More patients in forensic psychiatry: losers of the psychiatry reform? In: Ziegenbein M, Machleidt W, Brüggemann BR, Wessels A, Haltenhof H [eds]: Schizophrenia - early intervention and long-term support. Lengerich, Westf: Pabst Science Publishers, 2009, pp. 177-182.

Journal articles

Bramesfeld A (2023). The care of people with mental illness in Germany from the perspective of the health and social system: current development needs. Bundesgesundheitsbl (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03671-x

Bramesfeld A, Konrad C, Renner S, Zilles-Wegner D, Wedegärtner F (2022). The stranded sick: long-term patients in psychiatric specialty hospitals and departments. Psychiat Prax DOI 10.1055/a-1726-8726

Bramesfeld A, Röding D (2022). The influence of the treatment volume of psychiatric Clinical Departments on the risk of using special safeguarding measures. Psychiat Prax DOI 10.1055/a-1914-8459

Neugebauer E, Piwernetz K, Bramesfeld A, Deckert S, Falkai P, Gabrys L, Hollederer A, Riedel-Heller SG, Schaller A, Scheibe M, Bierbaum T, Schmitt J, Dreinhöfer KE (2022). Necessity and ways to develop care targets for the healthcare system in Germany - a position paper of the DNVF. Healthcare 2022; 84: 971-978

Regner F, Heckl U, Bramesfeld A (2022). Native-language psychosocial health counselling for mentally distressed to severely traumatized refugees in the state of Brandenburg. Trauma & Violence, August 2022, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp 208-217, DOI 10.21706/tg-16-3-208

Wienberg G, Ostermann J, Piel A, Bramesfeld A, Myszor F, Steinhart I (2022). A Standard of Centers for Community Psychiatry in Lower-Saxonia - Checklist and Model Fidelity Scale. Psychiatr Prax. 2022 Nov 15. doi: 10.1055/a-1939-2383. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36379451 German.

Wulkau L, Bramesfeld A, Lindert J (2022). Resilience after Flight: Perspectives of Refugees and Supporting Practice Actors. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2022 Oct 4. doi: 10.1055/a-1849-1942. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36195104 German.

Rabe JE, Schillok H, Merkel C, Voss S, Coenen M, De Bock F, von Rüden U, Bramesfeld A, Jung-Sievers C (COSMO Group) (2021). Burden of parents with school-aged children during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: An analysis of COVID-19 snapshot monitoring (COSMO) data. Bundesgesundheitsbl https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03453-3

Thom J, Mauz E, Peitz D, Kersjes C, Aichberger M, Baumeister H, Bramesfeld A, Daszkowski J, Eichhorn T, Gaebel W, Härter M, Jacobi F, Kuhn J, Lindert J, Margraf J, Melchior H, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Nebe A, Orpana H, Peth J, Reininghaus U, Riedel-Heller S, Rose U, Schomerus G, Schuler D, von Rüden U, Hölling H (2021). Establishing Mental Health Surveillance in Germany: Development of a Framework Concept and Indicator Set. Journal of Health Monitoring 2021 6(4) DOI 10.25646/8860

Mathioudakis AG, Salakari M, Pylkkanen L, Saz-Parkinson Z, Bramesfeld A, Deandrea S, Lerda D, Neamtiu L, Pardo-Hernandez H, Solà I, Alonso-Coello P.: Systematic review on women's values and preferences concerning breast cancer screening and diagnostic services. Psychooncology. 2019 May;28(5):939-947. doi: 10.1002/pon.5041 . Epub 2019 Mar 24. review

Grobe TG, Kleine-Budde K, Bramesfeld A, Thom J, Bretschneider J, Hapke U.: Prevalence of depression in adults - a comparative analysis of nationwide survey and routine data. Public Health. 2018 Jul 27. doi: 10.1055/a-0652-5424

Lafranconi A, Pylkkänen L, Deandrea S, Bramesfeld A, Lerda D, Neamțiu L, Saz-Parkinson Z, Posso M, Rigau D, Sola I, Alonso-Coello P, Martinez-Zapata MJ: Intensive follow-up for women with breast cancer: review of clinical, economic and patient's preference domains through evidence to decision framework. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Oct 19;15(1):206. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0779-5 . Review

Stegbauer C, Willms G, Kleine-Budde K, Bramesfeld A, Stammann C, Szecsenyi J.: Development of indicators for a nationwide cross-sectoral quality assurance procedure for mental health care of patients with schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders in Germany. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2017 Oct;126:13-22. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2017.07.006 . Epub 2017 Oct 11

Goetz K, Kleine-Budde K, Bramesfeld A, Stegbauer C: Working atmosphere, job satisfaction and individual characteristics of community mental health professionals in integrated care. Health Soc Care Community. 2018 Mar;26(2):176-181. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12499

Neamţiu L, Deandrea S, Pylkkänen L, Freeman C, López-Alcalde J, Bramesfeld A, Saz-Parkinson Z, Ulutürk A, Lerda D.: Integration of psycho-oncology through the whole care pathway for breast cancer patients in Europe. Breast. 2017 Jun; 33:208

Ortmann O, Rösler W, Helbig U; participants of the ERTM: Current developments in cancer care: including the patients' perspective-3rd European Roundtable Meeting (ERTM) June 17, 2016, Berlin, Germany. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2017 Apr;143(4):673-676

Bramesfeld A, Wensing M, Bartels P, Bobzin H, Grenier C, Heugren M, Hirschfield DJ, Langenegger M, Lindelius B, Lucet B, Manor O, Schneider T, Wardell F, Szecsenyi J.: Mandatory national quality improvement systems using indicators: An initial assessment in Europe and Israel. Health Policy. 2016 Nov;120(11):1256-1269

Neamţiu L, Deandrea S, Pylkkänen L, Freeman C, López Alcalde J, Bramesfeld A, Saz-Parkinson Z, Ulutürk A, Lerda D.: Psycho-oncological support for breast cancer patients: A brief overview of breast cancer services certification schemes and national health policies in Europe. Breast. 2016 Oct; 29:178-80

Bauer E, Kleine-Budde K, Stegbauer C, Kaufmann-Kolle P, Goetz K, Bestmann B, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A.: Structures and processes necessary for providing effective home treatment to severely mentally ill persons: a naturalistic study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Jul 15; 16:242

Bramesfeld A, Stegbauer C.: Assessing the performance of mental health service facilities for meeting patient priorities and health service responsiveness.Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2016 Oct;25(5):417-421

Bramesfeld A, Amaddeo F, Caldas-de-Almeida J, Cardoso G, Depaigne-Loth A, Derenne R, Donisi V, Jørgensen M, Lindelius B, Lora A, Mainz J, Mulder CL, Szecsenyi J, Killaspy H.: Monitoring mental healthcare on a system level: Country profiles and status from EU countries. Health Policy. 2016 Jun;120(6):706-17

Valentini J, Ruppert D, Magez J, Stegbauer C, Bramesfeld A, Goetz K.: Integrated care in German mental health services as benefit for relatives--a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Feb 27; 16:48

"Hope dies last ..." - Cross-sectoral cooperation in integrated care. Ruppert D, Stegbauer C, Bramesfeld A, Bestmann B, Szecsenyi J, Götz K.: Psychiatr Prax. 2017 Apr;44(3):134-140

Stegbauer C, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A.: Studies on the evaluation of outpatient psychiatric care: Are the priorities of mentally ill people taken into account? Psychiatr Prax. 2017 Jan;44(1):13-20

Bramesfeld A, Wrede S, Richter K, Steen M, Broge B, Pauletzki J, Szecsenyi J.:Development of quality indicators and data assessment strategies for the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 21;15:435

Herrler C, Bramesfeld A, Brodowski M, Prytherch H, Marx I, Nafula M, Richter-Aairijoki H, Musyoka L, Marx M, Szecsenyi J: Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS): a model to promote the quality of reproductive health care in rural Kenya. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2015;109 (9-10):739-47

Bramesfeld A, Wrede S, Richter K, Steen M, Broge B, Pauletzki J, Szecsenyi J: Development of quality indicators and data assessment strategies for the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 21;15:435

Stegbauer C, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A: Studies on the evaluation of outpatient psychiatric care: Are the priorities of mentally ill people taken into account? Psychiatr Prax. 2015 Oct 21

Bramesfeld A, Willms G, Szecsenyi J: Voluntary and mandatory quality assurance of psychiatric care: Examples from Europe. Nervenarzt. 2015 Nov;86(11):1326-32

Bramesfeld A, Pauletzki J, Behrenz L, Szecsenyi J, Willms G, Broge B: Developing cross-sectoral quality assurance for cataract surgery in the statutory quality assurance program of the German health care system: Experiences and lessons learned. Health Policy. 2015 Aug; 119(8):1017-22

Bauer, E., Kleine-Budde, K., Stegbauer, C., Kaufmann-Kolle, P., Goetz, K., Bestmann, B., Szecsenyi, J., Bramesfeld, A. Structures and processes necessary for providing effective home treatment to severely mentally ill persons. Psychiatr Prax. 2014 Nov;41(8):439-44

Stegbauer C, Kleine-Budde K, Bestmann B, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A. Structures and processes for effective networked care in psychiatry: a research project. Public Health Forum 2014; 22: 36.e1-36.e3

Bauer E, Krohn R, Pöhlmann B, Kaufmann-Kolle P, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A: Transition times and rates from inpatient to outpatient in the care of mentally ill people in Baden-Württemberg. Psychiatr Prax, 2014, 44, 439-444

Kleine-Budde K, Touil E, Moock J, Bramesfeld A, Kawohl W, Rössler W: Cost of illness for bipolar disorder: a systematic review of the economic burden. Bipolar Disord. 2014,16, 337-53

Bramesfeld A, Schäfer I, Stengler K, Schomerus G: Impulses for health services research: What follows the S3 guideline on psychosocial therapies? Psychiatr Prax, 2014, 41, 65-67

Boenisch-Alerta S, Holtza K, Müller AG, Bramesfeld A, Hierse F, Schützwohl M, Hegerl U, Kocalevent RD: Parenthood and mental illness in psychiatric outpatient care - Results of the study "HELP-S for children", Int. J Ment Health Prom, Volume 15, Issue 5, November 2013, pages 254-262

Stegbauer C, Goetz K, Bauer E, Bestmann B, Ruprecht T, Szecsenyi J, Bramesfeld A. What contributes to good patient outcomes in the home treatment of the severely mentally ill: study protocol of a multi-center analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 2013 Nov 5;13(1):283

Willms G, Bramesfeld A, Pottkämper K, Broge B, Szecsenyi J: External quality assurance in the German healthcare system. ZEFQ, 2013,107:523-527

Radisch J, Büchtemann D, Kästner D, Kopke K, Moock J, Rössler W, Bramesfeld A.: A literature and expert-based analysis of care practices for people with depression in Germany. Psychiatr. prax. 2013, 40, 252-8

Kleine-Budde K, Müller R, Kawohl W, Bramesfeld A, Moock J, Rössler W. The cost of depression - A cost analysis from a large database. J Affect Disord 2013 May;147, 137-43

Bramesfeld A, Moock J, Kopke K, Büchtemann D, Kestner D, Radisch J, Rössler W: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Assertive Outreach for Schizophrenia in Germany: study protocol on a pragmatic "quasi"-randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry 2013 Feb 15;13(1):56

Ungewitter C, Böttger D, El-Jurdi J, Kilian R, Losert C, Ludwig K, Steinkohl V, Bramesfeld A: Structure and cooperation in the care of the mentally ill, Nervenarzt, 2013, 84, 307-314

Büchtemann D, Luppa, M, Bramesfeld A, Riedel-Heller S: Incidence of late-life depression: A systematic review. J Affect Disord, 2012, 142, 172-9

Boenisch S, Kocalevent RD, Matschinger H, Mergl R, Wimmer-Brunauer C, Tauscher M, Kramer D, Hegerl U, Bramesfeld A: Who receives depression-specific treatment? A secondary data-based analysis of outpatient care received by over 780,000 statutory health-insured individuals diagnosed with depression. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2012, 47, 475-86

Bramesfeld A, Ungewitter C, Böttger D, El Jurdi J, Losert C, Kilian R: What promotes and what inhibits cooperation in Mental Health Care across disciplines, services and service sectors? A qualitative study. Epidemiol Psychiatr Serv, 2012, 21, 63-72

Cibis A, Mergl R, Bramesfeld A, Althaus D, Niklewski G, Schmidtke A, Hegerl U: Preference of lethal methods is not the only cause for higher suicide rates in males: J Affect Disord, 2012, 136, 9-16.
Bramesfeld A: Social inequality, mental health and care, Psychaitr Prax 2011, 38, 363-365

Sikorski C, Glaesmer H, Bramesfeld A: Quantity versus quality: On the state of the methodological debate in health services research. Psychiatr Prax, 37, 2010 322-328

Bramesfeld A: The European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being: Can German psychiatry benefit from the exchange of good practice at EU level Psychiatr Prax. 2010, 37, 161-3

Boenisch S, Mergl R, Havers I, Bramesfeld A, Althaus D, Niklewski G, Hegerl U: The role of alcohol use disorder and alcohol consumption in suicide attempts - A secondary analysis of 1921 suicide attempts. European Psychiatry 2010, 25, 414-20

Bramesfeld A, Bisson S, Wedegärtner F, Bartusch S, Blanchard J: Responsiveness: Measuring the qualities "patient orientation" and "respect for the person" in psychiatric care, Gesundheitswesen, 2010, 72, 51-59

Lehmann S, Domdey, A, Bramesfeld A: Telephone case management: Is a benefit for the care of depressed people to be expected? Healthcare, 2010, 72, e33-37

Bramesfeld A, Grobe T, Schwartz FW: Prevalence of depression diagnosis and prescription rates for antidepressants in East and West Germany: An analysis of health insurance data, Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2010, 45, 329-325.