NORMENT was established as a Norwegian Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2013 with 10 year's funding from the Research Council of Norway. Our main goal has been to find answers to why some people develop severe mental illness.
Aims
The overall goal of NORMENTs research has been to understand the underlying mechanisms of severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and find answers to why some people develop perceptual disturbances, delusions, depressions, or manic phases.
Through transdisciplinary research, we have identified and characterized genetic, neurobiological, psychological and environmental factors that can contribute to the development and course of such disorders.
Organization
NORMENT has been based on a collaboration between four partners:
- University of Oslo (host institution)
- University of Bergen
- Oslo University Hospital
- Haukeland University Hospital
After 10 years as a Centre of Excellence, we are now restructuring the research groups and activities into new organizational units at the partner institutions.
