About RBUP in English

The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (RBUP) is a foundation established in 1998 by the Ministry of Health and Care Services.

The RBUP Centre is dedicated to research and post-graduate training. One of the main aims of the Centre is to contribute to the development of clinical multidisciplinary scientific knowledge on child and adolescent mental health. Important tasks are

• to conduct research
• to stimulate mental health research by supervision and research training
• to ensure that the clinical activities in the child and adolescent mental health field build upon research-based knowledge.  

Research areas of priority: 

• Treatment research and evaluation of clinical practice;
• Research methods for use in systematic clinical practice;
• Epidemiology. The catchment area is Eastern and Southern Norway. RBUP currently comprises a core group of about 50 persons, including teaching and research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, and administrative staff. RBUP consists of The Department of Education and the Department of Research.