CAPRI - Centre for Applied Psychiatric Research and Innovation

CAPRI’s aim is to address these knowledge gaps by co-creating, testing and implementing person-centred interventions together with patients, relatives, clinicians and social services — to improve outcomes, reduce coercion, promote recovery and contribute to policy development.

Our vision is for new knowledge to transform inpatient care, reduce self-harm and coercion, and strengthen recovery and social integration.

CAPRI is organised into three research tracks that address central challenges:

Track 1: Community-oriented care and implementation
Track coordinator: Volen Ivanov

The Community-oriented care and implementation track develops and evaluates patient-centred interventions for individuals with severe mental disorders through clinical trials. The research focuses on promoting community integration, peer support and the adaptation of psychosocial treatments to better suit this group, with the aim of producing interventions that are both effective and feasible in everyday clinical and community settings.

The track also has an explicit implementation focus, supporting the translation of clinical innovations from across the research centre into practice. This includes generating knowledge about the conditions under which interventions work and collaborating with healthcare organisations to enable service improvement and better patient outcomes. People with lived experience are involved as partners throughout, helping to ensure the relevance and applicability of the work.

The research is carried out in close collaboration with psychiatric services, municipalities, social services and patient organisations, drawing on the infrastructure and partnerships of CAPRI.

Track 2: Treatment development and evaluation
Track coordinators: Maria Bragesjö and Elin Skott

CAPRI’s Track 2 focuses on developing, adapting and evaluating evidence-based treatments and interventions for CAPRI’s target group: individuals with the most severe mental health conditions and complex healthcare needs. Many clinical trials commonly exclude the most severely ill patients, whereas CAPRI specifically seeks to include and represent this group in research.

The work within this track spans different levels of psychiatric care to improve clinical outcomes and strengthen the quality of mental health services.

Track 3: Prediction, measurement, involuntary psychiatric care and ethics
Track coordinator: John Wallert

This third research track in CAPRI integrates measurement-based care, artificial intelligence, law and medical ethics to develop clinically robust and ethically grounded tools that enhance psychiatric decision-making.

By combining data-driven precision with strong legal and ethical frameworks, the track aims to ensure that innovations are effective, safe and suitable for real-world clinical use. This work will strengthen CAPRI’s capacity to deliver personalised, equitable and transparent care that improves outcomes for psychiatric patients.