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About FitMind
About FitMind
The FitMind group is committed to increasing understanding of how cognitive emotional processes work in mental disorders, such as depression, and how we can modify them to contribute to improved mental health and a fit mind.
Our research team is quite uniquely embedded across both the medical and social faculty of the Radboud University. We are affiliated with both the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour and the Behavioural Science Institute. We also have a strong clinical embedding, representing both the Department of Psychiatry at Radboudumc and Pro Persona mental healthcare. This position facilitates the impact of our strong translational research!
Research topics
Research topics
Depression and comorbid disorders
Depression and comorbid disorders
We translate initial mechanistic insights and interventions from depression to (comorbid) mental and somatic disorders.
Exercise as treatment
Exercise as treatment
By combining experimental, observational and applied (implementation) research, we commit to positioning exercise as formal treatment for depression and beyond.
Cognition and emotion
Cognition and emotion
Studying cognitive processes such as memory and biased processing of emotional information is central to our translational research.
Research approaches
Research approaches
Co-creation and design thinking
Co-creation and design thinking
Working closely with patients and other stakeholders ensures high uptake or our research protocols and mental health innovations.
This includes conducting qualitative interviews and focus groups to make sure our research has the impact and meaning we intend.
Experimental and clinical trials
Experimental and clinical trials
Establishing causality is key to the identification of mechanisms of both mental disorders and mental health interventions.
FitMind uses clinical trials and experimental designs to learn more about what drives mental health problems and what promotes a fit mind.
Ecological momentary assessment
Ecological momentary assessment
Understanding mental health requires sampling experiences and behaviors in daily life. We use ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to model mental health dynamics over time, examining differences between and within individuals.
We are part of REMAC, an expert group of EMA researchers at Radboud University.
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