Biomed Central Publication

Vacay GmbH partners with the NodiKs (Network Orientation in Digital Clinical Social Work) project.

The healthcare system – particularly psychiatric and psychotherapeutic services – is heavily overloaded, on the verge to collapse. Vacay GmbH is working on several approaches

Measurement-based care: opportunities to improve global mentalhealth care

How do we improve mental health care around the world, especially in low-income countries? An underutilised, well-researched, low-cost and high-impact approach could be measurement-based care (MBC)

STATUS at the 1st European Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Congress in Gdańsk

The 1st European DBT Congress was held from 8–10 May 2025 in the beautiful city of Gdańsk, Poland, which brought together leading minds in psychotherapy,

Digital Methods in Psychotherapy An Analysis of Smartphone-Based Diary Cards in Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Digital Methods in PsychotherapyAn Analysis of Smartphone-Based Diary Cards in Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Table of Contents Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of mental health

BSL-23 (Borderline)

The Borderline Symptom List – Short Version (BSL-23) is a 23-item self-rating instrument for specific assessment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology in adults (18+).

Status as the basis for the Oberberg psychometry test system (O-P-T)

STATUS is an digital tool for measuring and tracking patient progress in mental health treatment. With STATUS, clinics can objectively evaluate the effectiveness of therapies, monitor patient satisfaction, and track post-discharge outcomes. Status has been used in 13 clinics and has recorded data from over 4,200 patients. Its wide range of self-assessment instruments can help improve treatment outcomes and inform future research.