Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie
West wing of the institute
Formation	13 February 1917; 108 years ago (13 February 1917)
Type	Research institute
Purpose	Basic research
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Coordinates	48°10′25.16″N 11°34′34.09″E / 48.1736556°N 11.5761361°E / 48.1736556; 11.5761361
Fields	Developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, neuroscience, physiology, cognitive science
Key people	Emil Kraepelin (founder)
Parent organization	Max Planck Society
Website	(in English)
Formerly called	German Institute for Psychiatric Research

The Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie) is a research institute based in the city of Munich in Germany specializing in psychiatry. Currently directed by Elisabeth Binder and Alon Chen, it is one of the 81 institutes in the Max Planck Society.^[1]