Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

West wing of the institute
Formation	February 13, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-02-13)
Type	Scientific institute
Purpose	Research in psychiatry
Headquarters	Munich, state of Bavaria, Germany, European Union
Coordinates	48°10′25.16″N 11°34′34.09″E / 48.1736556°N 11.5761361°E / 48.1736556; 11.5761361
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 scientific 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]