C.L. Mulder

C.L. Mulder is a Professor of Public Mental Health and Social Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The researcher leads the Applied Social and Forensic Psychiatry group, which focuses on epidemiology and intervention studies to advance community-based mental healthcare.

Dr. Mulder's educational background includes a PhD in PsychoImmunology of HIV Infection (1994, Cum Laude) and psychiatric training at Parnassia Psychiatric Institute (1999). In 2007, Dr. Mulder was appointed Professor of Public Mental Health at the Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC.

Research interests focus on public mental health, social psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, prevention of coercion, assertive outreach, recovery, network psychiatry, and medication adherence. Dr. Mulder's work examines epidemiology and prevention of coercion, emergency psychiatry, medication adherence, and determinants of clinical, social and personal recovery.

The research portfolio demonstrates significant contributions across two primary domains: mental health services research and reproductive medicine/fertility preservation. Recent publications show increasing interdisciplinary work bridging psychiatry with reproductive medicine, particularly in fertility preservation for patients undergoing cancer treatments.

• President of European Assertive Outreach Foundation
• Chair 'Generieke Module Drang en Dwang'
• Supervisory Board of Mind
• Chair of Quality Committee NVvP
• Board member FACT Nederland
• Board member Stichting HIC
• Board member Stichting Resourcegroepen
• Advisory board CCAF
• Board member Phrenos

Dr. Mulder supervises medical students, PhD students, and psychiatry residents. Research projects include studies on difficult-to-engage patients, the iBerry study on adolescent development, and the UP'S study assessing recovery determinants in psychotic disorder patients. Multiple research grants support this work across the various research domains.

Dr. Mulder leads the Applied Social and Forensic Psychiatry research group, which employs epidemiology and intervention studies to advance community-based mental healthcare. The group collaborates with mental health institutions, the municipal health center of Rotterdam, and Erasmus MC as part of the Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research institute.