LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University ...
LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University ...
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lVr-KlINIKUM DÜSSelDOrF – HOSPItal OF tHe HeINrIcH-HeINe UNIVerSItY DÜSSelDOrF<br />
2.2.2 Department <strong>of</strong> Psychosomatic Medicine and Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Psychosomatic Medicine<br />
and Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
24 Inpatient Beds<br />
19 Day Clinic Places<br />
Psychosomatic ward<br />
“Viktor von Weizsäcker”<br />
Psychosomatic ward<br />
“Werner Schwidder“<br />
Day clinic<br />
Outpatient clinic<br />
Division <strong>of</strong> inpatient treatment<br />
The Department <strong>of</strong> Psychosomatic Medicine and<br />
Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>LVR</strong>-<strong>Klinikum</strong> <strong>Düsseldorf</strong> – <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Heinrich</strong>-<strong>Heine</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Düsseldorf</strong> – treats people<br />
who have been admitted with one or several <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following<br />
indications:<br />
Team meeting in <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong><br />
42Psychosomatic<br />
Medicine and Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
s Psychosomatic disorders in <strong>the</strong> narrower sense<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> term<br />
s Psychovegetative and functional disorders labelled<br />
as “somat<strong>of</strong>orm disorders”: somatisation disorders,<br />
somat<strong>of</strong>orm function disorders and somat<strong>of</strong>orm pain<br />
disorders<br />
s Anxieties and phobias<br />
s Obsessive-compulsive disorders<br />
s Stress reactions and adjustment disorders, including<br />
post-traumatic stress disorders<br />
s Dissociative disorders (conversion disorders)<br />
s Eating disorders, specifically anorexia nervosa and<br />
bulimia nervosa<br />
s Sexual dysfunctions<br />
s Affective disorders, particularly episodes <strong>of</strong> depression<br />
and persistent affective disorders on <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong><br />
neurotic and personality disorders<br />
s As <strong>the</strong> most common comorbidity: personality<br />
disorders following severe traumatic experiences in<br />
childhood and adolescence, particularly borderline<br />
personality disorders, narcissistic personality<br />
disorders, dependent personality disorders, histrionic<br />
personality disorders<br />
s Somatopsychic disorders (mental disorders following<br />
somatic illnesses)<br />
The inpatient unit comprises two wards with 12 beds each:<br />
<strong>the</strong> “Viktor von Weizsäcker” and “Werner Schwidder” wards.