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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.

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