Medizinische Psychologie
Welcome!
The Department of Medical Psychology seeks to engage in a broad spectrum of clinical services, education, and research in the field of psychotherapy and psychological aspects of medicine.
Our team consists of medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers.
Professor and Chairman: Gerhard Schüßler, M.D.
Education
- Psychological Medicine & Psychotherapy for students of Medicine and Dentistry
- Curricula “Psychosocial Medicine“, “Psychosomattic Medicine“, and “Psychotherapeutic Medicine“ for MDs
- Training in “Communicative Abilities“ for MDs
- Curricula “Clinical Psychology“ and “Health Psychology“ for psychologists
- Psychological Medicine for nursing staff
Research
Six groups are conducting research in different areas:
- Eating Disorders
- Women´s Health
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Quality of Life Research
- Interdisciplinary Psychosomatics
- Psycho-Oncology
Publications:
Clinical Services
Psychotherapy Outpatient Unit
(Head: Prof. Gerhard Schüßler, M.D.; Ulrike Smrekar, Ph.D.)Specialized outpatient units for patients with
- Eating disorders
- Pain disorders
- Personality disorders
- Oncological diseases
- Somatoform disorders
- Tinnitus
Consultation/Liaison-Service
(Head: Astrid Lampe, M.D.; Gerhard Rumpold, Ph.D.)C/L-services are established at the following Departments
- Internal Medicine ICU
- ENT
- Surgery ICU
- Neurology
- Traumatology ICU
- Dermatology
- Anesthesiology
- Plastic Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Urology
- Neurosurgery
- Dentistry
- AIDS unit
- Nephrology
- Gynecology
- Gastroenterology
- Radiotherapie
- Oral surgery
- Cardiology
Women's Health
(Head: Astrid Lampe, M.D.)-Psychosomatics in obsterics and gynecology
-Sexual traumatization, physical violence, and emotionalneglect in women
Coaching and counselling
(Head: Angelika Schöch, Ph.D.; Brunhilde Wurm, M.D)Coaching and counselling for members of the clinical staff of the Innsbruck University Hospital