German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy (DGPM)

German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy (DGPM) e. V.
legal form	registered association
founding	June 1992
Seat	Berlin
Members	approx. 1,400
Website	www.dgpm.de

The German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy (DGPM) e. V. , as a scientific and medical specialist society, represents the scientific and professional or technical issues in the field of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy and medical psychotherapy in patient care, further education, research and teaching.

The approximately 1,400 members are primarily specialists in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy , specialists in psychotherapeutic medicine, specialists with additional training in psychotherapy or psychotherapy.

The association promotes the clinical and scientific development of psychosomatic medicine as well as the integration of psychosomatics and psychotherapy into the somatic areas and represents the interests of the specialist area and its members towards other organizations, institutions and bodies.

history

The association was founded in 1992 after the decision of the German Medical Association to introduce a specialist in psychotherapeutic medicine as the German Society for Psychotherapeutic Medicine (DGPM) e. V. founded. After renaming this specialist in 2003 to specialist for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy and after merging in 2005 with the General Medical Society for Psychotherapy e. V. (AÄGP) the society was renamed the German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy.

The society embodies the methods of psychotherapy and psychosomatics in medicine that have been establishing themselves since the beginning of the 19th century. It is not procedural and represents all scientifically and socially recognized procedures in psychotherapy and psychosomatics.

organization

The specialist society is organized in the legal form of an association. In addition to the federal association, regional associations can be formed in the individual federal states. The statutes provide for the annual general meeting, the board of directors, the advisory board of the regional associations, sections and commissions convened by the board as central organs. An annual report gives an overview of the company's annual activities.

The board consists of a chairman, two deputies and up to six assessors. The board represents the basic orientations of psychotherapy as well as the grouping of resident physicians, the leading physicians of psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic hospitals or departments as well as the rehabilitation clinics and university lecturers.

The advisory board was founded in 1994 after regional associations had been established in accordance with the statutes as a liaison body between the society’s regional associations and the federal association. After merging with the AÄGP and expanding membership, sections were also introduced in 2005. In addition to the sections, the current topics and priorities of the subject are dealt with in commissions and working groups.

Association chairperson

1992 to 2004 Paul L. Janssen
2004 to 2009 Thomas Loew
2009 to 2012 Wolfgang Senf
since 2012 Johannes Kruse

Promotion of young talent: Young forum

The Young Forum was founded in 2015 in order to structurally anchor the perspective of doctors in further training in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy within the DGPM. The Junge Forum organizes regular autumn meetings and events.

DGPM Fortbildungsakademie gGmbH

As a scientific specialist society, the DGPM sees itself obliged to offer a comprehensive range of advanced training courses. Together with the DGPM advanced training academy, seminars and curricula are offered annually. A separate series with workbooks has been published since 2020.

Science and Research

The leading university professors for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy meet twice a year to present scientific results, promote the transfer into care practice and support public relations work. In the field of science, advanced training and quality assurance, the DGPM works closely with the German College for Psychosomatic Medicine e. V. (DKPM) together.

Congresses

Since 1992 the DGPM has organized the German Psychosomatic Congress annually; since 2006 together with the German College for Psychosomatic Medicine e. V. (DKPM). The number of participants is regularly between 1,000 and 1,300.

Magazines

The association has two journals: since the beginning of 1992 the journal "Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy" published by Vandenhoeck & Ruppert Verlag and since 2005 the journal "Medical Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine", today published by Klett-Cotta Verlag.

Web links

Publications

Janssen PL (2009): History of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Germany. In: Guide to Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (Ed .: Janssen PL, Joraschky P., Tress W.), pp. 2–12, Deutscher Ärzteverlag, Cologne
Geyer M. (Ed.) (2011): Psychotherapy in East Germany History and Stories 1945–1995, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen
Herzog W., Beutel ME, Kruse J. (2013): Psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy today - on the situation of the field in Germany, Schattauer, Stuttgart
Zipfel St., Herzog W., Kruse J. Henningsen P. (2016): Psychosomatic in Germany: More Timely than Ever. Psychother.Psychosome. 2016; 85 (5): 262-9.
Herrmann-Lingen Ch. (2017): Past, Present, and Future of Psychosomatic Movements in an Ever-changing World: Presidential Address. Psychosomatic Medicine 79, 960-970
Janssen PL (2017): Development of the field and the German society for psychosomatic medicine and medical psychotherapy. In: Janssen PL As a psychoanalyst in psychosomatic medicine. Page 119–180, Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen
Paul L. Janssen; Johannes Kruse: What will the new 2018 further training regulations bring? as an attachment in ÄP (Medical Psychotherapy) Issue 2,2019;