Gerd Lehmkuhl

Gerd Lehmkuhl (born September 6, 1948 in Bremerhaven ) is a German former professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Cologne (from 1988 to 2014) and psychotherapist .

Career

Gerd Lehmkuhl studied medicine at the Universities of Cologne and Hamburg and psychology at the RWTH Aachen . In 1973 he received his doctorate in medicine . In 1979 he finished his psychology studies with a diploma and completed his individual psychological training. During this time he was an assistant in the departments of neurology , psychiatry and paediatrics at RWTH Aachen University. This was followed by recognition as a specialist in neurology and psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine. From 1980, initially as a research assistant, from 1982 he was senior physician in the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim . He was recognized as a psychoanalyst by the Medical Association in 1985 . In 1986 he completed his habilitation in child and adolescent psychiatry with a neuropsychological thesis on the consequences of traumatic brain injuries .

In 1988 he was offered the newly established chair for child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Cologne. Lehmkuhl was the director of this clinic from 1988 to the end of 2014. From 1989 to 1999 he was also chairman of the Alfred Adler Institute Aachen-Cologne , where he a. a. initiated and established a training course for analytical child and adolescent psychotherapists. From 2000 to 2004 he was Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne.

From 1990 to 2013 he was the responsible editor of the Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie and from 1989 to 2013 he was co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. He is also the chairman of the national foundation Achtung! Children's soul , whose aim is to inform about the effects of mental illness in children and adolescents and to initiate appropriate projects to improve their mental health.

His scientific work focuses on the diagnosis and therapy of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorders , the epidemiology of psychological disorders in children and adolescents, the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disorders as well as care epidemiology .

Memberships

Former member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Psychotherapy of the German Medical Association
Former member of the Expert Commission for Psychological Psychotherapy and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at the Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Examination Questions (IMPP)
Member of the University Council of the University of Cologne
Formerly head of the training committee of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Member of the German Society for Individual Psychology
Member of the Alfred Adler Institute Aachen-Cologne and the Alfred Adler Institute Berlin
Chairman of the board of the foundation “Attention! Children's soul "

Fonts (selection)

As an author

Cognitive, neuropsychological, psychopathological and clinical findings in children aged 12 to 14 after traumatic brain injuries of varying severity and in the past. 1986 (habilitation thesis, University of Heidelberg, 1987).
with Manfred Döpfner : DISYPS-KJ: Diagnostic system for mental disorders in children and adolescents according to ICD-10 and DSM-IV. Clinical diagnostics, parental judgment, educator and teacher judgment, self-judgment. Manual. Huber, Bern 1998; 2nd, corrected and supplemented edition 2000.
with Manfred Döpfner, Stephanie Schürmann: Wackelpeter and Defiant Head: Help with hyperkinetic and oppositional behavior. Beltz PVU, Weinheim 1999; 4th edition 2011.
with Manfred Döpfner, Jan Frölich: Guide to hyperkinetic disorders: information for those affected, parents, teachers and educators. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2000.
with Manfred Döpfner, Jan Frölich: Hyperkinetic disorders. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2000; 2nd revised edition 2013 with the title: Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders .
with Wolfgang Oelsner : Schulangst: A guide for parents and teachers. Walter, Düsseldorf 2002; Paperback: DTV, Munich 2004.
with Alexander von Gontard: Enuresis. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2002; 2nd, revised edition 2009.
with Alexander von Gontard: Advice on wetting: information for those affected, parents, teachers and educators. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2004; 2nd, revised edition 2012.
with Wolfgang Oelsner: Adoption: Longings, Conflicts, Solutions. Walter, Düsseldorf 2005; 2nd edition: Patmos, Düsseldorf 2008.
with Leonie Fricke: Sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence: A therapy manual for practice. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2006.
with Manfred Döpfner, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen : Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Hogrefe, Göttingen 2006; 2nd, revised edition 2013.
with Jan Frölich: Computers and the Internet conquer childhood: from normal gaming behavior to addiction and its treatment. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2012.
with Fritz Poustka, Martin Holtmann and Hans Steiner: Praxishandbuch Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2015.
with Franz Resch and Sabine Herpertz: Psychotherapy in young adulthood. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2015.

As editor

with Manfred Döpfner and Franz Petermann : book series guidelines for child and youth psychotherapy
with Ulrike Lehmkuhl: Chronically ill children and their families. Quintessenz, Munich 1996.
with Ulrike Lehmkuhl: Divorce, separation, child welfare: diagnostic, therapeutic and legal aspects. Deutscher Studien-Verlag, Weinheim 1997.
Theory and practice of individual psychological group psychotherapy. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001.
with Jan Frölich, Kathrin Sevecke, Manfred Döpfner: Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder in Children, Adolescents and Adults. Unimed, Bremen 2004; 3rd edition 2009.
with Alfred Wiater: Handbuch Kinderschlaf: Basics, diagnostics and therapy of organic and non-organic sleep disorders. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2011.
with Ursula Müller-Rösler, Wolfgang Oelsner: Rethinking development: Teaching and learning with art. DuMont, Cologne 2012.
with Fritz Poustka, Martin Holtmann and Hans Steiner : Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2 volumes. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2013.

Web links

Research area at the University of Cologne
Profile in the University Council
Analysis of the Striving for Power - Beyond the Aggression Drive Lecture at the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks 2003 (pdf)

Individual evidence

↑ Gerd Lehmkuhl: Alfred Adler Institute (s) history. In: AAI Aachen-Köln e. V. (Ed.): AAI Aachen-Cologne 1976-2010. Experienced history. Cologne 2010, pp. 39–40.
↑ About the beginnings. Interview with the working group history of the Alfred-Adler-Institut Aachen-Köln e. V. of July 29, 2010 in Düren. Printed in: AAI Aachen-Köln e. V. (Ed.): AAI Aachen-Cologne 1976-2010. Experienced history. Cologne: 2010, pp. 11–22.
↑ Board of Directors , website of Achtung! Children's soul, accessed on January 29, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Lehmkuhl, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German child and adolescent psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremerhaven

[1] Gerd Lehmkuhl: Alfred Adler Institute (s) history. In: AAI Aachen-Köln e. V. (Ed.): AAI Aachen-Cologne 1976-2010. Experienced history. Cologne 2010, pp. 39–40.

[2] About the beginnings. Interview with the working group history of the Alfred-Adler-Institut Aachen-Köln e. V. of July 29, 2010 in Düren. Printed in: AAI Aachen-Köln e. V. (Ed.): AAI Aachen-Cologne 1976-2010. Experienced history. Cologne: 2010, pp. 11–22.

[3] Board of Directors , website of Achtung! Children's soul, accessed on January 29, 2014.