Matthias Gottschaldt

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Matthias Gottschaldt (born December 10, 1939 in Berlin ; † August 21, 1998 in Hagen ) was a German neurologist and founder of the Oberbergkliniken .

Life

Matthias Gottschaldt was born in Berlin in 1939 and grew up here. His father Kurt Gottschaldt was a well-known psychologist and professor, first in Berlin and later in Göttingen . Gottschaldt began studying medicine at Berlin's Humboldt University before he and his family fled to the West with his family in 1962 because his father was banned from working. After studying and doing his doctorate in 1963, he completed his habilitation in Erlangen in 1975 . In 1973, at the age of 34, he became chief physician of the neurological department of the Herford district hospital that was to be established . In 1975 he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Münster .

The early success came at a high price. Gottschaldt suffered from burn-out syndrome with severe depression . The resulting alcohol addiction led him to a temporary incapacity for work and the lowest point in his life.

Gottschaldt underwent several inpatient therapy attempts . During his last stay in the clinic, he developed his own cross-school concept (Oberberg model), which bundled his experience from various therapeutic attempts and which was also the first short-term model of its time. His understanding as a person affected helped him to take over the rebuilding of a clinic in Bad Salzuflen in 1984 and to implement the Oberberg model. Because of the nearby Obernberg ("Kurgebiet Obernberg") the private clinic in Bad Salzuflen was still called Obernbergklinik . In 1988 the first private Oberbergklinik was opened in Hornberg (Black Forest), in 1991 the second in Extertal-Laßbruch (Weserbergland) and in 1997 the third clinic in Wendisch Rietz near Berlin.

On August 21, 1998, Gottschaldt had a fatal accident in a plane crash .

After his death, his wife Edda Gottschaldt took over the management of the Oberbergkliniken and founded the Oberberg Foundation Matthias Gottschaldt .

Doctor health

Gottschaldt dealt offensively and honestly with his own illness. As a person affected and as a doctor, he endeavored "to bring the topic of medical health into society and to increase the acceptance of addictive diseases among doctors in society". In collaboration with the Hamburg Chamber of Physicians, he developed a treatment offer for dependent doctors (curriculum for doctors) aimed at reintegration into the workforce.

Selected publications

  • Alcohol and Medicines: From Addiction Medicine to Integral Medicine. Matthias Gottschaldt, Edda Gottschaldt; Potsdam: 2009.
  • Alcohol and medication. Ways out of addiction. What shapes us in life - addiction as an emotional problem. Matthias Gottschaldt; Stuttgart: TRIAS, 1997.
  • Polygraphic studies of the night sleep of epileptic children. Matthias Gottschaldt; Erlangen: Palm and Enke, 1975.
  • About chronic leptomeningitis in covered traumatic brain injuries. Matthias Gottschaldt. Erlangen-Nuremberg: 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Alcohol and Medicines: From Addiction Medicine to Integral Medicine." Gottschaldt, M .; Gottschaldt, E. (2009), p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Physicians Health: A central task of the German Drug Foundation Matthias Gottschaldt" Psycho Euro 2007; 33 (1 + 2), p. 3 Archived copy ( memento of the original dated May 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oberbergkliniken.de

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SURNAME Gottschaldt, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neurologist, professor and clinic founder
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1998
Place of death Hagen