Michael Zaudig

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Michael Zaudig (born April 9, 1950 in Munich ) is a German psychiatrist , psychosomatic specialist and behavioral therapist .

Zaudig headed the Windach Psychosomatic Clinic from 1992 to 2016. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . His research focuses on the diagnosis , classification and therapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder , personality disorders and dementia . He is a specialist in psychiatric diagnostic and classification systems from DSM-II to DSM-5 and ICD-10 and is a cooperation partner of the Academy and Health Center Kloster Frauenchiemsee.

Life and professional history

After graduating from high school in 1970, Zaudig studied human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1977 he passed the medical examination (state examination). From December 1977 to April 1979 he worked as a medical assistant at the cardiological clinic of the Großhadern Clinic , Munich, in the surgical department of the Feuchtwangen District Hospital and at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry. There he worked after his license to practice medicine on April 30, 1979 until May 1982. He received his doctorate in 1981 under Schrader, Medical Director of the Neurological Clinic of the Großhadern Clinic, on the subject of phakomatoses from a neurological point of view .

From June 1982 to March 1983 he gained experience as a general practitioner in order to continue his psychiatric training in the Kaufbeuren district hospital from April 1983 . He completed his neurological advanced training year from 1985 to 1986 in the Kaufbeuren district hospital. From May 1986 he moved back to the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich as deputy head of the psychiatric polyclinic. From 1989 to 1992 he headed the closed department as senior physician.

From February 1, 1992 to June 30, 2016, he was chief physician and medical director of the Windach Psychosomatic Clinic . In May 2007 he also opened the Westend day clinic, which he continues to run as Medical Director.

Zaudig is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, and a behavioral therapist. In 1994 he was appointed a full member of the examination board of the Bavarian Medical Association in the fields of psychiatry and psychotherapy as well as psychotherapeutic medicine, and since 1999 also for quality management. He is also the examiner for the state examination for psychological psychotherapists at the government of Upper Bavaria.

Michael Zaudig lives with his wife in Munich. The couple have two children.

Teaching

In 1984 Zaudig took on a teaching position at the University of Mannheim in the Department of Psychology for Psychopathology and Diagnostics. Since 1986 he has been a lecturer at the Association for the Promotion of Clinical Behavior Therapy, Munich, a behavioral therapy training institute. He was appointed as a supervisor and trainer for behavior therapy in 1992. In 1987 he received a teaching position at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, completed his habilitation in 1995 with the work Early Detection of Dementia and Slight Cognitive Impairment , was appointed private lecturer and was authorized to teach in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy. In 2003 he was appointed adjunct professor at the LMU Munich.

Research priorities

From 1980 to 1987, Zaudig dealt with neurobiological issues such as the use of ƴ-endorphin as an antipsychotic in schizophrenics or the psychotoxic effects of ofloxacin . Questions of epidemiology , diagnostics, psychopathology and psychometry run through Zaudig's scientific work.

In the Munich follow-up study, together with von Zerssen, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen and Möller , he examined the diagnosis, course and outcome of schizoaffective psychoses over several years. He checked the test-retest reliability of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SKID). From 1986 he was co-translator of the ICD-10 and participated in ICD-10 field studies. From 1986 he was co-editor and translator of the German edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and DSM-5).

Zaudig developed the structured interview for diagnosing dementia disorders according to the criteria of DSM-III-R and ICD-10 (SIDAM) as well as the Munich Diagnosis Checklists / International Diagnosis Checklists (MDCL / IDCL), which the WHO transferred to the ICD in 1990 -10 "Family of Instruments" were taken over. At the same time, he carried out studies on cognitive impairments in asymptomatic HIV-positive patients in Brazil, Kenya, Zaire, Thailand, USA, Germany and Italy. As part of a WHO multicenter study, which was co-initiated by Zaudig, the earliest cognitive changes in HIV infections worldwide were investigated and possible predictors for the later development of HIV-related dementia were determined. His research activities in this area contributed in particular to better early detection of dementia and mild cognitive impairments.

During Zaudig's work at the Windach Psychosomatic Clinic from 1992 to 2016, the focus of research was on catamnestic progression and therapy studies in obsessive-compulsive disorder , studies on neuropsychology , neurobiology , genetics and epigenetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in therapy effectiveness studies , etc. a. also for behavior therapy of therapy-resistant type II diabetes patients, in burnout and personality research as well as in the field of pain and psychosomatic basic research. He was instrumental in introducing the concept of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder . The concept of multimodal obsessive-compulsive disorder therapy established by him with the core element of exposure treatment served as a model for numerous inpatient therapy concepts in Germany.

His scientific work led to study visits to Spitzer (New York), Kane (New York), Helzer (St. Louis), Benson and Cummings. From 1989 to 1991 he was a scientific advisor (temporary advisor) to the WHO for the field of neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological problems in HIV infections, and since 1989 international scientific advisor to the DSM-III-R and DSM-IV working groups of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Treasurer of the Classification, Diagnostic, Assessment and Nomenclature section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) from 1993 to 1999. From 1994 to 2002 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Psychiatric Association (IPA).

Association activities

In addition to clinical and research activities, Zaudig performs numerous professional political and association tasks. He is a member of the Professional Association of German Nerve Doctors (BVDN), the umbrella organization for behavioral therapy (DVT), the German Society for Gerontopsychiatry (DGGP), the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN), the German Society for Behavioral Modification and Behavioral Medicine (DGVM), the International Psychiatric Association (IPA), the World Association for Psychiatry (WPA).

Furthermore, he is a member of the German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (DGPM) and was a member of the German and Bavarian board of directors for many years, and was the long-term representative of the German Medical Society for Behavioral Therapy (DÄVT). He is a board member of the Association for the Promotion of Clinical Behavioral Therapy (VFKV), the Association for Prevention, Youth Welfare and Addiction Therapy - PROP eV and the German Society for Obsessive Compulsive Diseases . Michael Zaudig has been on the board of the Munich Alliance against Depression since 2016.

Publications

Zaudig is co-editor of the journal Personality Disorders Theory and Therapy (PTT) and the journal for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy .

• with P. Falkai, HU Wittchen, M. Döpfner, W. Gaebel, W. Maier, W. Rief and H. Saß (eds.): Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychic Disorders DSM-5. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2015.
• with RD Trautmann (ed.): Therapielexikon - Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie. Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2006.
• with R.-M. Frieboes and M. Nosper (eds.): Rehabilitation for mental disorders. Urban & Fischer, 2005.
• with M. Bergener, H. Hampel and H.-J. Möller (Ed.): Gerontopsychiatrie. Scientific publishing company, Stuttgart 2005.
• with W. Hauke ​​and U. Hegerl: The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Diagnostics and therapy. 2nd Edition. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 2002.
• with G. Berberich: Dementia in old age. Current diagnostics and therapy for the practice. Unimed Verlag, Bremen / London / Boston 2001.
• with U. Hegerl and H.-J. Möller: Depression and dementia in old age. Differentiation, interactions, diagnosis, therapy. Springer Verlag, Vienna / New York 2001.
• with H.-U. Wittchen and H. Saß: DSM-IV and ICD-10 case book. Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen / Bern / Toronto / Seattle 2000.
• with H. Saß and H.-U. Wittchen: Handbook of differential diagnoses. DSM-IV. Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen / Bern / Toronto / Seattle 1999.
• with W. Hauke ​​and U. Hegerl: The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Diagnostics and therapy. 1st edition. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1998.
• with SI Finkel, J. Luxenberg, H. Brodaty, P. Rabins, B. Lawlor and A. Homma: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. IPA. Educational pack. International Psychogeriatric Association. Gardiner-Caldwell Communication, London 1998.
• with H. Saß, H.-U. Wittchen and I. Houben: Diagnostic criteria of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. DSM-IV. Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen / Bern / Toronto / Seattle 1998.
• with W. Hiller: SIDAM manual. Structured interview for the diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type, multi-infarct (or vascular) dementia and dementias of other etiologies according to DSM-III-R, DSM-IV and ICD-10. Publisher Hans Huber, Bern / Göttingen / Toronto / Seattle 1996.
• with H. Saß and H.-U. Wittchen: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Published by the American Psychiatric Association. German processing. Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen / Bern / Toronto / Seattle 1996.
• Diagnosis and therapy of "slight cognitive impairment" and dementia. Huber Verlag, Bern / Göttingen / Toronto / Seattle 1995.
• with H. Reinecker: Long-term effects in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, Berlin / Riga / Vienna / Zagreb 1995.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Academy and Health Center Frauenchiemsee. Retrieved on March 11, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ Windach Clinic. Retrieved March 26, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression eV. Accessed on March 26, 2020 .