Wolfram Kawohl

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Wolfram Kawohl (born October 22, 1971 in Dortmund ) is a German-Swiss doctor specializing in psychiatry and psychotherapy .

Life

After graduating from high school, Wolfram Kawohl studied medicine at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen from 1992 to 1999 and then worked clinically and scientifically at university hospitals in Aachen and Zurich.

After professorships in Germany and Switzerland and a guest professorship of several years at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg , he has been adjunct professor for psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Zurich since 2015 .

Wolfram Kawohl has been the chief physician and head of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Psychiatrischedienste Aargau AG (PDAG) with its outpatient, semi-inpatient and inpatient facilities since 2016 .

Scientific contributions

Kawohl's scientific work includes, on the one hand, contributions to research into clinical-neurophysiological aspects of mental functions, disorders and risk states and, on the other hand, the relationship between work and mental health and illness. In particular, health-promoting aspects of work and the improvement of the chances of working despite mental illness are also taken into account.

In 2015 Kawohl published as a senior author together with the sociologist Carlos Nordt in The Lancet Psychiatry a highly acclaimed study on the connection between unemployment and suicide. The associated media release from the University of Zurich was the most cited in 2015. In addition to the Swiss media, u. a. «Spiegel», «Le Figaro», «Economic Times», radio stations as well as Indian and Asian portals a total of 540 times above.

Kawohl also deals with psychopathological and pathophysiological principles and the treatment of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome.

Fonts

Books (selection)

As editor

  • Wulf Rössler, Wolfram Kawohl: Social psychiatry: The manual for psychosocial practice. Volume 1: Basics. Kohlhammer, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-021987-8 .
  • Wulf Rössler, Wolfram Kawohl: Social psychiatry: The manual for psychosocial practice. Volume 2: Application. Kohlhammer, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-021988-5 .
  • Wolfram Kawohl, Wulf Rössler: Work and Psyche: Basics, Therapy, Rehabilitation, Prevention: A Handbook. Kohlhammer, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-17-025762-7 .

As translator

  • Mal Leicester: Living with Tourette Syndrome: A Guide for Those Affected, Relatives, Therapists, and Teachers. Kohlhammer, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-17-029721-0 .

Articles (selection)

  • W. Kawohl, C. Wyss, P. Roser, M. Brüne, W. Rössler, G. Juckel: Social psychiatry and neurobiology. A long overdue approximation using the example of schizophrenia. In: Neurologist. Volume 88, No. 5, May 2017, pp. 510-519. doi: 10.1007 / s00115-016-0179-9
  • NT Telle, J. Moock, S. Heuchert, V. Schulte, W. Rössler, W. Kawohl: Job Maintenance through Supported Employment PLUS: A Randomized Controlled Trial. In: Front Public Health. Volume 4, Sep 20, 2016, p. 194. eCollection 2016
  • F. Hagenmuller, K. Heekeren, M. Meier, A. Theodoridou, S. Walitza, H. Haker, W. Rössler, W. Kawohl: The Loudness Dependence of Auditory Evoked Potentials (LDAEP) in individuals at risk for developing bipolar disorders and schizophrenia. In: Clin Neurophysiol. Volume 127, No. 2, Feb 2016, pp. 1342-1350. doi: 10.1016 / j.clinph.2015.10.050 . Epub 2015 Nov 11
  • S. Viering, M. Jäger, B. Bärtsch, C. Nordt, W. Rössler, I. Warnke, W. Kawohl: Supported Employment for the Reintegration of Disability Pensioners with Mental Illnesses: A Randomized Controlled Trial. In: Front Public Health. Volume 3, Oct 20, 2015, p. 237. doi: 10.3389 / fpubh.2015.00237 . eCollection 2015
  • C. Nordt, I. Warnke, E. Seifritz, W. Kawohl: Modeling suicide and unemployment: a longitudinal analysis covering 63 countries, 2000-11. In: Lancet Psychiatry. Volume 2, No. 3, Mar 2015, pp. 239–245. doi: 10.1016 / S2215-0366 (14) 00118-7 . Epub 2015 Feb 25
  • W. Kawohl, S. Bunse, K. Willmes, A. Hoffrogge, H. Buchner, W. Huber: Semantic event-related potential components reflect severity of comprehension deficits in aphasia. In: Neurorehabil Neural Repair. Volume 24, No. 3, Mar-Apr 2010, pp. 282-289. doi: 10.1177 / 1545968309348311 . Epub 2009 Oct 27
  • W. Kawohl, F. Schneider, I. Vernaleken, I. Neuner: Aripiprazole in the pharmacotherapy of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in adult patients. In: World J Biol Psychiatry. Volume 10, No. 4 Pt 3, 2009, pp. 827-831. doi: 10.1080 / 15622970701762544
  • W. Kawohl, A. Brühl, G. Krowatschek, D. Ketteler, U. Herwig: Functional magnetic resonance imaging of tics and tic suppression in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. In: World J Biol Psychiatry. Volume 10, No. 4 Pt 2, 2009, pp. 567-570. doi: 10.1080 / 15622970802118356
  • W. Kawohl, E. Habermeyer: Free will: reconciling German civil law with Libet's neurophysiological studies on the readiness potential. In: Behav Sci Law. Volume 25, No. 2, 2007, pp. 309-320.

literature

  • Königsfelden chief physician: “I don't have to invent any new diseases”. In: Aargauer Zeitung. 22nd March 2017.
  • Expert warns of the risk of burnout: If you stay in hiding, a vicious circle threatens. In: Aargauer Zeitung. March 9, 2017.
  • IV is designed to help mentally ill people at work. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. May 9, 2015.
  • Thousands of suicides related to unemployment. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. February 10, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ medreg.admin.ch
  2. ↑ Management - Psychiatric Services Aargau AG. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ UZH Journal. No. 1, February 2016, p. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Kawohl, Wolfram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss doctor and professor of psychiatry and psychotherapy
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund