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News | 06/10/2023
SERIES OF EVENTS "MENTAL HEALTH WEEK"

Munich Mental Health Week: Specialist symposium for doctors and psychotherapists

On Friday, October 6, as part of the "Munich Mental Health Week", a specialist symposium for GPs, specialists and psychotherapists was held on the topic of"All digital or what: What are the benefits of digital applications for the care of people with mental illness?" The event was moderated by Prof. Peter Falkai, MD, Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (LMU Klinikum) and Prof. Jochen Gensichen, MD, Director of the Institute of General Medicine (LMU Klinikum).

Doctors from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, thePsychiatric Clinic of the TU Munich and the LMUClinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy reported in four exciting presentations (see program below) oncurrent developments and their experiences with digitalservices for mental illnesses.

You can find a livestream of the event here.

Program:

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Jochen Gensichen and Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai

Lectures:

  • Prof. Dr. Angelika Erhardt, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: "What is the evidence for APPs and web-based interventions in mental illness?"
  • Prof. Dr. Markus Bühner, LMU Psychology: "What can wearables and smartphones do for mental illness?"
  • PD Dr. Susanne Karch, LMU Department of Psychiatry: "How do virtual reality interventions work in mental illness?"
  • Prof. Dr. Daniel David Ebert, TUM Sports and Health Sciences: "DIGAs in outpatient practice, what, for whom and how?"

In cooperation with the Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression e.V. and the Stiftung Allgemeinmedizin

ORGANIZER

LMU Hospital, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry

Munich Alliance against Depression e.V.

Foundation for General Medicine