The Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics at Heidelberg University Hospital is the oldest psychosomatic hospital in Germany, founded in 1950 by psychoanalyst Alexander Mitscherlich. Operates four inpatient wards, two day clinics, an evening clinic, and multiple outpatient clinics. Heidelberg's physicians developed most standards now used in inpatient psychotherapy throughout Germany.
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Patients seeking psychosomatic treatment at the birthplace of German inpatient psychotherapy, with rigorous psychoanalytic group and individual therapy.
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The oldest psychosomatic hospital in Germany, founded in 1950 by psychoanalyst Alexander Mitscherlich. Heidelberg physicians developed most of the standards used today in inpatient psychotherapy. Therapeutic program centers on psychoanalytic-interactional group therapy combined with individual psychodynamic psychotherapy — a model that shaped the entire field.