MVZ Zweigpraxis für Neurologie und Psychiatrie
Neurology
The speciality field Neurology comprises the prevention, diagnosis, conservative treatment and rehabilitation of disorders of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system including the musculature. *
- Examples of neurological disorders:
- Headache or migraine
- Circulatory disorders, haemorrhages or abnormity of blood vessels of the brain (e.g. stroke)
- Impaired coordination (vertigo, imbalance)
- Extrapyramidal and movement disorders (e.g. Parkinson´s disease, Ataxia, Restless legs Syndrome, Chorea Huntington)
- Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (e.g. multiple sclerosis, infections transmitted by ticks, meningitis)
- Tumors and abnormities of the brain and the spinal cord
- Impairment of consciousness and seizures (e.g. epilepsy, narcolepsy, syncopes)
- Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome, spinal syndrome, polyneuropathy)
- Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (e.g. myasthenia, muscle dystrophia)
- Affections of the nervous system through external influences (e.g. alcohol, diabetes, heavy metals)
Psychiatry
The speciality field Psychiatry comprises the prevention, diagnosis and somatic, psychotherapeutic and socio-psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation of primary psychic disorders and of disorders correlating to somatic disorders and toxic lesions, including social, psychosomatic and forensic aspects. *
- Examples of psychiatric disorders:
- Mood disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, mania)
- Psychosis and schizophrenia
- Disorders of adult personality and behaviour (e.g. borderline syndrome, dissociative disorders)
- Eating disorder (e.g. bulimia, anorexia)
- Stress-related disorders (e.g. acute stress reaction, post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Sleep disorders
- Impairment of concentration and attention (e.g. hyperkinetic attention deficit disorder)
- Psychosomatic impairment of somatic well-being (e.g. somatoform disorder)
- Nonorganic sexual dysfunction
- Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (e.g. alcohol dependency, drug addiction)
- Mental retardation
- Memory impairment (e.g. Alzheimer´s disease, vascular dementia, dementia correlated to Parkinson´s disease)
- Mental disorders due to brain damage and dysfunction and to physical disease
Rehabilitative Medicine
Qualification in Rehabilitative Medicine complements a medical speciality field and comprises initiation and coordination of procedures of rehabilitation for occupational and social reintegration by interdisciplinary cooperation. *
*: Definition of the content of speciality fields as formulated by Ärztekammer Nordrhein
Leistungsangebot
Services
We offer the whole spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic methods in neurology and psychiatry:
- Clinical neurologic examination
- Clinical psychiatric examination
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Electroneurography (NLG)
- Evoked Potentials (SEP, VEP, AEP)
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Extra- and transcranial doppler sonography
- Cognitive testing
- Specific medicinal treatment of neurologic and psychiatric diseases
- Psychotherapy: psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive therapy [mainly by referral / delegation to psychological therapeuts]
- Diagnostic imaging (MRT, CCT) [by referral to radiologists]
- Laboratory diagnostic [by cooperation with a central laboratory]
