Prof. Dr. med. Christian Schmahl

psychiatry and psychotherapy

User Score	Experience	Rating	Price Range	Publications	Online Consultations
92%	28 years	9.8/10	$$	387	No

Overview

Country, City

Germany, Mannheim

Health facility

Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim

Medical unit

Department of psychosomatics and psychotherapeutic medicine

About the doctor

Prof. Dr. med. Christian Schmahl is a highly experienced psychiatrist and psychotherapist with 27 years of expertise in the field. He obtained his medical license and completed his residency and specialization in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the esteemed University of Freiburg. Throughout his career, Dr. Schmahl has made significant contributions to mental health through his extensive research and numerous publications, with 387 scientific papers. His research focuses on various aspects of mental health, including emotion regulation, pain sensitivity, and the effects of childhood trauma. Dr. Schmahl's expertise led him to be appointed Medical Director of the Department of psychosomatics and psychotherapeutic medicine at the Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim in Germany. He has also received several prestigious awards for his research, including the Young Investigator Award for Borderline Personality Disorder and the Prize for Psychotherapy Research. With his vast knowledge and extensive research in the field, Dr. Schmahl is considered a leading expert in psychiatry and psychotherapy. His dedication to understanding and treating mental health disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder, has made him a highly regarded figure in the medical community. Patients can trust his expertise and benefit from his specialized knowledge in providing effective and comprehensive mental health care.

Skills & Expertise

Resume

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

Education

Studied human medicine
Obtaining a license for medical practice
1996 Defense of the dissertation
1996-2003 Resident in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg
2000 Research Fellow at the Yale and Emory Universities
Obtaining specialization in psychiatry and psychotherapy
2006 Habilitation and a teaching license for psychiatry and psychotherapy

Experience

2003 Research Coordinator and Senior Physician of the Department of psychosomatics and psychotherapeutic medicine at the Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim
2013 W3 Professorship for experimental psychopathology
2015 Medical Director of the Department of psychosomatics and psychotherapeutic medicine at the Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim

Awards & Memberships

2004 Young Investigator Award of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
2005 First prize for pain research from the German Association for the Study of Pain
2007 Young Researchers Award of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
2011-2013 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Neuronal correlates of emotion regulation in patients with a borderline personality disorder"
2012-2013 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Impulsivity and stress –a behavioral and NMR spectroscopic investigations in borderline personality disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder"
2012-2015 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Impact of cognitive and sensory information processing during reconsolidation of fear-memory in humans"
2012-2018 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Characteristics and training of neural responding in borderline personality disorder"
2012-2018 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Tissue damage and pain – modeling cutting behavior in borderline personality disorder"
2012-2018 Member project from the German Research Foundation: "Mechanisms of disturbed emotion processing in borderline personality disorder"
2013 Prize for psychotherapy research from the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology
2013-2016 Member project from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany: "Treating psychosocial and neural consequences of childhood interpersonal violence in adults"
2018 Spokesperson of the research training group (GRK2350): "Impact of adverse childhood experience on psychosocial and somatic conditions across the lifespan"