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Michael Linden (born 30 July 1948 in
Simmern/Hunsrück in
Rheinland-Pfalz
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
) is a German psychiatrist and professor of
psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry.
Initial psych ...
,
psychosomatic medicine
Psychosomatic medicine is an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, behavioral factors on bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals.
The academic forebear of the modern field of ...
and
psychotherapy
Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...
in the
Charité
The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine) is one of Europe's largest university hospitals, affiliated with Humboldt University and Free University Berlin. With numerous Collaborative Research Cen ...
University Hospital in
Berlin
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.
He was the first publishing on
Post-traumatic embitterment disorder
Posttraumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is defined as a pathological reaction to a negative life event, which those affected experienced as a grave insult, humiliation, betrayal, or injustice. Prevalent emotions of PTED are embitterment, anger, ...
s. Furthermore, he is editor of the journals ''Primary Care Psychiatry'', ''Rehabilitation'', ''Pharmacopsychiatry'' and the ''Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy''. In 1997 he was the recipient of the Research Award in Psychogeriatrics of the ''International Psychogeriatric Association''.
He is married with Evelyn Linden and has two sons and one daughter. He is member of the
Roman-Catholic parish of
Mater Dolorosa
Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...
in
Berlin-Lankwitz and, he was member of the
board of directors
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of the legal, independent
foundation
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Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz from 2009 to 2014.
Former members of the foundation
retrieved 25 October 2015
Publications
* ''The Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder'', Linden, M., Rotter, M., Baumann, K., Lieberei, B. (editors), Hogrefe & Huber-Verlag, 2007
External links
Curriculum Vitae - Michael Linden
(PDF-Datei; 39 kB)
(German)
References
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1948 births
Living people
People from Simmern
German Roman Catholics
German psychiatrists
Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin