Newly appointed professors

11/14/2018 | Neuberufene

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lindner is Professor of Theory, Empiricism and Methods of Social Therapy

On March 1, 2018, Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Lindner began working in the "Theory, Empiricism and Methods of Social Therapy" department at the Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Kassel.

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Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lindner

Prof. Lindner is a specialist in neurology and psychiatry as well as a specialist in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. Lindner habilitated in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg in 2006. He worked for 18 years in a psychoanalytically oriented capacity at the Therapy Center for Suicide Patients, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and for eleven years as a senior physician for geriatric psychosomatics at the Albertinen-Haus Medical-Geriatric Clinic in Hamburg.

His research focuses on gender- and age-specific aspects of suicidality and suicide prevention as well as psychodynamic psychotherapy for the elderly. Other research interests include counseling refugees and suicide prevention in prisons.