[Aspects of psychosomatics and psychotraumatology in refugees : Challenges for internal medicine].

Many people seek protection from war and violence in Germany. Flight and displacement often have an impact on mental health. The situation in the country of arrival, separation, grief and loss, and worries about the future can be additional burdens.

[Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence - a Challenge within the Health Care Sector - Result of a Survey Among Physicians].

Domestic violence evidently endangers health. Since physicians are seen as primary contact persons by victims of violence it is necessary to understand their perception of their role. 1346 of all physicians and dentists registered in 2015 with the Saxony Board of Physicians filled in a questionnaire on contact with victims, knowledge on support structures and willingness to take part on specific medical education.

[Models of Mental Health Care for Vulnerable Refugees in the Community].

A non-neglectable portion of people that have fled to Germany have been subjected to expulsion, violence, torture and grave human loss. In some of them, signs of secondary mental problems are obvious. In the light of the efforts at integration, these diseases must not be neglected.

[Domestic violence in patients - underestimated by medical staff: self-report data from medical staff of the outpatient clinical settings in Dresden and Chemnitz and of the inpatient departments of the Medical University of Dresden in Saxony, Germany].

Medical staffs have a key role in the adequate treatment of victims of domestic violence. The present study collects self-report data about subjective perception, general knowledge and motivation for further training about domestic violence from medical staff of inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. A questionnaire was developed and sent to doctors, nursing staff, midwives, and psychotherapists working in outpatient clinical settings in Dresden and Chemnitz and in the inpatient departments of the Medical University of Dresden in Saxony, Germany.