[Office-based psychosomatic medicine with a focus on acute care].

In Germany, the office-based psychosomatic medicine with focus on acute care offers psychosomatic treatment besides primary care by general practitioners and regular psychotherapy. The aim of this study is to determine specific characteristics of these innovative office-based practices. In a qualitative cross-sectional study, twelve board-certified specialists in psychosomatic medicine, practicing office-based psychosomatic medicine were surveyed by means of semi-structured telephone-interviews.

Visual processing of biological motion in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an event related potential-study.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often accompanied by problems in social behaviour, which are sometimes similar to some symptoms of autism-spectrum disorders (ASD). However, neuronal mechanisms of ASD-like deficits in ADHD have rarely been studied. The processing of biological motion-recently discussed as a marker of social cognition-was found to be disrupted in ASD in several studies.