Illness	Number of cases
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	714
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	114
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	83
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	61
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	23
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	20
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified (M53.26)	17
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	16
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicocranial syndrome (M53.0)	16
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	15

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment with electrical currents, usually directly through the skin (8-650)	896
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated individually - individual therapy (9-410.05)	781
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.14)	676
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated in groups - group therapy (9-411.05)	566
Extended investigation of pain, with special equipment for monitoring and the possibility of the administration of medicines, as well as uniform follow-up of therapeutic success (1-911)	563
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated in groups - group therapy (9-411.06)	331
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.00)	269
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	258
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into a joint with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-158.t)	167
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.30)	159

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Department key

Department key: 3753

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
35	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
24	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
24	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Schmerzmedizin Q14 Joh. Gutenberg-Uni. Mainz durch leitende Fachärzte/-innen des SZM, Schmerzpsychotherapie: Dr. Diezem.-Prößdorf, Dipl.-Psych. Poesthorst Uni. Erl.-Nürnberg: Prof. Dr. med. Casser; Georg-August-Uni. Göttingen: Dr. Diezem.-Prößdorf; Techn. Uni. Braunschweig: Dipl.-Psych. Poesthorst
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Casser, PD Dr. med. Laufenberg-Feldmann, Dr. med. Wetterling, PD Dr. med. Geber, Dr. med. Manderbach, Psychotherapeut*innen in Ausbildung (PsychTh-APrV nach § 2 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 ): Dr. Diezemann-Prößdorf, Dipl.-Psych. Poesthorst
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. med. Casser, PD Dr. med. Geber, PD Dr. med. Laufenberg-Feldmann, Dr. Diezemann-Prößdorf
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Universität Mainz, Leitung Dr. T. Klan: Interview zur Anfallsangst bei Migräne, weiterführende Studie zur Validierung eines Fragebogens, Dr. Diezemann-Prößdorf; Universität Gießen, Leitung Prof. Hermann: Therapieevaluation interdisziplinärer Schmerztherapie, Dr. Diezemann-Prößdorf
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	PAIN 2020: G-BA/DSGS/ BEK/Unikl. Greifswald/Göttingen/Dresden (Nagel/Casser); Teilnahme: COVID-19 Register Rheinland-Pfalz: Study Identifier: NCT04335188, PI: Laufenberg-Feldmann; PAIN 2.0 (GBA/DSG/BEK/Univ.Kliniken Greifswald/Göttingen/Dresden) (Geber/Casser)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mithrsg: Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Casser: "Z.f. Manuelle Medizin", Springer, "Pain Therapy", Official EFORT Journal: European Orthopaedics and Traumatology EOTR. Editorial Board member Priv. -Doz. Dr. med. Geber: European Journal of Pain (Editorial advisor)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Im Rahmen der Ausbildung / des Studiums zum Physiotherapeuten / B.sc. kann ein praktischer Teil in Kooperation mit der Universitätsklinik Mainz, der katholischen Hochschule Mainz und der University of Applied Science (Hochschule Fresenius, Frankfurt M. und Idstein) in unserem Haus geleistet werden.