Psychology Department

The Department of Psychology (Sleep Medicine Center) of Guang'anmen Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences has been established for 30 years. It is one of the earliest units in China to carry out comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and mental diseases. It has long been committed to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and mental diseases.

Over the years, we have been eclectic and innovative. Especially since the sleep medicine center was established in 2015, it has gradually developed into a department with distinctive characteristics, rich diagnostic and treatment methods, outstanding traditional Chinese medicine characteristics, accurate curative effects, and obvious advantages in the industry.

The Department of Psychology (Sleep Medicine Center) is a key discipline construction unit of Traditional Chinese Medicine Psychology of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a key specialty construction unit of psychiatry of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, an affiliated unit of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Psychology Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies and the Sleep Medicine Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, a Chinese Medicine Psychology Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center and a Sleep Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center of the Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Beijing Community Traditional Chinese Medicine Mental Health Service Training Base, the leader unit of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Emergency Psychology Group for public emergencies, the joint construction unit of the capital's strategic cooperation in military-civilian integration development of traditional Chinese medicine, and the affiliated unit of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Psychology Teaching and Research Section of the Graduate School of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It is a doctorate and master's degree awarding point in Traditional Chinese Medicine Psychology from universities such as the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

Founded the only sleep medicine journal in China - "World Journal of Sleep Medicine".

He has undertaken a number of national, provincial and ministerial level scientific research projects, achieved rich results, and transformed them into clinically practical treatment methods.

Not only does it have a leading position in the industry, but it has also won unanimous recognition and praise from the general public.

The undergraduate department has an expert team of academic and clinical researchers composed of experts in TCM sleep medicine, TCM psychology, psychiatry and other fields, and enjoys a reputation at home and abroad.

There are 16 people in the department, including 1 who enjoys the special allowance of the State Council and is the chief researcher of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 4 chief physicians, and 5 deputy chief physicians.

The majority of medical staff in the Department of Psychology have a high sense of social responsibility. They not only actively participated in major national social activities such as SARS in 2003, the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, and the 2020 Wuhan COVID-19 epidemic, but also provided emergency treatment and psychological assistance.

We also actively participate in organizing various publicity and science activities on mental psychology and sleep disorders to improve ordinary people's understanding of common mental illnesses and sleep disorders, and actively prevent and treat diseases.

The main diagnosis and treatment projects of the department include:

1) Various mental diseases and emotional problems such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma and stress disorders, various physical symptoms and related disorders, adolescent psychological problems, pre-test anxiety, marriage and family problems, menopausal emotions, environmental adaptation disorders, psychological disorders caused by major physical diseases, etc.

2) Various sleep disorders such as various types of insomnia, sleep apnea syndrome, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, sleep rhythm disorders, abnormal sleep behavior, restless legs syndrome, etc.;

3) Psychosomatic diseases: Some physical diseases closely related to psychological factors, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal neurosis, menopausal syndrome, neuropathic headaches, peptic ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, etc.

The examination methods are rich, including subjective examinations such as psychological CT diagnostic system, as well as objective examination equipment such as polysomnography, mental stress analyzer, brain function analyzer, and near-infrared brain function imaging instrument, which provide guarantee for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of diseases.

In particular, relevant scales and questionnaires such as the Retrospective Personality Development Inventory (WMPI), the Personality Tendency Inventory (WPTI), and the Insomnia First Visit Structured Questionnaire (WIIQ) developed by Professor Wang Weidong's team are the department's unique traditional Chinese medicine psychological examination items.

After 30 years of development, the department has formed a treatment technology system that combines modern and traditional, drugs and non-drugs, individual therapy and group therapy.

This technical system includes traditional Chinese medicine psychotherapy, modern Chinese medicine psychotherapy, Chinese medicine mind-body adjustment technology and various modern psychotherapy technologies.

Specifically include:

1) Drug therapy: mainly traditional Chinese medicine treatment, auxiliary alternative treatment, western medicine, etc.;

2) Non-drug therapies: low-impedance ideation therapy (TIP technology), emotional therapy, Qigong guidance, hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), stress reduction therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, acupuncture combined with psychotherapy, music relaxation therapy, traditional Chinese medicine group guidance (Qigong) therapy, individual psychotherapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy, light-induced insomnia treatment, etc.

Among them, the low-resistance ideation therapy technology is a unique traditional Chinese medicine psychotherapy method of Professor Wang Weidong in our department.

The undergraduate department comprehensively uses the theories and methods of TCM psychology and TCM sleep medicine to treat mental and psychological diseases, psychosomatic diseases, sleep disorders and related diseases based on the principle of mind-body integration. It has an authoritative and leading position in this field in China and has rich experience in scientific research and teaching training.

Guang'anmen Hospital consultation hotline: 010-83123311