Department of Psychosomatic Medicine

The Department of Psychosomatics (Medical Psychology) of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Chinese Medicine was established in 2001 and was renamed "Department of Psychosomatics" after moving to the new hospital in 2017. The department integrates clinical practice, scientific research, and teaching. Its main diagnosis, treatment and research directions are various sleep diseases, mood disorder spectrum diseases, mental disorders caused by the body, etc. It combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine with traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture to form a unique treatment model, which highlights the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, gives full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, syndrome differentiation and treatment, and uses Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, auricular acupuncture and other methods to adjust the imbalanced physical state. Psychological treatment includes: individual, family, and group psychotherapy, providing precise diagnosis and treatment according to patient needs, and relying on comprehensive hospital multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment to comprehensively improve clinical efficacy. The TCM psychotherapy team of the Department of Psychosomatics consists of 1 chief physician, 1 deputy chief physician, 2 attending physicians, and 1 physician, all of whom have master's degrees. Team members have rich clinical experience and are proficient in the diagnosis and treatment of common mental and psychological diseases. The psychosomatic department is equipped with a computer psychological testing system to assist in the diagnosis of mental and psychological diseases to meet clinical needs.