Dr. W. Meyer


Research activities
Since 2006
Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Rostock
  • Mental health in migraine and tinnitus sufferers
  • Transcultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Sexuality and affection in old age
  • Shift work and mental health
  • Communication in undergraduates
Since 2002
Barts and the London School of Medicine, London
  • Decision-making in Preclinical Resuscitations
  • Ethical aspects of decision-making at the end of life
  • Job-related coping strategies in emergency physicians
  • Transcultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Violent Radicalisation
2006-2014
Department of Neuroregeneration, University of Rostock
  • Mental health in Niemann-Pick and Fabry sufferers
  • Acute cerebrovascular disease in young patients
2002-2014
Accident and Emergency/Pre-Hospital Care, Royal London Hospital
  • Decision-making in emergency medicine
  • Physicians' coping strategies in emergency medicine
1996-2010
Department of Medical Psychology University of Dresden
  • Job-related coping strategies in emergency physicians
  • Family therapy
  • Attitudes to genetic testing
1999-2002
Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine, London
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
  • Inventions in self-harm and suicide attempts in emergency medicine
1995-1999
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock
  • Physicians' practice-patterns during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Support groups for nurses, medical doctors, firemen and policemen
1993-1999
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kiel
  • Psychosomatics of Hypertension
  • Arterial pulse wave analysis
  • Three dimensional views of blood pressure and heart rate over time
1984-1995
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Kiel
  • Psychology of loss and bereavement
  • Psychology in Emergency Medicine
  • Hypertension and factors influencing blood pressure and heart rate
  • Physicians' psychological responses to cardiopulmonary resuscitation
1972-1973
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St.Bartholomew's Hospital, London
  • Absorption and excretion of Procainamide