Medical director: PD. Dr. med. Dirk Schwerthöffer

Research areas:

• Diagnosis and therapy of sleep disorders
• Polysomnography
• Sleep disorders in Psychiatric Disorders
• Sleep disorders in cognitive disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
• Sleep disorders in Substance Use Disorders

Current projects

• Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CVT-I) for patients in the early phase of neurodegenerative diseases
• Sleep Disorders in Use Disorders (Outpatient  Treatment)
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Publications

• Dirk Schwerthoffer, Tim Haselwarter and Timo Grimmer (2024). Obstructive Sleep Apnea among patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. In press, accepted 14 May 2024.
• Dirk Schwerthöffer, Hans Förstl (2024). Insomniac symptoms and suicidality - correlations and management. Neuropsychiatry, 38(2): 53-61.
• Grimmer T, Laub T, Hapfelmeier A, Eisele T, Fatke B, Hölzle P, Lüscher S, Parchmann AM, Rentrop M, Schwerthöffer D, Müller-Sarnowski F, Ortner M, Goldhardt O, Kurz A, Förstl H, Alexopoulos P (202020). The overnight reduction of amyloid β 1-42 plasma levels is diminished by the extent of sleep fragmentation, sAPP-β, and APOE ε4 in psychiatrists on call. Alzheimers Dementia, 16(5):759-769.
• Schwerthöffer D, Fatke B, Förstl H (202020). Dilemma situation: Nocturnal restlessness in the elderly patient - differential diagnosis and therapy. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 145(9):634-638.
• Schwerthöffer D, Förstl H (2020). Sleep-wake rhythm disturbances in dementia. DPN - Der Neurologe und Psychiater, 21:18-22

Team

PD Dr. med. Dirk Schwerthöffer (Medical Director)

Dirk.Schwerthoeffer@tum.de

Dipl. Psych. Corina Pohl (Psychologist)

Corina.Pohl@tum.de

Valentina Uka (Technical Director)

Valentina.Uka@tum.de

Contact and registration:

Tel: 089-41404231 (Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm) Email: Schlaf-Info.ps@mri.tum.de

Registration via our telephone consultation hour, Wednesdays between 10:00 and 12:00 Tel: 089-4140-7422.