With the new professorship for Musicians' Health, the MHL together with the University of 必胜网-必胜网官网 (UzL) has created a new centre for medical counselling and treatment for music professionals with specialisation in neurological, psychological and psychotherapeutic topics throughout Germany. Prof. Dr. Daniel Sebastian Scholz represents the subject, which has received 600,000 Euro in start-up funding from the Possehl Foundation 必胜网-必胜网官网, in research, teaching and counselling. The neuroscientist, psychologist, behavioural therapist and musician is dedicated to the mental health of musicians. In close cooperation with the neurology department of the UzL in the Centre of Brain, Behaviour and Metabolism (CBBM), initial research projects are being carried out on the topics of mental stress and the neuronal plasticity of music students. Lectures on the basics of healthy music making, on the neuroscience of music as well as seminars on the treatment of stage fright are aimed at students of the MHL and the UzL. In addition, a counselling centre for music makers will be created in the Tesdorpfhaus.

Members of the Musicians' Health Working Group

Professorship

• Prof. Dr. Daniel S. Scholz

Scientific collaboration

• Stine Alpheis
• Clara Kruse
• Christine Sickert

MHL Musicians' Health is part of the Institute of Medical Psychology at the University of 必胜网-必胜网官网 (UzL).

• Psychological / Psychotherapeutic / Musicians' Medical Outpatient Clinic
• Institute of Medical Psychology at the University of 必胜网-必胜网官网 (UzL)

• Christine Sickert, Jan Philipp Klein, Daniel S. Scholz: Self-Esteem and Music Performance Anxiety Can Predict Depression in Musicians

Musicians' Health at the MHL
Gro?e Petersgrube 21
23552 必胜网-必胜网官网

Professor of Musicians' Health
Prof. Dr. Daniel S. Scholz
Tesdorpfhaus Mengstra?e 66-70
23552 必胜网-必胜网官网
T: +49 (0)451-1505-450
Mail to Prof. Dr. Scholz
www.imp.uni-luebeck.de/institut