German psychiatrists


Bernhard van Treeck MD (born February 5, 1964, Kempen, Niederrhein) is a German psychiatrist and has led a clinic specialised in addictions and drug-dependency. As an author he has written several books on graffiti, street-art, drugs and addiction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernhard van Treeck"

Carl Hans Heinze Sennhenn, Nazi German psychiatrist and eugenicist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Hans Heinze Sennhenn"

Emil Kraepelin ( February 15 1856- October 7 1926) was a German Psychiatrist who attempted to create a synthesis of the hundreds of mental disorders classified by the 19th century, grouping diseases together based on classification of common patterns of symptoms, rather than by simple similarity of major symptoms in the manner of his predecessors. In fact, it was precisely because of the demonstrated inadequacy of such methods that Kraepelin developed his new diagnostic system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emil Kraepelin"

Ernst Kretschmer (* October 8 1888 in Wüstenrot near Heilbronn ( Germany); † February 8 1964 in Tübingen) Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. h.c., was a psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a typology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst Kretschmer"

Ernst Rüdin ( April 19, 1874 - 1952) Swiss- German psychiatrist, geneticist and eugenicist. Rüdin was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is known as one of the fathers of racial hygiene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst Rüdin"

Dr. Fredric Wertham ( March 20, 1895– November 29, 1981) was a German- American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of mass media— comic books in particular—on the development of children. His best-known book was Seduction of the Innocent ( 1954), which led to a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fredric Wertham"

Friedrich Mauz ( 1900 - 1979) German psychiatrist who was involved with the Nazi T-4 Euthanasia Program. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friedrich Mauz"

Friedrich Panse ( 1899 - 1973) was a German psychiatrist who was involved with the Nazi T-4 Euthanasia Program. He was an advisor who "expertly guided" patients into gas chambers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friedrich Panse"

Georg Grodeck is a German psychiatrist and contemporary of Sigmund Freud, but apparently not a part of his ring of psychoanalysts. He was, however, an original psychotherapist for his time and was convinced of the importance of the unconscious mind, particularly of instance called that (close to what Freud called the id) in the genesis of current somatic disorders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Georg Grodeck"

Hans Prinzhorn ( June 6 1886 - June 14 1933) was a German psychiatrist and art historian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hans Prinzhorn"

Helmuth Ehrhardt German psychiatrist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helmuth Ehrhardt"

Karl Theodor Jaspers ( February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969), a German psychiatrist and philosopher, had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Jaspers"

Kurt Schneider ( 1887- 1967) was a German psychiatrist known largely for his writing on the diagnosis and understanding of schizophrenia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurt Schneider"

Hermann Paul Nitsche (born November 25, 1876 in Colditz, died March 25, 1948 in Dresden) was a German psychiatrist known for his expert endorsement of the Third Reich's euthanasia authorization and who later headed the T-4 Euthanasia Program. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Nitsche"

Werner Heyde (aka Fritz Sawade) (born April 25, 1902 in Forst, died February 13, 1964 in Frankfurt) was a German psychiatrist. He was one of the main organizers Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program. ...more on Wikipedia about "Werner Heyde"

Werner Villinger ( 1887- 1961) was a Nazi German psychiatrist, neurologist, eugenicist and the leading physician at the Bethel Institution ("Anstalt Bethel"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Werner Villinger"

William Guglielmo Niederland ( 1904 - 1993) was a German- American psychoanalyst. He coined the term survivor syndrome in 1961. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Guglielmo Niederland"

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