Eugen Kahn

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Eugen Kahn (born 20 May 1887 in Stuttgart, Germany[1] – died January 1973 in Houston, Texas[2]) was a German psychiatrist. His "habilitation" supervisors were Emil Kraepelin and Ernst Rüdin.[3]

He argued Willenlos was a misnomer for the Haltlose, as the patients demonstrated plenty of "will" and simply lacked the ability to translate it into action.[4] He was the first Sterling Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale 1930-1946.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Papers of Eugen Kahn, MD". University of Texas Libraries. University of Texas. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ The University Department of Psychiatry in Munich: From Kraepelin and his predecessors to molecular psychiatry. Springer-Verlag. 31 December 2007. p. 93. ISBN 9783540740179. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ Hanns Hippius [in German]; Hans-Jürgen Möller; Hans-Jürgen Müller; Gabriele Neundörfer-Kohl (2007). The University Department of Psychiatry in Munich: From Kraepelin and his predecessors to molecular psychiatry. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9783540740179.
  4. ^ Kahn, Eugen. "Die Psychopathischen Personlichkeiten", 1928