Dieter Beckmann
Dieter Beckmann (born November 1, 1937 in Dortmund ; † April 20, 2012 ) was a German psychologist .
Career
During the Second World War , the Ruhr area was the target of violent Allied bombing attacks . Beckmann therefore spent part of his school days in Zaisenhausen , Koserow and Parchim as part of the Kinderland transfer . In 1959 he graduated from high school in Dortmund.
He then studied psychology at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg . After receiving his diploma (Dipl.-Psych.) In 1964, he worked with Horst-Eberhard Richter at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine in Giessen . In 1968 he received his doctorate. phil. with the dissertation Investigations on the formation of clinical judgments in psychoanalytic interviews . In 1970 the habilitation followed with the thesis The Gießener Personality Inventory (GPI) . In 1972 he was appointed to the first German chair for medical psychology at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen , which he held until his retirement in March 2006. His successor at the chair for medical psychology has been Renate Deinzer since 2007 . Together with Richter and Brähler , he developed the Giessen test , which combines psychoanalysis and empirical psychology. He was editor of the journal Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medical Psychology and co-founder of the journal for medical psychology .
His main research areas included psychodermatology, psychological aspects of environmental medicine, health psychology , test construction, cultural history, stress research and stress management , corporate health promotion , developmental psychopathology, attachment research and temperament research.
Beckmann was a hobby gardener. With his daughter Barbara, he wrote several books and other publications on herbs.
Awards
Together with Horst-Eberhard Richter , Beckmann was awarded the research prize of the Swiss Society for Psychosomatic Medicine in 1970.
Works
- Cardiac neurosis. (with Horst-Eberhard Richter) Thieme, 1969, 4th substantially revised edition Psychosozial-Verlag 2004, ISBN 3-89806-226-0
- The casting test (GT). (with Horst-Eberhard Richter) 1972, 4th revised. Edition 1991, ISBN 3-456-82041-0
- The Analyst and His Patient , 1974, ISBN 3-456-80011-8
- Experiences with the pouring test (editor, with Horst-Eberhard Richter), 1979
- Medical Psychology , 1984, ISBN 3-54007-578-X
- Mandrake, mugwort and other witch herbs. Everyday knowledge of bygone times. (with Barbara Beckmann), Campus-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main and New York 1990, ISBN 3-593-34336-3
- From the origin of the family (with Gudrun Beckmann), Psychosozial-Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-930096-44-7
- The secret knowledge of the herb witches (with Barbara Beckmann) 1997, ISBN 3-423-36038-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Dieter Beckmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary at the German Society for Medical Psychology
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dieter Beckmann , Psychosozial-Verlag, accessed April 4, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckmann, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medical psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 2012 |