Dietrich Langen

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Dietrich Langen (1973)

Dietrich Karl Langen (born November 16, 1913 in Apia , German Samoa ; † March 20, 1980 in Bad Gastein ) was a German doctor, psychotherapist and university professor of psychotherapy , founder of medical psychology , pioneer of group psychotherapy in Germany and one of the most important Representative of hypnotic and auto-hypnotic procedures in post-war Germany.

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Dietrich Langen was born in Apia on Samoa (then a German colony) in 1913 as the son of the German planter and engineer Erich Langen and his wife Johanna, nee. von Scheidt, born. After the First World War , after being expelled from Samoa in 1920, his path led via New Zealand to the Lower Rhine, from there to Vienna in 1921 and to Breslau in 1928 .

After graduating from high school in 1933, he began studying human medicine at the University of Munich and also studied at the University of Freiburg , the University of Breslau and the University of Kiel , where he passed his medical state examination in December 1938 and received his doctorate with the dissertation “Experimental Studies about the erythema effect of solar and sky radiation. "

From December 1938 to April 1939 he was a medical intern at the Homburg State Hospital , then until May 1943 he was a research assistant at the Neurological University Clinic in Breslau under Viktor von Weizsäcker . In May 1943 he was called up for military service and worked as a medical officer on the Eastern Front, mainly surgically in various field hospitals .

After a period of imprisonment from April 1945 to January 1946, he took over the management of the surgical department of the hospital in Meischendorf (today the district of Wangels in Schleswig-Holstein ) and, from July 1946, the management of a ward for paraplegics in Neustadt and a ward for brain injuries in Flensburg and at the same time a neurological department in the hospital in Malente-Gremsmühlen , which he expanded into a psychotherapeutic station. Here he introduced inpatient group psychotherapy and was one of the pioneers of this form of therapy in Germany.

On December 1, 1950, he was recognized as a specialist in nervous and mental diseases. In January 1951 he switched to Ernst Kretschmer at the Tübingen University Neurological Clinic ; initially as an unpaid volunteer, in July 1951 as a research assistant.

In 1958 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on "Methodical Problems of Clinical Psychotherapy". From March of the same year he worked as a private lecturer at the University of Tübingen . In 1964 he was made an adjunct professor. In October 1965 he was appointed to the newly created chair for “Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology” at the University of Mainz , the first such professorship in Europe. In 1967 he was promoted to director of the University Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychotherapy at the University of Mainz , which he headed until March 20, 1980.

The "stepped active hypnosis" inaugurated by Ernst Kretschmer was further developed by Langen into a two-pronged psychotherapy in which an attempt is made to achieve an optimal therapeutic effect in the case of psychosomatic and neurotic disorders during a limited treatment period by combining auto / hypnoid and depth psychological components .

Dietrich Langen was married to Margarethe Langen, who supported him in his work.

Honors

  • 1966: Great Albert Schweitzer Medal in gold
  • 1974: Neuromedicine honor plaque
  • 1979: Ernst von Bergmann badge
  • 19 honorary memberships

Publications (selection)

  • Methodological problems in clinical psychotherapy. Thieme, Stuttgart 1956
  • The way of autogenic training. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1968, ISBN 3-534-03568-2
  • with Léon Chertok: Psychosomatics of Obstetrics. Thieme, Stuttgart 1968, ISBN 978-3-463-02230-7
  • with T. Spoerri: Hypnosis and Pain. Karger, Basel 1968, ISBN 978-3-8055-0877-3
  • Graduated active hypnosis. Thieme, Stuttgart 1969, ISBN 978-3-13-368804-8
  • Psychodiagnostics, psychotherapy. Thieme, Stuttgart 1969.
  • Compendium of medical hypnosis. Karger, Basel 1972, ISBN 978-3-8055-1239-8
  • The psychological possibilities for the gynecologist. In: Ärzteblatt Rheinland-Pfalz. Volume 27, 1974, pp. 591-600.
  • Mental care for cancer patients. In: Ärzteblatt Rheinland-Pfalz. Volume 32, 1979, pp. 452-464.
  • Consultation hours sleep disorders: learn to sleep well again. Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 1979, ISBN 978-3-7742-3418-5

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SURNAME Langen, Dietrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langen, Dietrich Karl (full name); Langen, D .; Di te li xi Lang gen; Ditelixi Langgen; ラ ン ゲ ン
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, psychotherapist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Apia , Samoa
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1980
Place of death Bad Gastein