George L. Engel

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George Libman Engel (born December 10, 1913 in New York City , † September 26, 1999 in Rochester , New York ) was an American psychiatrist . He spent most of his career at the University of Rochester . George Libman Engel is known for developing the biopsychosocial model in psychosomatics .

Life

George Libman Engel was born in New York and grew up there in the house of his uncle Emanuel Libman , a prominent doctor and medicin. He studied medicine from 1934 to 1938 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . After an internship at Mount Sinai Hospital (also in New York), he worked as a post-doctoral student at Harvard Medical School with Soma Weiss and John Romano .

job

Together with Romano, George Libman Engel got the opportunity in 1946 to set up a new institute for psychiatry in Rochester. In addition, he dealt with psychoanalysis and became a leading exponent of psychosomatics in America. In Rochester, Engel developed the biopsychosocial model, which, in addition to biomedical knowledge, also depicts psychological and social influences on illness and health. It was published in the science journal Science in 1977 .

Fonts

  • with John Romano: Scotomata, Blurring of Vision, and Headache as Complications of Decompression Sickness . Washington 1943.
  • Fainting: Physiological and Psychological Considerations . CC Thomas, Springfield IL 1950
  • Mental behavior in health and illness. Huber, Bern 1970 (original Psychological development in health and disease. 1962)
  • The clinical approach to the patient: anamnesis and Physical examination. Huber, Bern 1977
  • with William L. Morgan : Interviewing the Patient. Saunders, London / Philadelphia 1973
  • Comprehensive understanding of pain: the biopsychosocial approach shows the way. Huber, Bern 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ urmc.rochester.edu
  2. ↑ George L. Engel: The need for a new medical model: a challenge for biomedicine . In: Science . tape 196 , no. 4286 , April 8, 1977, p. 129-136 , PMID 847460 .
personal data
SURNAME Engel, George L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engel, George Libman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medical doctor and psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1999
Place of death Rochester , New York