Hans Erwin Kehrer

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Hans Erwin Kehrer (born 1917 ; died April 12, 2002 in Münster ) was a German child and youth psychiatrist and autism researcher.

Life

From 1966 to 1985, Hans Erwin Kehrer was head of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Münster University Clinic and professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster. After the end of the Second World War he was dean of the medical faculty for one year .

His research and practice focus was early childhood autism . At a time when this disorder was still little known, Kehrer created a point of contact for parents of autistic children at the child and adolescent psychiatry department of the University of Münster and played a key role in better differential diagnostics being able to meet the needs of both children and parents more appropriately . He was particularly interested in the practical problems of the families concerned and the participation of children in social life.

In 1983, Kehrer founded the Institute for Autism Research , in which he also worked after his retirement . He collaborated with researchers from England and the USA and was one of the first in Germany to try out behavioral methods for treating the behavioral disorders associated with autism . Among other things, he developed a language program for autistic children to facilitate communication with them and enable them to participate in school education. Using video-based analysis, he researched the social interaction between autistic toddlers and their mothers.

In 1991, together with Barbara Classen and Hans-Joachim Peter, he presented an international bibliography on autism.

Publications

  • The internal and external hydrocephalus: its clinical diagnosis and therapy. Basel, New York 1955
  • Cerebral vascular sclerosis. Thieme, Stuttgart 1959
  • Autism: Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Social Aspects. Asanger 5th, revised and updated edition, Kröning 1995 ISBN 978-3893343089
  • Intellectual disability and autism. Trias / Thieme, Stuttgart 1995 ISBN 978-3893732968
  • Practical behavior therapy for the mentally handicapped. Verlag Modernes Lern, Dortmund 1997 ISBN 978-3808004029
  • Hans E. Kehrer; Ragna Cordes: Social Interaction of Autistic Infants. Video-based analysis of the interaction between mother and child. Beltz, Weinheim 1995 ISBN 978-3892715283

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fakulätsgeschichte the Medical Faculty of the University of Muenster, deans since 1925. Retrieved on June 27, 2017
  2. ^ Der Spiegel, September 11, 1972. Retrieved June 27, 2017
  3. ^ Gerhardt Nissen : Cultural history of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-608-94104-3 , p. 499; limited preview in Google Book search
  4. ^ Institute for Autism Research. Retrieved June 27, 2017
  5. ↑ Hans E. Kehrer; Uta Frith : Speech Therapy in Autistic Children . Published by the Bundesverband Hilfe für das Autistische Kind eV Bremen , Hamburg 1977
  6. ↑ Hans E. Kehrer, Ragna Cordes: Social interaction of autistic toddlers. Video-based analysis of the interaction between mother and child Beltz, Weinheim 1995
  7. ↑ Hans E. Kehrer, Barbara Classen, Hans-Joachim Peter. International Autism Bibliography. Beltz, Weinheim 1991 ISBN 978-3892711933
personal data
SURNAME Kehrer, Hans Erwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kehrer, Hans E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German child and youth psychiatrist and autism researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2002
Place of death Muenster