Heinz Katschnig
Heinz Katschnig (born August 15, 1942 in Gablonz ) is an Austrian psychiatrist and university professor . From 1991 to 2007 he was the director of the University Clinic for Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna and headed the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry in Vienna from 1977 to 2014 .
Life
Katschnig studied medicine at the University of Vienna , did his doctorate in 1968 and in the same year took up a position at the psychiatric-neurological clinic with Hans Hoff . 1974 to 1976 he worked in London, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at the Psychiatric Institute of the University of London . Hoff's successor, Peter Berner, took over after his return from England, and in 1978 Katschnig was appointed senior physician . In 1980 he obtained the Venia Legendi for psychiatry , in 1985 he was appointed associate professor, in 1991 he was head of the University Clinic for Psychiatry and head of the clinical department for social psychiatry and evaluation research .
As early as 1977, the scientist was given the founding, development and management of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry in Vienna. This institute is responsible for a number of substantial research projects and was headed by Katschnig until 2014. In 1986 he became the editor of the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology . In total, the scientist has developed for more than 400 scientific publications, including a number of easy-to-read practical guides for professional colleagues. Central to his work are the topics of crisis intervention and emergency psychiatry , social psychiatry and the research of health facilities, anxiety disorders , life events as a trigger for mental illness, the broad spectrum of schizophrenia and the support of relatives , as well as the connection between quality of life and mental health . His writings have appeared in English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.
Katschnig was or is editor and member of the advisory boards of several scientific journals. He represented Austria in numerous WHO and EU projects (such as MINDFUL, ITHACA, REFINEMENT, CEPHOS-LINK or DEXHELPP) and was a member of the indicator project group of WHO-EURO.
He defined six major challenges facing psychiatry today: the validity of the diagnoses and therapeutic interventions, the unexplained role model of the psychiatrist, careerism, the intrusion of other professions, and the low status of psychiatry within medicine on the one hand, and within society on the other.
Katschnig is married to the pediatrician and psychotherapist Hildegard Katschnig and has three grown children.
Awards
Publications (selection)
- The other side of schizophrenia - patients at home . Series: Advances in Social Psychiatry 2. 1977, 2000
- Social stress and mental illness. Life-changing events as a cause of mental disorders? 1984
- (Ed.): Emergency psychiatry and crisis intervention . 1987
- Panic attacks . 1988
- The other side of schizophrenia: patients at home . 1989
- With Gerd Eichberger and Theodor Meissel: Social psychiatry and psychotherapy . Pro Mente, Linz 1998
- With Ulrike Demal: When shyness becomes an illness ...: About the forms, development and treatment of social phobias . 1998
- With Ulrike Demal: The extroverted personality disorders. Borderline, histrionic, narcissistic and anti-social life strategies . Facultas-Universitäts-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85076-486-9 .
- (Ed.): Austrian Psychiatry Report 2001. Part 1 . Data on psychiatric and psychosocial care for the Austrian population. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry, Vienna 2001 (PDF)
- (Ed., Together with Katrin Gutiérrez-Lobos ): Yearbook for Legal and Criminal Sociology 2001: 25 Years of Implementation of Measures - An Interim Review .
- With Gabriele Vasak: Swooping: Living in Depression and Manias . 2001
- With Ulrike Demal: grief and depression: where does one end, where does the other begin? 2001
- With Ulrike Demal: What happened to the good old neurotic depression? 2002
- With Michaela Amering, Ralf Gössler and Ingrid Sibitz: knowledge - enjoy - live better . Psychosocial work aid 20. Psychiatrie-Verlag 2002, ISBN 978-3-88414-764-1
- With Heinrich Donau: 4 × 8 recommendations for the treatment of schizophrenia . 2002
- With Ulrike Demal: The crux of the practice - depression treatment in everyday life . 2003
- With Gerda Saletu-Zyhlarz: sleeping and dreaming. New insights and unanswered questions . 2004
- With Michaela Amering: Hearing voices: Medical, psychological and anthropological aspects . 2005
- Quality of Life in Mental Disorders , 2005
Web links
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Social Psychiatry , Vita Heinz Katschnig
- YouTube , Katschnig's statement on the subject of crisis in psychiatry
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katschnig, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian psychiatrist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gablonz |