Hermann Pohlmeier
Hermann Pohlmeier (born July 17, 1928 in Düsseldorf , † August 7, 1996 in Göttingen) was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst . He was professor of medical psychology at the University of Göttingen and devoted himself in particular to suicide research .
Life
Pohlmeier began studying medicine at the University of Cologne and after two semesters moved to the University of Bonn , where he began studying theology and was accepted into the Catholic seminary . He dropped out of theology studies after six semesters and turned back to medicine. In 1957 he was at the University of Munich with Scripture A simple flat interface method of chorioallantoic membrane as a diagnostic tool in microbiology for MD PhD .
Pohlmeier trained as a psychiatrist with Paul Matussek and Anton von Braunmühl and completed a training analysis with Fritz Riemann . From 1970 to 1975 he worked as a senior physician in Ulm, where he belonged to Helmut Enke's working group, in which medical psychology was established as a subject. From 1975 Hermann Pohlmeier worked as a professor for this subject at the University of Göttingen. His focus was depression - and above all suicide research. He was a co-founder and chairman of the German Society for Suicide Prevention for over eight years. After the then President of the German Society for Human Dying (DGHS), Hans Henning Atrott , was arrested for illegal trading in potassium cyanide and tax evasion, Pohlmeier took over the chairmanship of this society in May 1993.
Fonts (selection)
As an author:
- Suicide and suicide prevention. Urban and Schwarzenberg, Munich 1978; 2nd edition 1983, ISBN 3-541-08582-7 .
- Depression and suicide. Keil, Bonn 1980, ISBN 3-921591-11-2 ; 3rd edition: Parerga, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-930450-02-X .
- Suicide between medicine and law. G. Fischer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-437-11708-4 .
- How free is suicide? - restriction of freely responsible action through illness? (= Berlin medical ethical writings. H. 7). Humanitas, Dortmund 1996, ISBN 3-928366-21-1 .
As editor:
- Suicide prevention. Presumption or obligation. Keil, Bonn 1978; 2nd edition: Parerga, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-9803042-6-4 .
- Uschi Essbach-Kreuzer: Medical psychology and clinic. Verlag für Angewandte Psychologie, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-87844-000-6 .
- Suicidal behavior. Method problems and explanatory approaches. Roderer, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-89073-001-9 .
- with Hans Henning Atrott : Euthanasia in the present. Roderer, Regensburg 1990, ISBN 3-89073-473-1 .
literature
- Christel Hofmann: Always at the limit. In: The time . No. 40, September 30, 1988.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Pohlmeier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hermann Pohlmeier in the German Digital Library
- Hermann Pohlmeier (1928–1996) , German Society for Medical Psychology, October 1996.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christel Hofmann: Always on the border. In: The time . No. 40, September 30, 1988.
- ↑ Hermann Pohlmeier (1928–1996) ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , German Society for Medical Psychology, October 1996.
- ^ The cyanide shops . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1994 ( online ).
- ↑ Lonely Loyalty . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1993 ( online ).
- ↑ Georg Bönisch, Hans Leyendecker: Provision for day X. Professors Hermann Pohlmeier and Klaus Dörner on euthanasia and euthanasia . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1994 ( online ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pohlmeier, Hermann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1996 |
Place of death | Goettingen |