Jakob Lutz

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Jakob Lutz (born January 25, 1903 in Herisau ; † June 28, 1998 in Uetikon am See ) was a Swiss child and youth psychiatrist .

Life

Lutz studied medicine at the universities of Zurich and Kiel from 1921 to 1927 and graduated in 1927 with the state examination and in 1929 with a doctorate in Zurich. From 1927 to 1931 he trained as a psychiatrist in Zurich. From 1930 Lutz headed the Stephansburg children's psychiatric department of the cantonal sanatorium and nursing home Burghölzli and, from 1947, the child psychiatric service of the canton of Zurich.

In 1937 Lutz received his habilitation and in 1949 he was appointed adjunct professor , in 1961 as associate professor and in 1970 as honorary professor for child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Zurich.

Lutz was a pioneer in European child and adolescent psychiatry.

Fonts (selection)

  • About permanent anesthesia treatment in psychiatry. In: Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. Vol. 123 (1929), pp. 91-122 (= dissertation , University of Zurich, 1929).
  • About childhood schizophrenia. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1937 (= habilitation thesis , University of Zurich, 1937).
  • Child psychiatry. A guide to study and practice for doctors, educators, carers. Rotapfel, Zurich / Stuttgart 1961.
  • Child psychiatry in practice. Karger, Basel 1963.
  • Childhood Psychopharmacology. Schwabe, Basel 1965.

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SURNAME Lutz, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss child and youth psychiatrist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1998
Place of death Uetikon am See