Jakob Wyrsch

Jakob Wyrsch (born June 12, 1892 in Stans , † January 29, 1980 in Bern ) was a Swiss psychiatrist and writer .

Life

Jakob Wyrsch was born as the son of the doctor and politician Jakob Wyrsch and Josefa geb. Stockmann. He studied medicine at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1919 with the state examination and in 1920 with a doctorate . In 1920/21 he worked as an assistant doctor under Eugen Bleuler at the Burghölzli sanatorium in Zurich. After studying in Paris and London, he became an assistant doctor in the Lucerne sanatorium and nursing home St. Urban in 1923 , which he took over in 1925. In 1934 he moved to the Waldau sanatorium in Bern as a senior physician . He initially taught as a private lecturer, from 1945 as an associate professor for forensic psychiatry at the University of Bern .

In addition, Wyrsch was active as a writer. He dealt in particular with the personalities and culture of central Switzerland .

Forensic Psychiatry: A Textbook for Lawyers and Medical Professionals. P. Haupt , Bern 1946.
Psychopathology and crime. Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna 1949.
The Schizophrenic Person: Clinical Studies, Psychology, Existence Studies. P. Haupt, Bern 1949.
Society, culture and mental disorder. Thieme, Stuttgart 1960.
Psychiatry as an Open Science: Selected Articles and Lectures. Haupt, Bern 1969.

Roger Neiger: Jakob Wyrsch (1892–1980). Life and work. Sauerländer, Aarau 1985, ISBN 3-7941-2777-3 .
Brief curriculum vitae in: Jürgen Peiffer : Hirnforschung in Deutschland 1849 to 1974: Letters on the development of psychiatry and neurosciences as well as the influence of the political environment on scientists (= writings of the mathematical and natural science class of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. No. 13). Springer, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-540-40690-5 , p. 1125.

personal data
SURNAME	Wyrsch, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss psychiatrist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stans
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1980
Place of death	Bern