Paul Kielholz

Paul Kielholz (born November 15, 1916 in Brugg ; † May 25, 1990 ) was a Swiss psychiatrist .

The son of Arthur Kielholz , director of the Königsfelden Psychiatric Clinic , studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1943 at the University of Zurich . In 1947 he began training as a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric University Clinic in Basel . He was appointed senior physician in 1951 and completed his habilitation in psychiatry in 1955 . From 1959 to 1985 he was Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Basel and Director of the Psychiatric University Clinic. 1966/67 he was dean of the medical faculty, 1983/84 rector of the university.

Fonts (selection)

Clinic, differential diagnosis and therapy of the depressive state pictures. Geigy, Basel 1959.
Diagnosis and therapy of depression for the practitioner. Lehmann, Munich 1965.
(with Dieter Ladewig) The drug addiction of modern humans. Lehmann, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-469-00366-1 .
(with Walter Pöldinger , Carlo Adams) The masked depression : a didactic concept for the diagnosis and therapy of somatized depression. Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Cologne-Lövenich 1981, ISBN 3-7691-2312-3 .

Paul Kielholz and Depression Therapy: Review and Outlook. Hoffmann and Hoffmann, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
Who's Who in Switzerland, including the Principality of Liechtenstein. Nagel, Geneva 1989, p. 298.
Walter Pöldinger : In memory of Professor Dr. med., Dr. hc Paul Kielholz (1916–1990). In: Uni Nova. Edition 60, 1990, p. 46 f.
Obituary in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . Vol. 87, issue 27 (July 5, 1990), p. 2180 ( PDF ).