Theodor Spoerri

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Theodor H. Spoerri (born April 7, 1924 in Uster ; † November 18, 1973 ) was a Swiss psychiatrist .

Life

Spoerri studied medicine and psychology at the universities of Zurich , Basel and Tübingen and received his doctorate in medicine in 1949 and in psychology in 1950. From 1951 to 1956 he worked at the Waldau Psychiatric University Clinic , initially as an assistant , later as a senior physician . In 1955 he received his habilitation at the University of Bern. In 1957/1958 he received a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation . From 1959 to 1963 Spoerri was senior physician at the Münsingen Psychiatric Clinic under Hans Walther-Büel . In 1963 he followed Walther-Büel to the Waldau, where he was appointed associate professor and vice director of the Waldau in 1964. In 1967 he became a full professor and director of the University Psychiatric Clinic in Bern.

His wife Elka was a Swiss art historian and made a name for herself primarily through her work on Adolf Wölfli .

Fonts (selection)

  • Genius and disease. A psychopathological examination of the Feuerbach family (= Bibliotheca psychiatrica et neurologica. Vol. 92). S. Karger, Basel 1952.
  • Georg Trakl : Structures in Personality and Work. A psychiatric-anthropographic examination. Francke, Bern 1954.
  • Necrophilia: structural analysis of a case (= Bibliotheca psychiatrica et neurologica. Vol. 105). S. Karger, Basel 1959.
  • Compendium of Psychiatry: Clinic and Therapy for Students and Doctors. S. Karger, Basel 1961 (translated several times and reprinted, most recently in 2002).
  • Speech phenomena and psychosis. S. Karger, Basel 1964.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Spoerri, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spoerri, Theodor H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Uster
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1973