Wolfgang Binswanger
Wolfgang Binswanger (born June 8, 1914 in Kreuzlingen ; † February 9, 1993 ) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst .
life and work
Binswanger was the son of Ludwig Binswanger . After studying medicine in Zurich , Munich and Bern , he became a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy FMH. His main focus was on the further development of psychotherapeutic approaches and the introduction of new milieu-therapeutic treatment models.
In 1956, Binswanger took over the management of the Bellevue Sanatorium from his father , which he held until 1979. In 1980 Binswanger closed the sanatorium for financial reasons. The main part of the area was used for the construction of a residential complex in the 1990s.
The "Binswanger Archive" (administrative files, partial estates from the Binswanger family) has been in the Tübingen University Archives since 1986 , the library holdings there in the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Tübingen.
literature
- Ibolya Stollwerck: Binswangers Kuranstalt Bellevue 1896–1900, Dissertation Tübingen 2007 digitized .
- Johannes Michael Wischnath (Ed.): "Happy house, blessed profession." The Binswanger Sanatorium Bellevue in Kreuzlingen in the mirror of the Tübingen Binswanger Archive, University Archive Tübingen, Tübingen 2003 Digitized .
- Necrology for Wolfgang Binswanger . In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 69, 1994, pp. 117–119. ( e-periodica.ch ).
Web links
- André Salathé: Binswanger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binswanger, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreuzlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1993 |