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P-1144 - Johann Christian August Heinroth (1773–1843): the First Professor of Psychiatry as a Psychotherapist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

H. Steinberg  and
H. Himmerich
H. Steinberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
H. Himmerich
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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Heinroth is known as the first professor of psychiatry. His chair was established 200 years ago on the 21st of October 1811. His major importance for the history of psychotherapy has not yet been acknowledged.

Heinroth regarded restriction as well as activation as fundamental remedies for mental illnesses. Restriction meant making a voluntary decision to live a life based on religious faith and to abstain from earthly satisfaction. Within his specific psychotherapeutical module - the ‘direct-psychic’ method - he utilized the patient's mental powers - mood, mind and will, but also his spirituality. His therapeutic approach additionally contained elements of congnitive, behavioural and conversational therapy.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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