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Ringel, Erwin
© Copyright Erwin Ringel, photo Ringel, Erwin, b. Timisoara, Romania, April 27, 1921, d. Bad Kleinkirchheim (Carinthia), July 28, 1994, depth psychologist. Specialist in psychiatry and neurology, 1948 established the first centre for suicide prevention; 1954 became director of the Psychiatric Ward for Women in Vienna and there established the first psychosomatic ward in Austria. 1960 description of pre-suicidal syndrome and founder and president of the International Association for the Prevention of Suicide, 1960-1988 president of the Austrian Association for Individual Psychology and founder of the Austrian society for clinical psychosomatic medicine in 1978. 1981-1991 professor of medical psychology (first chair). Works: Untersuchungen zum Selbstmordproblem, 1961; Selbstschädigung der Neurose, 1973; Selbstmordverhütung, 1974; Die österreichische Seele, 1984; Zur Gesundung der österreichischen Seele, 1986. Literature: U. Kropiunigg (ed.), E. R. Die wichtigsten Schriften, 1991; F. R. Reiter (ed.), Wer war E. R.?, 1995.
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