Karl Jaspers
Karl Theodor Jaspers (23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher. Jaspers contributed a lot to modern psychiatry: He was one of the first doctors who made a strict distinction between understanding and explaining. Jaspers said that there is only an indirect path to the processes of the soul.
Biography
Jaspers was born in Saxony. Jaspers father was a jurist and after a director of a bank. Jaspers was a "sickly child". Jaspers had from his youth low health from hereditary bronchiectasis which was diagnosed during April 1901, and is a degenerative disease. Jaspers was also diagnosed with "alleged secondary cardiac insufficiency" at some time during his youth.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Jaspers decided to study law at university, but changed to studying medicine from 1902 and achieved a medical degree during 1908. The subject of his thesis for graduation was homesickness and crime. His entire career as a psychiatrist with patients was approximately six years, after which he quit and became a philosopher instead.[7][8]
Work
The most important thing Jaspers did for psychiatry was writing a book which was published during 1913 with the title General Psychopathology.[2][3]
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Karl Jaspers: Allgemeine Psychopathologie, first print 1913
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References
- ↑ Hans Saner "Early life and education" In: Karl Jaspers German philosopher Encyclopedia Britannica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pivnicki, D.. Karl Jaspers: On the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal 8 (1963). p. 4–11. doi:10.1177/070674376300800103.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thome, Johannes. Centenary of Karl Jaspers's general psychopathology: Implications for molecular psychiatry. Journal of Molecular Psychiatry 2 (1) (2014). p. 3. doi:10.1186/2049-9256-2-3.
suffered poor health throughout his youth
- ↑ Oyebode, Femi. Karl Jaspers: 100 years of General Psychopathology – reflection. British Journal of Psychiatry 203 (6) (2013). p. 405. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.135202.
- ↑ John Donovan medically Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on August 11, 2022 Bronchiectasis WebMD
long-term (or chronic) disease that gets worse over time
- ↑ Steven Goldman, Ph.D. "1. Some background on Jaspers" The Psychology of Worldviews: Jaspers/Heidegger Presencing EPIS™
- ↑ Bachhiesl, S. M.. "Homesickness and crime"--a contribution of Karl Jaspers to criminal psychology. Archiv Fur Kriminologie 223 (3–4) (2009). p. 98–107.
- ↑ Thome, Johannes. Centenary of Karl Jaspers's general psychopathology: Implications for molecular psychiatry. Journal of Molecular Psychiatry 2 (1) (2014). p. 3. doi:10.1186/2049-9256-2-3.