Eugen Kahn
German psychologist and psychiatrist
About Eugen Kahn
Lived 1887 – 1973 (aged 85). Eugen Kahn was a German psychologist, psychiatrist, university teacher and physician.
Eugen Kahn (born 20 May 1887 in Stuttgart, Germany – died January 1973 in Houston, Texas ) was a German psychiatrist. His "habilitation" supervisors were Emil Kraepelin and Ernst Rüdin.
He argued Willenlos was a misnomer for the Haltlose, as the patients demonstrated plenty of "will" and simply lacked the ability to translate it into action. He was the first Sterling Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale 1930-1946.
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German psychologist and psychiatrist
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Eugen Kahn was born on 20 May 1887 in Stuttgart.
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Eugen Kahn died on 19 January 1973 in Houston.
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Eugen Kahn was a psychologist, psychiatrist, university teacher and physician.
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Eugen Kahn was German.
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