Jakob Klaesi (29 May 1883 – 17 August 1980) was a Swiss psychiatrist most notable for his contributions to the sleep therapy[2] and his phenomenological analysis of expression.

Life

From 1903 to 1909, Klaesi studied medicine in Zurich, Kiel and Munich; in 1912 he received his doctorate in Zurich and was then trained as a psychiatrist. From 1923 to 1926 he was chief physician at the Psychiatric University Clinic in Basel, and later head of the private clinic Knonau. From 1933 he was extraordinary Professor, 1936-53 full professor of psychiatry at University of Bern (rector from 1950 to 1951 ) and director of the Psychiatric Clinic Waldau beginning 1 April 1933.[3]

Klaesi was known for the introduction of the Sleep Treatment (1921). He set up colonies for the sick, and in 1934, he founded the psychiatric clinic of Berne. As a teacher he influenced the training of physicians significantly. Klaesi wrote also poems and plays.[3]

Published works

  • Klaesi, Jakob (1917), "Ueber psychiatrischpoliklinische Behandlungsmethoden", Z. Ges. Neurol. Psychiat., 36:431–450
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1917), "Die psychogenen Ursachen der essentiellen Enuresis nocturna infantum", Schweiz. Arch. Neurol. Psychiat. 35:371
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1921), "Ueber Somnifen, eine medikamentöse Therapie schizophrener Aufregungszustände", Schweiz. Arch. Neurol. Psychiat. 8:131
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1922), "Ueber die therapeutische Anwendung der ‘Dauernarkose’ mittels Somnifen bei Schizophrenen",Z. Ges. Neurol. Psychiat., 74:557
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1937), "Die Irrenanstalt als Weg zur Rückkehr ins Leben", In: Vom seelischen Kranksein, Vorbeugen und Heilen. Paul Haupt, Bern/Leipzig
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1938), "Ohne Insulin", Schweiz. Med. Wochenschr. 68:1164
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1950), "Der unheilbare Kranke und seine Behandlung", Rektoratsrede University of Berne, 18. 11. 1950, Paul Haupt, Bern
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1952) "Psychotherapie in der Klinik", Montasschr. Psychiat. Neurol. 124: 334–353
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1953) "Ueber Neurosenlehre und Psychotherapie", In: von Bergmann, G. (Editor), Handbuch der Inneren Medizin, Springer, Berlin/Göttingen/Heidelberg
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1969), Gott und sein Zweifler, Werner Classen, Zürich
  • Klaesi, Jakob (1977), "Psychiatrie in Selbstdarstellungen", In: Pongratz L. J. (Editor). ... Hans Huber, Bern

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Jakob Klaesi zum 75. Geburtstag". Psychiat. Neurol. 1958, Nr.135, p.209 doi:10.1159/000131914
  2. ^ Bangen, Hans: Geschichte der medikamentösen Therapie der Schizophrenie. Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-927408-82-4 Dauernarkose oder Schlaftherapie p. 38–43
  3. ^ a b Jakob Klaesi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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