Der Homosexuelle als „störende Persönlichkeit”. Nikolaus Jensch und seine psychiatrisch-genetischen Studien

Wolfert, Raimund; Steinberg, Holger

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1109462

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“…In autumn 1944 the German psychiatrist Nikolaus Jensch (1913–1964) published the then largest and most comprehensive account of “castrated sex offenders”. Jensch concluded that therapeutic outcomes of castration were disappointing, however he did not draw any conclusions regarding clinical practice from that finding [ 18 , 19 ]. Indeed no revisionary conclusions appear to have been drawn elsewhere either, since even after World War II castration of homosexuals was promoted and carried out, with questionable standards of consent.…”

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The Historical Development of Immunoendocrine Concepts of Psychiatric Disorders and Their Therapy

Steinberg

Kirkby

Himmerich

2015

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Relationships between the central nervous, immune and endocrine systems are a focus of psychiatric research, particularly in depression and schizophrenia. The field has long antecedents. Observed phenomena attributable to these relationships date back to the Neolithic era. Immunoendocrine theories in the broadest sense are recorded in antiquity. In the 19th century, Kraepelin and Wagner-Jauregg reported pioneering clinical observations in psychiatric patients. Von Basedow, Addison and Cushing described psychiatric symptoms in patients suffering from endocrine diseases. The 20th century opened with the identification of hormones, the first, adrenaline, chemically isolated independently by Aldrich und Takamine in 1901. Berson and Yalow developed the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique in 1959 making it possible to measure levels of hormones and cytokines. These developments have enabled great strides in psychoimmunoendocrinology. Contemporary research is investigating diagnostic and therapeutic applications of these concepts, for example by identifying biomarkers within the endocrine and immune systems and by synthesizing and testing drugs that modulate these systems and show antidepressant or antipsychotic properties.

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The Historical Development of Immunoendocrine Concepts of Psychiatric Disorders and Their Therapy

Steinberg

Kirkby

Himmerich

2015

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“…Im Herbst 1944 veröffentlichte der Psychiater Nikolaus Jensch (1913Jensch ( -1964 die bis dahin größte und umfangreichste Studie über "entmannte Sittlichkeitsverbrecher". Trotz recht enttäuschenden Erfolgs der Entmannung als Therapieoption leitete er daraus keinerlei praktische Folgen ab [12,13]. Selbst nach 1945 wurden Kastrationen mit einer kaum immer ‚freiwilligen Zustimmung' verknüpft und trotz mangelnden Erfolgs international weiter propagiert und durchgeführt.…”

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Hormonelle Krankheits- und Therapiekonzepte in der Psychiatrie

Himmerich¹,

Steinberg²

2011

Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr

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This study retells key aspects of the history of the idea of hormone-based classification and therapy concepts in psychiatry. Different contributions to the history are not only represented from a historical, but also from a current medico-scientific perspective. One of the oldest, yet ethically most problematic, indications concerning hormonal methods to modify undesirable behaviour and sexuality was castration, which was widely used in the 20th century to "cure" homosexuality. Felix Platter, whose concept was humoral-pathological in nature, documented the first postpartum psychosis in the German-speaking countries, the pathogenesis of which according to present-day expertise is brought about by changes in female hormones. The concept of an "endocrine psychiatry" was developed at the beginning of the 20th century. Some protagonists for neuroendocrinology are highlighted, such as Paul Julius Möbius around 1900 or, in the 1950s, Manfred Bleuler, the nestor of this new discipline. Only the discovery of the hormones as such and the development of technologies like radioimmunassay to measure and quantify these hormone changes in mental illnesses allowed investigating these conditions properly. Ever since hormone-based therapeutic and classification concepts have played an important role, above all, in sexual, affective and eating disorders as well as alcohol dependence.

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Der Homosexuelle als „störende Persönlichkeit”. Nikolaus Jensch und seine psychiatrisch-genetischen Studien

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The Historical Development of Immunoendocrine Concepts of Psychiatric Disorders and Their Therapy

The Historical Development of Immunoendocrine Concepts of Psychiatric Disorders and Their Therapy

Hormonelle Krankheits- und Therapiekonzepte in der Psychiatrie

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