!!!Ringel, Erwin

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; Selbstschaedigung 
der Neurose, 1973; Selbstmordverhuetung, 1974; Die oesterreichische 
Seele, 1984; Zur Gesundung der oesterreichischen 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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