!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Ringel,_Erwin|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]