Jakob Klaesi

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.

Jakob Klaesi
Born29 May 1883 (1883-05-29)
Luchsingen, Switzerland
Died17 August 1980(1980-08-17) (aged 97)
Knonau, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
CitizenshipSwitzerland
Alma materUniversity of Kiel, University of Zürich
Known forPsychiatric sleep cure
Somnifen
Phenomenological analysis of expression
AwardsHonorary degree of the University of Kiel[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
Psychotherapy
Psychodynamics
InstitutionsBurghölzli clinic
Psychiatric Outpatient Department Basel
Schloss Knonau private clinic
Psychiatric University Hospital Berne
University of Berne
Doctoral advisorC. G. Jung
InfluencesEugen Bleuler
Alfred Adler
Karl Jaspers
Hans Binder
Alphonse Maeder

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. Jakob Klaesi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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