[In memory of Roland Kuhn (1912-2005) and 50 years of imipramine].
Based on his clinical experience and knowledge in the humanities, phenomenology, and natural sciences, the Swiss psychiatrist and Rorschach expert Roland Kuhn discovered the specific antidepressant effect of imipramine in the treatment of vital depressive disorder. This discovery of the first tricyclic antidepressant drug shows how an education covering the various fields of psychiatry facilitates therapeutic and scientific achievements. Kuhn's methods as a psychiatrist and his papers can show present and future generations of psychiatrist ways to make new discoveries in the field of psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.
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Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Zentrum für Soziale Psychiatrie (ZSP) am Mönchberg, Mönchberg 8, 65589, Hadamar, Deutschland. aerztl.dir.psychiatrie@zsp-hadamar.de
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D007099:Imipramine