title: [Gottfried Benn and schizoidism].
abstract: Based on increasing criticism concerning operational diagnostics in psychiatry, the concept of schizoid personality disorder in ICD and DSM is discussed critically. In a case study regarding the poet and doctor Gottfried Benn, the limitation of manualized, context-independent diagnostic systems is shown. In contrast Ernst Kretschmer's concept of schizoidism seems suitable to describe a schizoid character in his ambiguity.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Vivantes, Klinikum am Urban, Dieffenbachstrasse 1, 10967, Berlin, Deutschland. guido.pliska@vivantes.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pliska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*