title: [Breakup during twilight--the development of child and adolescent psychiatry during the time of forced sterilisation and child euthanasia in national socialism].
abstract: The evolution of professional child psychiatry partly took place against a historically difficult background: the National Socialism. Physicians who shaped the profession scientifically were at the same time offenders in forced sterilisation and euthanasia. Substanciated understanding of the professional history implies a differenciated examination of relevant biographies. The careers of Werner Villinger and Hans Heinze are being outlined and related to the historical context. A distinct and satisfactory understanding has not taken place during postwar period in Germany. However, in the meantime there has grown an awareness and also a consternation about the incidents due to research and publications.
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Herzogenaurach. praxis@nedoschill.de
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nedoschill
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D005053:Eugenics / Q000266:history*; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D028683:National Socialism / Q000266:history*; D013244:Sterilization, Involuntary / Q000266:history*