title: [The history of the institutionalization of medical psychology in Austria].
abstract: Beginning with Freudian psychoanalysis and the Zürich school of psychiatry, which in the early 20th century were the first to call for studies in medical psychology at universities, the article traces the path to the institutionalization of medical psychology in Austria especially in Vienna. Particular attention is devoted to the Academic Society for Medical Psychology (Akademischer Verein für Medizinische Psychologie) which held lectures and courses at the University of Vienna from 1926 to 1938. The Society can thus be viewed as a predecessor of the foundation of the institutes for medical psychology and psychotherapeutic clinics, starting in the late 1960s and continuing into the early 1980s.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universität Wien, Zentrum für Public Health, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie. hans.hirnsperger@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirnsperger
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mundschütz
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sonneck
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011591:Psychology, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013038:Specialization / Q000266:history*