Felicitas Söhner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4172427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felicitas Söhner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felicitas |
| FAMILY NAME | Söhner |
| SIGNATURE | SÖHNER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4391-0090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between healing and repression
This study investigates the role of medical, and in particular psychiatric, care in the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen remand prison, situated within the repressive state security apparatus of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on 11 oral history interviews with former political prisoners, two physicians in different capacities, and a lawyer, it examines the tensions between the professional mandate of care and the political embedding of medi…
Reform of care for people with mental illness in two German states before reunification
Between 1960 and 1985 efforts to reform psychiatry took place in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Although to differing degrees, these efforts showed parallel approaches, for example with regard to negotiations on coercion or the participation of mentally ill people. Oral history interviews conducted with contemporary witnesses from both states suggested changes in the direction of the reform of psyc…
Detecting and understanding potential stigma among medical cannabis users in Germany
This qualitative study suggests that the utilisation of MC remains inadequately normalised in Germany. Our findings indicate that MC users experience both substantial benefits and persistent challenges, with stigma remaining a key issue. While participants reported improvements in quality of life, barriers such as bureaucratic hurdles and knowledge gaps among healthcare professionals hinder access to appropriate care. The findings underscore the …
Oral History in der Medizin – Herausforderungen und Chancen
Erinnerungskulturen in den Wissenschaften – eine Frage hegemonialer Narrative
Individual and institutional memories tend to form hegemonic narratives that serve to create identity and meaning. If history is written by experts and not by professional historians, historical retrospectives and narratives are usually written by leading figures in a particular field. They try to use their idea of exclusive knowledge about certain events, backgrounds and motivations to shape these narratives. In order to question such narratives…
Scientific exchange in the Baltic Sea region during the Cold War – an ongoing transnational Oral History Project
Science communication, especially science diplomacy, is seen as a means to remain in the conversation in times of political crisis, including the Cold War era. In this paper, drawing on experiences from an ongoing oral history project within the ‘Bridging the Baltic’ network, which is interested in knowledge transfer during the Cold War and afterwards in northern Europe, we look at pitfalls of international interview projects in medicine, e.g. th…
Zwischen Fürsorge und Disziplinierung. Handlungsorientierungen in Kinderheimen in der DDR aus professionstheoretischer Perspektive
Der Beitrag steht im Zusammenhang der Erforschung von Bedingungen und Folgen der Unterbringung in Kinderheimen und Jugendwerkhöfen der DDR; sein Thema sind Handlungsorientierungen in der professionellen Praxis aus Perspektive ehemaliger Mitarbeitender. Über den Zugang der Oral History werden Wahrnehmungsmuster professioneller Handlungsorientierungen und daraus resultierende Spannungsfelder untersucht. Quellenbasis sind leitfadengestützte Intervie…
Psychiatrische Versorgung älterer Patientinnen und Patienten nach der „Aktion T4“ am Beispiel Bayerisch-Schwabens
In Bavarian psychiatric hospitals approximately 15,000 people with mental handicaps and mental illnesses were killed after the end of the so-called â Action T4â . Targeted death of mentally ill patients in numerous psychiatric institutions continued. Death from starvation was one of the strategies of so-called â decentralizedâ or â regionalized euthanasiaâ . The aim of the present study was to analyse psychiatric care of elderly patients in the t…
Diagnostik als Impulsgeber der Medikalisierung des Kinderschutzes
This contribution examines the influence of the development of diagnostics as initiator for medical child protection. Data for this analysis was a thorough study of the medical-historical literature on the topic, including previous research results. The implementation of protective measures depends on different societal and subject-specific discourses, which can be mutually supportive or inhibitive. The medicalization of child-protection was subj…
Reproduktive Gesundheit und humangenetische Beratung im Dialog mit der Öffentlichkeit 1969–1996
This contribution describes and analyses the dialogue between human geneticists and the public on reproductive health, genetic counselling and disability in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1969 and 1996. We chose a qualitative content analysis of documents from the archives of Human Genetic and Medical History Institutes, University Archives and the Archive of the German Society of Human Genetics, supplemented by a systematic literature s…
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Psychiatrische Versorgung älterer Patientinnen und Patienten nach der „Aktion T4“ am Beispiel Bayerisch-Schwabens
In Bavarian psychiatric hospitals approximately 15,000 people with mental handicaps and mental illnesses were killed after the end of the so-called â Action T4â . Targeted death of mentally ill patients in numerous psychiatric institutions continued. Death from starvation was one of the strategies of so-called â decentralizedâ or â regionalized euthanasiaâ . The aim of the present study was to analyse psychiatric care of elderly patients in the t…
Diagnostik als Impulsgeber der Medikalisierung des Kinderschutzes
This contribution examines the influence of the development of diagnostics as initiator for medical child protection. Data for this analysis was a thorough study of the medical-historical literature on the topic, including previous research results. The implementation of protective measures depends on different societal and subject-specific discourses, which can be mutually supportive or inhibitive. The medicalization of child-protection was subj…
Reproduktive Gesundheit und humangenetische Beratung im Dialog mit der Öffentlichkeit 1969–1996
This contribution describes and analyses the dialogue between human geneticists and the public on reproductive health, genetic counselling and disability in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1969 and 1996. We chose a qualitative content analysis of documents from the archives of Human Genetic and Medical History Institutes, University Archives and the Archive of the German Society of Human Genetics, supplemented by a systematic literature s…
Scientific exchange in the Baltic Sea region during the Cold War – an ongoing transnational Oral History Project
Science communication, especially science diplomacy, is seen as a means to remain in the conversation in times of political crisis, including the Cold War era. In this paper, drawing on experiences from an ongoing oral history project within the ‘Bridging the Baltic’ network, which is interested in knowledge transfer during the Cold War and afterwards in northern Europe, we look at pitfalls of international interview projects in medicine, e.g. th…
Zwischen Fürsorge und Disziplinierung. Handlungsorientierungen in Kinderheimen in der DDR aus professionstheoretischer Perspektive
Der Beitrag steht im Zusammenhang der Erforschung von Bedingungen und Folgen der Unterbringung in Kinderheimen und Jugendwerkhöfen der DDR; sein Thema sind Handlungsorientierungen in der professionellen Praxis aus Perspektive ehemaliger Mitarbeitender. Über den Zugang der Oral History werden Wahrnehmungsmuster professioneller Handlungsorientierungen und daraus resultierende Spannungsfelder untersucht. Quellenbasis sind leitfadengestützte Intervie…
Oral History in der Medizin – Herausforderungen und Chancen
Erinnerungskulturen in den Wissenschaften – eine Frage hegemonialer Narrative
Individual and institutional memories tend to form hegemonic narratives that serve to create identity and meaning. If history is written by experts and not by professional historians, historical retrospectives and narratives are usually written by leading figures in a particular field. They try to use their idea of exclusive knowledge about certain events, backgrounds and motivations to shape these narratives. In order to question such narratives…
Detecting and understanding potential stigma among medical cannabis users in Germany
This qualitative study suggests that the utilisation of MC remains inadequately normalised in Germany. Our findings indicate that MC users experience both substantial benefits and persistent challenges, with stigma remaining a key issue. While participants reported improvements in quality of life, barriers such as bureaucratic hurdles and knowledge gaps among healthcare professionals hinder access to appropriate care. The findings underscore the …
Between healing and repression
This study investigates the role of medical, and in particular psychiatric, care in the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen remand prison, situated within the repressive state security apparatus of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on 11 oral history interviews with former political prisoners, two physicians in different capacities, and a lawyer, it examines the tensions between the professional mandate of care and the political embedding of medi…
Reform of care for people with mental illness in two German states before reunification
Between 1960 and 1985 efforts to reform psychiatry took place in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Although to differing degrees, these efforts showed parallel approaches, for example with regard to negotiations on coercion or the participation of mentally ill people. Oral history interviews conducted with contemporary witnesses from both states suggested changes in the direction of the reform of psyc…
Medical History and Research (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · European history and politics (4 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Oral history (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)