L H Witherspoon
Biographic Data
| ID | 8939406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L H Witherspoon |
| GIVEN NAMES | L H |
| FAMILY NAME | Witherspoon |
| SIGNATURE | WITHERSPOON L H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sleep as a cure for schizophrenia
In the early 1920s, the Swiss psychiatrist J. Kläsi, working under the directorship of E. Bleuler at Burghölzli, the Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Zürich, proposed the treatment of schizophrenia by prolonged sleep therapy induced by the hypnotic Somnifen. Judging from contemporary literature, Kläsi's proposal, which was based upon clinical experience, was accepted by many European psychiatrists, especially those in German-speaking count…
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Sleep as a cure for schizophrenia
In the early 1920s, the Swiss psychiatrist J. Kläsi, working under the directorship of E. Bleuler at Burghölzli, the Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Zürich, proposed the treatment of schizophrenia by prolonged sleep therapy induced by the hypnotic Somnifen. Judging from contemporary literature, Kläsi's proposal, which was based upon clinical experience, was accepted by many European psychiatrists, especially those in German-speaking count…
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work) · Insomnia (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (1 work) · Psychiatry (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Psychotherapist (1 work) · Sleep and Wakefulness Research (1 work) · Sleep disorder (1 work) · Sleep medicine (1 work)