Der Psychiater und das Auto. Eine Annäherung an die Figur des "Verkehrspsychopathen"
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Abstract
The focus of the study is on the lack of clarity and definition of personality-related
blunders in traffic beyond the dichotomy of disease and health. The article is about psychopathy at the steering wheel as a psychiatric concept in the context of increasing traffic intensity in the first decades of the Federal Republic of Germany. More precisely, it offers an approach to the term and the figure of the “traffic psychopath”.
blunders in traffic beyond the dichotomy of disease and health. The article is about psychopathy at the steering wheel as a psychiatric concept in the context of increasing traffic intensity in the first decades of the Federal Republic of Germany. More precisely, it offers an approach to the term and the figure of the “traffic psychopath”.
Bibliographical data
| Translated title of the contribution | The Psychiatrist and the Car. An Approach to the Figure of the “Traffic Psychopath” |
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| Original language | German |
| Title of host publication | Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Nervenheilkunde |
| Editors | Thomas Müller, Christian Prüter-Schwarte |
| REQUIRED books only: Number of pages | 14 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Place of Publication | Würzburg |
| Publisher | Königshausen & Neumann |
| Publication date | 2022 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 207-220 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-8260-7695-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
