Andreas Spengler (born 10 Juni 1947 in Goslar) is a German psychiatrist and researcher who conducted through 1974 and 1975 a well-known sociological study on sadomasochism in men at the Institute for Sexual Research in the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany.
For his MD at the Institute for Sexual Research at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg in 1976 he laid the first international empirical survey of sadomasochists and their subculture. Years later his studies were published in book form which to date have been translated into several language. One of the most important aspects of this study consisted in its being the first to approach in an empirical way and with modern sociological techniques the subject of sadomasochism, and oppose their results to the assumptions and conclusions of the only previous study done by Krafft-Ebing. In Hamburg he later became involved in social-psychiatric reform projects and the development of psychiatric emergency service.
From 1988 to 2008 he served as medical director at the Lower Saxony State Hospital Wunstorf, today Klinikum Region Hannover Wunstorf. He is a full member of the International Academy of Sex Research and a member of other professional societies, [1] and has published about sexology, psychiatric emergencies, involuntary commitment, forensic psychiatry, and mental health service. He is a qualified medical specialist in psychiatry, psychotherapy and forensic psychiatry. From 2008 to spring 2013 he has served as chairman of the Lower Saxony Committee on matters of mental health care. Beside his main profession, he is get involved with outsider art and history.
Algolagnia is a sexual tendency which is defined by deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain, often involving an erogenous zone. Studies conducted indicate differences in how the brains of those with algolagnia interpret nerve input.
Sadomasochism is the giving and receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation. Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual gratification from their acts. While the terms sadist and masochist refer respectively to one who enjoys giving and receiving pain, practitioners of sadomasochism may switch between activity and passivity.
Paul Eugen Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist and humanist most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness. He coined many psychiatric terms, such as "schizophrenia", "schizoid", "autism", depth psychology and what Sigmund Freud called "Bleuler's happily chosen term ambivalence".
Jakob Klaesi was a Swiss psychiatrist most notable for his contributions to the sleep therapy and his phenomenological analysis of expression.
Elisabeth of Brandenburg was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1540 until 1545. She is considered a "Reformation Princess", who, together with the Hessian reformer Anton Corvinus, helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.
Haltlose personality disorder is a personality disorder in which affected individuals possess psychopathic traits built upon short-sighted selfishness and irresponsible hedonism, combined with an inability to anchor one's identity to a future or past. The symptoms of Haltlose are characterized by a lack of inhibition.
Markus Mühling is a Protestant systematic theologian and philosopher of religion whose work focuses largely on the doctrine of God, eschatology, the atonement and the dialogue between the natural sciences and theology.
Mike Schmeitzner is a German historian. His focus is on twentieth century German history.
Rebekka Habermas is a German historian, professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. Habermas has made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history of the 19th century.
Jürgen Leo Müller is a German medical specialist for neurology and psychiatry. He is a professor for forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Göttingen as well as chief physician for forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Asklepios Clinic in Göttingen. His particular scientific interest lies in the empirical research of forensically relevant disorders with a particular focus on personality disorders, psychotherapy as well as violent and sex offenders. In addition to that he places special emphasis on the usability of empirical techniques to responding legal questions.
Konrad Rieger was a German psychiatrist.
Martin Scherer is a German university professor and specialist for general practice and primary care. He is director of the Department of General practice and Primary care and head of the Division of Primary Medical Care at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Since 2015 he is vice president of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) and since 2006 speaker of the Clinical Guidelines Committee.
The Göttingen Faculty of Theology is the divinity school at the University of Göttingen, officially denominated the "United Theological Departments" but commonly referred to as the "Theological Faculty" . It was instituted at the foundation of the University, in 1737, along with the three other original faculties of Law, Medicine, and Philosophy. Over the centuries, the Göttingen Faculty of Theology has been home to many influential scholars and movements, including the rise of historical criticism, Ritschlianism, the History of Religions School, and Dialectical Theology. Its members were also involved in the Göttingen School of History.
Hans Hahne was a German physician and prehistorian.
Erwin Fahlbusch was a research consultant at Konfessionskundliches Institut in Bensheim and was an honorary professor of Systematic theology in the Faculty of Evangelical Theology at the University of Frankfurt for many years.
Jürgen Reulecke is a German historian and emeritus professor.
Helmut Kentler was a German psychologist, sexologist, and professor of social education at the University of Hannover. After his death, sexual-political positions in his writings were criticized as promoting and abetting pedophilia. It has since been alleged that Kentler personally sexually abused children.
Walther Killy was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, as founding rector of the University of Bremen, as visiting scholar at the University of California and Harvard University, and at the University of Bern. He became known as editor of literary encyclopedias, the Killy Literaturlexikon and the Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie.
Rudolf Vierhaus was a German historian who mainly researched the Early modern period. He had been a professor at the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum since 1964. From 1971, he was director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte in Göttingen. He became known for his research on the Age of Enlightenment.
Hans Medick is a German historian.
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