Eugen Kahn (born 20 May 1887 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, Germany – died January 1973 in Houston, Texas) was a German

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

. His "

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

" supervisors were Emil Kraepelin and Ernst Rüdin. He argued Willenlos was a misnomer for the

Haltlose Haltlose personality disorder was a type of personality disorder diagnosis largely used in German-, Russian- and French-speaking countries. The German word ''haltlose'' refers to being "unstable" (literally: "without footing"), and in English- ...

, as the patients demonstrated plenty of "will" and simply lacked the ability to translate it into action.Kahn, Eugen. "Die Psychopathischen Personlichkeiten", 1928 He was the first Sterling Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale 1930-1946.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kahn, Eugen 1887 births 1973 deaths German psychiatrists Physicians from Stuttgart Yale Sterling Professors German emigrants to the United States