Research on history and ethics of medicine has a long tradition at the Centre for Psychiatry Südwürttemberg at Weissenau / Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I of the University of Ulm.
The Research Unit for the History and Ethics of Medicine was founded in September 2006 and is still developing. In spring 2007, the head of this Research Unit became responsible for the coordination of “Historical Research” of all Centres for Psychiatry in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The research unit is associated with the direction of the Wuerttemberg Museum of Psychiatry and its affiliations as well as with the publishing house “Psychiatry and History” in Zwiefalten. In addition, there are tasks on management, advisory board and coordination.
For more information on the research projects of the Research Unit for the History and Ethics of Medicine as well as publications, cooperational partners and institutions and further aspects of the historical research work, please visit the following pages.
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