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      Roland Kuhn—100th Birthday of an Innovator of Clinical Psychopharmacology

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          On the occasion of his 100th birthday this letter is to pay tribute to Swiss psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist Roland Kuhn (1912–2005), who established the antidepressant effects of imipramine starting in 1956. Since until now only monoaminergic-based antidepressants such as this substance found their way into psychopharmacological therapy, one can say that Kuhn established the lead antidepressant substance and has hence fundamentally changed clinical psychiatry and care for the mentally ill.

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          Journal
          Psychopharmacol Bull
          Psychopharmacol Bull
          Psychopharmacology Bulletin
          MedWorks Media Global
          0048-5764
          2472-2448
          15 February 2012
          : 45
          : 1
          : 48-50
          Affiliations
          Dr. Steinberg is a Historian of Psychiatry, Archives for the History of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Germany. Dr. Himmerich is a Psychiatrist, Claussen-Simon-Endowed Professorship for Neurobiology of Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Semmelweisstrasse 10, Leipzig, Germany
          Author notes
          To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dr. Hubertus Himmerich, Psychiatrist, Claussen-Simon-Endowed Professorship for Neurobiology of Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Semmelweisstrasse 10, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Phone: +49-341-97-24490; Fax: +49-341-97-24559; E-mail: Hubertus.Himmerich@ 123456medizin.uni-leipzig.de
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          PMC5044476 PMC5044476 5044476 PB-45-1-48
          5044476
          27738369
          0e380320-aa2f-41b6-820b-04ac9eec1392
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