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  • Title: [The concept of "vegetative depression" (1949) by Rudolf Lemke--an obsolete concept?].
    Author: Thormann J, Himmerich H, Steinberg H.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2011 Feb; 38(2):91-6. PubMed ID: 21249624.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: In 1949 East German psychiatrist Rudolf Lemke presented his concept of a vegetative, i. e., anxious depression due to a vegetative dysfunction, in which the mental symptoms are dominated and oppressed by somatic complaints. METHODS: The strengths and weaknesses of Lemke's concept will be analysed with particular reference to earlier, similar theories, such as those by Cimbal, Hempel, and Rosenfeld. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: The fact that, due to the dominance of physical symptoms, many patients suffering from this disease consult a general practitioner even today proves that Lemke dealt with a problem most significant both for psychiatry and general medicine.
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