Cyril Höschl contributed to the disigmatization of mental illness and the popularization of psychiatry.
At the age of 75, the well -known Czech psychiatrist, science popularizer and university teacher Cyril Höschl died on Monday. During his career he has devoted himself to disigmatizing mental illness and enlightening in the field of mental health. In the Czech Republic he built and led the National Institute of Mental Health (need) and has won many awards for his work. On the basis of the CT24 station, the TASR reporter in Prague informs.
The Czech media call it one of the most prominent personalities of psychiatry and public life for the last decades. He was able to explain the topics of mental health in a clear audience and in context. “I tried to show people that psychiatric patients would not bite,” he said in the past about his lifelong work.
International career
In addition to his own psychiatric practice, he also devoted himself to research, lectured in the Czech Republic and abroad and led some scientific institutions. He was president of the Association of European Psychiatrists, President of the European Federation of Medical Academy and also chairman of the Czech Medical Academy. He often also commented on current social events.
According to the media, Höschl helped move and popularize the field of psychiatry. He has been advocating for a long time to talk about mental illnesses openly. He won many awards for his work, last year he was awarded the Neuron Award for his extraordinary contribution to science.
Match with the disease
Recently, he has suffered from a rare type of multisystemic atrophy that affects the centers of the brain. Patients suffering from this disease have momentum disorders, problems with movement coordination and other difficulties. The psychiatrist spoke openly about his illness and, according to iDnes.cz, took it with ease.
