Paul Schilder
Paul Schilder · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychiatrist known for research on body image and group psychotherapy
1886, Vienna, Austria — 1940, New York City, USA
Austria · United States
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Paul Schilder was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst best known for developing the concept of the 'body image' (the mental representation of one's own body) and for pioneering group psychotherapy. Jewish, he emigrated from Vienna to the United States, where he worked at New York's Bellevue Hospital until his early death in a traffic accident.
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Psychiatrist known for research on body image and group psychotherapy
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