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Viktor Tausk

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Viktor Tausk · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Early psychoanalyst known for work on psychosis

When

1879, Zilina, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) — 1919, Vienna, Austria

Where

Austria-Hungary · Austria

Biography

Viktor Tausk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Early psychoanalyst known for work on psychosis

How & why

Viktor Tausk was an early psychoanalyst and neurologist, a student and colleague of Sigmund Freud in the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, and among the first to apply psychoanalytic ideas to psychosis and schizophrenia. His paper on the 'influencing machine' in schizophrenia remains a classic of the field. He came from a German-speaking, secular Jewish family and died by suicide in 1919.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Early psychoanalyst known for work on psychosis

1879

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology