Robert Fliess | |
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Born | Wilhelm Robert Fließ
[1] 29 December 1895 [1] [2] |
Died | 9 May 1970
Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States | (aged 74)
Occupation | psychoanalyst |
Wilhelm Robert Fliess (29 December 1895 – 9 May 1970) was a German-American physician and psychoanalyst. He was the son of Wilhelm Fliess, a controversial otolaryngologist whose pseudoscientific theories influenced Sigmund Freud. He coined the term ambulatory psychosis. [3] He wrote about sexual abuse and hinted that his father had abused him. [4]
He immigrated to the United States in 1933 and worked as a physician. [1] His cousin Beate Hermelin was a German-born experimental psychologist, who worked in the UK.
He died of liver cancer in 1970. [5]
Robert Fliess | |
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Born | Wilhelm Robert Fließ
[1] 29 December 1895 [1] [2] |
Died | 9 May 1970
Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States | (aged 74)
Occupation | psychoanalyst |
Wilhelm Robert Fliess (29 December 1895 – 9 May 1970) was a German-American physician and psychoanalyst. He was the son of Wilhelm Fliess, a controversial otolaryngologist whose pseudoscientific theories influenced Sigmund Freud. He coined the term ambulatory psychosis. [3] He wrote about sexual abuse and hinted that his father had abused him. [4]
He immigrated to the United States in 1933 and worked as a physician. [1] His cousin Beate Hermelin was a German-born experimental psychologist, who worked in the UK.
He died of liver cancer in 1970. [5]