Jacobson, Edith

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Biographical Note

1897, Sept. 10 Born, Haynau, Germany 1922 Received medical degree, University of Munich, Munich, Germany 1922 1925 Pediatric internship, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany Internship and residency in internal medicine, Munich University Hospital, Munich, Germany 1925 1928 Residencies, Oppenheim Neurological Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany 1925 1929 Psychoanalytical training, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany 1929 Began practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Berlin, Germany 1934 Appointed training analyst, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany 1935 1938 Imprisoned by Nazis for refusal to give information on patients to the Gestapo 1938 Escaped from Germany and emigrated to the United States 1940 1977 Private psychoanalytic practice, New York, N.Y. 1942 Appointed training analyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, New York, N.Y.; served as member of faculty and on educational committee 1964 Published The Self and the Object World. New York: International University Press 1971 Published Depression: Comparative Studies of Normal, Neurotic, and Psychotic Conditions. New York: International University Press 1978, Dec. 8 Died, Rochester, N.Y.

From the guide to the Edith Jacobson Papers, 1922-1977, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Psychiatrists

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