Lindemann, Erich, 1900-1974

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Erich Lindemann (1900-1974), PhD, 1922; MD, 1926, Universities of Marburg and Giessen, Germany, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, was Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital who specialized in social and disaster psychiatry and community mental health. He was the first to recognize and describe loss associated with acute grief and one of the first psychiatrists to build working relationships with sociologists, anthropologists, and social psychologists to introduce preventive mental health ideas into community life. Lindemann also worked with survivors and bereaved relatives of the over 500 victims of the Coconut Grove Fire in Boston, Mass. in 1942. Lindemann founded the Wellesley Human Relations Service, the first community mental health agency in the United States, in 1948.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1976. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 231042303

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referencedIn Van Waters, Miriam, 1887-1974. Papers, 1861-1971 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Lindemann, Erich, 1900-1974. Papers, 1927-1976. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Dawes, Lydia M. Gibson, 1896-. Papers, 1926-1959. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Katchadourian, Herant A. Herant A. Katchadourian papers, 1951-2003. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Dawes, Lydia M. Gibson, 1896- person
associatedWith Harvard Medical School corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard Medical School. Dept. of Psychiatry. corporateBody
associatedWith Human Relations Service of Wellesley, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Katchadourian, Herant A. person
associatedWith Massachusetts General Hospital. corporateBody
associatedWith MIRIAM VAN WATERS, 1887-1974 person
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Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
Mental illness
Preventive Psychiatry
Psychiatry
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Psychiatrists
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Birth 1900-05-02

Death 1974

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