Theodore and Ruth Lidz papers, 1927-2001 (inclusive).

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Theodore and Ruth Lidz papers, 1927-2001 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and data files documenting the professional careers of Ruth and Theodore Lidz. The papers focus on their professional lives, particularly from the 1950s to the 1980s, highlighting the Lidzes' study of the importance of the family environment in cases of schizophrenia.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022862

Yale University Library

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Yale University.

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Lidz, Ruth Wilmanns.

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Lidz, Theodore

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Thedore Lidz was born in 1910 and received his A.B. degree from Columbia in 1931, and his M.D. in 1936. From 1938 to 1951 he was associated with Johns Hopkins University as an instructor and associate professor of psychiatry (1940-1951), and as an assistant professor of medicine (1947-1951). He served as a professor of psychiatry at the Yale University Medical School from 1951 to his retirement in 1978. He died on February 16, 2001. Ruth Wilmanns Lidz was born in Germany...