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Edith Jacobson
1897-09-10 – 1978-12-08
Life & Legacy
Edith Jacobson (German: Edith Jacobssohn; September 10, 1897 – December 8, 1978) was a German psychoanalyst. Her major contributions to psychoanalytic thinking dealt with the development of the sense of identity and self-esteem and with an understanding of depression and psychosis. She was able to integrate the tripartite structural model of classic psychoanalysis with the theory of object relations into a revised drive theory. Thereby, she increased the treatment possibilities of the more disturbed pre-oedipal patients.
Occupation & Career
physician, psychoanalyst, resistance fighter
Education
University of Jena; Heidelberg University; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
Neu Beginnen · New York Psychoanalytic Society
Education & Institutions
Heidelberg University · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · University of Jena
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q67434 — wikidata View source
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