Sigmund Freud By: Vannessa Lozano Alex Tidwell

Who is Sigmund Freud?  Born on May 6, 1856  Died September 23, 1939  Famous Austrian Psychiatrist  First person ever to open a private practice for the treatment of hysteria.  Coined the term “psychoanalysis.”

So how did he get started?  First started to work in neurology and physiology at age seventeen. Got his degree in  First job after getting his degree was at the Vienna General Hospital; specialized in cerebral anatomy and medical uses of cocaine.

… Continued  Slowly began to concentrate more on psychosis and hysteria. Was trained by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot on hypnosis.  Spring on 1896: founded term “psychoanalysis.” Joined a psychoanalytic talk group, slowly turned into the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

Well, what about his career?  Studied things as far as dreams, phobias, memory, sex, etc. Founded the id, the ego, and the super ego.  Joined Carl Jung (A Swiss psychiatrist) to lecture in the US in Lectured at University of Vienna during WWI.

So, was he popular?  Challenged religion and old ways of thought with his writings: “The future of an illusion” (1927) “Studies on hysteria” (1895) “The interpretation of dreams” (1900) “The psychopathology of everyday life” (1901) “ Three essays on the theory of sexuality” (1905) “Totem and taboo” (1913) etc.  When Hitler came to power, Freud’s books were publically burned in Berlin.

Overview of Mr. Freud  Was the first psychiatrist to actually treat the mentally ill as patients, instead of defects to society.  Viewed as one of the best psychiatric figures in history due to his discoveries made on the subconscious mind. mind.