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Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist, Sigmund Freud, is remembered on his birth anniversary.
Sigismund Schlomo Freud or Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist, regarded as the father of psychoanalysis, is born this day, May 6, in Freiberg, Moravia.
Woking with Josef Breuer, Freud developed new methods for treating mental disorder, through free association and dream interpretation, summarized in his book The Interpretation of Dreams (1900.)
Later in his work, Freud extended psychoanalysis to a wide range of cultural and social-psychological phenomena. His work has been highly influential popularizing such terms like "defense mechanisms," "Oedipus complex," and the notion of being unconscious, among others.
For a brief biography, here's the article link: [Sigmund Freud and His Couch]
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