Bruno Bettelheim

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Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American psychologist and writer known for his work on child psychology, autism, and the psychological impact of extreme trauma, including his own experiences in Nazi concentration camps.

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instanceOf human
psychoanalyst
psychologist
university professor
writer
academicDegree PhD in philosophy
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Austria
United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-08-28
dateOfDeath 1990-03-13
educatedAt University of Vienna
employer University of Chicago
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Bruno Bettelheim self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bettelheim
fieldOfWork autism research
child psychology
developmental psychology
psychoanalysis
trauma psychology
fullName Bruno Bettelheim self-link
genre non-fiction
psychology literature
givenName Bruno
hasExperience imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps
imprisonedIn Buchenwald
surface form: Buchenwald concentration camp

Dachau
surface form: Dachau concentration camp
influencedBy Austrian psychoanalytic tradition
Sigmund Freud
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
mannerOfDeath suicide
movement psychoanalytic movement
notableIdea application of psychoanalytic theory to fairy tales
concept of "refrigerator mothers" in autism
theory of autism as emotional withdrawal
notableWork Love Is Not Enough
Surviving and Other Essays
The Empty Fortress
The Informed Heart
The Uses of Enchantment
participantIn Holocaust
placeOfBirth Vienna
placeOfDeath Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED
positionHeld Director of the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School
Professor of psychology
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
subjectOf controversy over treatment methods at Orthogenic School
criticism for theories on the causes of autism
workLocation City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Vienna

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Buchenwald notablePrisoner Bruno Bettelheim