# Edward Khantzian

> Edward Khantzian was a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Beginning in the 1970s, he developed a progressively more coherent and empirically-grounded self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse, which states that individuals use drugs in an attempt to self-medicate states of distress and suffering.

*American psychiatrist (1935-2021)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edward-khantzian

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1935-05-26
- **Died:** 2021-03-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.9 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://selfmedicationhypothesis.com/

## Sources
- [ادوارد خانتزیان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [إدوارد خانتزيان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Edward Khantzian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Khantzian)
- [Edward Khantzian](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Khantzian)
- [Էդվարդ Խանցյան](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D4%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6)
- [Ханцян, Эдвард](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343930)

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