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Leo Eitinger

Czech pychiatrist (1912-1996) · Norway · Doctors · Died at 83

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Leo Eitinger was a Norwegian psychiatrist, author and educator. He was a Holocaust survivor who studied the late-onset psychological trauma experienced by people who went through separation and psychological pain early in life only to show traumatic experience decades later.

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Awards

Fritt Ord Award1988
Torstein Dale Memorial Prize1984
Commander of the Order of St. Olav

About this person

Leo Eitinger was a Norwegian psychiatrist, author and educator. He was a Holocaust survivor who studied the late-onset psychological trauma experienced by people who went through separation and psychological pain early in life only to show traumatic experience decades later. He devoted a long period studying posttraumatic stress disorder among Holocaust survivors, which had led Holocaust survivors including Paul Celan (1920-1970), Primo Levi (1919-1987) and many others to commit suicide several decades after the experience. Eitinger was a pioneer of research into psychological trauma among refugees, and also laid the foundation for Norwegian military psychiatry research with emphasis on psychological trauma among soldiers.

Country
Norway
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1996 · aged 83

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