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Lisa And David - Scholar's Choice Edition
During this dark period of american governmental and medical behavior, books like this one, 'David and Lisa', were written and published, exposing the too often insidious, grimy, sadistic conditions under which these hospital 'inmates' (so called) were forced to live and endure.
This book brings to mind a
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Theodore Isaac Rubin | |
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Personal details | |
Born | (1923-04-11)April 11, 1923 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 16, 2019(2019-02-16) (aged 95) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Eleanor Katz |
Occupation | Writer, psychotherapist |
Theodore Isaac Rubin (April 11, 1923 – February 16, 2019) was an American psychiatrist[1] and author.[2] Rubin is a past president of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Karen Horney Institute for Psychoanalysis. He lived in New York City and was married to Eleanor Katz.
Life and career[]
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Rubin served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.[3] He was a long-time contributing columnist to the Ladies' Home Journal (1972-?), and the author of more than 25 w
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Next month marks the centenary of the birth of a psychiatrist whose work on antisemitism deserves a fresh reading. Theodore Isaac Rubin was born 100 years ago April 11. He died at 95, in February 2019. His 1990 book Anti-Semitism, A Disease of the Mind: A Psychiatrist Explores the Psychodynamics of a Symbol Sicknessposited that bigotry against Jews may be a mental disorder.
Rubin had a sprawling career, writing fiction and nonfiction. His 1961 novel Lisa and David, a love story of teenagers with severe mental illnesses, was made into a film the next year and garnered two Academy Award nominations. But Rubin’s work, in addition to his clinical practice in New York City, was primarily devoted to psychology and self-help, including weight loss. He has been credited with coining the term “comfort food.”
Rubin attributed antisemitism to “symbol sickness.” Human beings use symbols to represent objects in the world and to communicate how we feel through these symbols – love and hate