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  2. Sigmund Freud - Wikipedia

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    Sigmund Freud (/ f r ɔɪ d / FROYD, German: [ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and ...

  3. Brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Acquired brain injury (ABI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), focal or diffuse, primary and secondary. Brain injury ( BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors. In general, brain damage refers to significant, undiscriminating trauma-induced damage.

  4. Id, ego and superego - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In psychoanalytic theory, the id, ego and superego are three distinct, interacting agents in the psychic apparatus, defined in Sigmund Freud 's structural model of the psyche. The three agents are theoretical constructs that Freud employed to describe the basic structure of mental life as it was encountered in psychoanalytic practice.

  5. Sigismund of Burgundy - Wikipedia

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    Sigismund ( Latin: Sigismundus; died 524 AD) was King of the Burgundians from 516 until his death. He was the son of king Gundobad and Caretene. He succeeded his father in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis 's sons, and Godomar fled. Sigismund was captured by Chlodomer, King of Orléans, where he was kept ...

  6. On Aphasia - Wikipedia

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    On Aphasia is a work on aphasia by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. The monograph was Freud's first book, published in 1891. In the treatise, Freud challenges the main authorities of the time by asserting that their manner of understanding aphasias was no longer tenable. [1] At the turn of the century, neuroscientists had attempted ...

  7. The Question of Lay Analysis - Wikipedia

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    German. The Question of Lay Analysis ( German: Die Frage der Laienanalyse) is a 1926 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, advocating the right of non-doctors, or 'lay' people, to be psychoanalysts. It was written in response to Theodore Reik 's being prosecuted for being a non-medical, or lay, analyst in Austria.

  8. Headway Devon - Wikipedia

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    Headway Devon is governed by a Board of Trustees, including several client representatives. According to the accounts published by the Charity Commission , the charity's income for the fiscal year ending March 2008 was £578,727, [4] which was generated from a combination of grants from local social services, payments for services provided, and ...

  9. Freud: A Life for Our Time - Wikipedia

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    0-333-48638-2 (1995 edition) Freud: A Life for Our Time is a 1988 biography of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, by the historian Peter Gay. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. The book has been praised by some commentators and compared to the psychoanalyst Ernest Jones 's The Life and Work ...