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- Abraham devoted himself chiefly to pioneering efforts in the psychoanalytic treatment of manic depression (known today as bipolar disorder). He suggested that the libido, or sexual drive, develops in six stages: earlier oral, oral-sadistic, anal expulsive, anal retentive, phallic, and adult genital.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Abraham entered psychoanalytic practice in Berlin (1907), where he helped to establish the first branch of the International Psychoanalytic Institute (1910). His studies contributed to theories about symbols and myths ; in a major paper published in 1909, he connected myths with dreams and viewed both as wish-fulfillment fantasies.
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Karl Abraham (German: [ˈaːbʁaham]; 3 May 1877 – 25 December 1925) was an influential German psychoanalyst, and a collaborator of Sigmund Freud, who called him his 'best pupil'.
May 29, 2018 · Karl Abraham (1877–1925) was a psychoanalyst who made important theoretical contributions to the psychology of sexuality, character development, manic–depressive disorders, and symbolism. He was born into a Jewish family in Bremen, Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he pursued a medical curriculum at Würzburg, Berlin, and Freiburg.
Karl Abraham (May 3, 1877 – December 25, 1925) was an early German psychoanalyst, and a student and colleague of Sigmund Freud. He made substantial contributions to the world of psychoanalysis. His work on dreams enriched the understanding of myths and symbols, and he was a pioneer of the study of war neuroses.
Abraham's theoretical contributions to the body of psychoanalysis began almost at once, and he valuably extended and amplified Freud's major early model of psychosexual development of the child, the well-known oral-anal-genital scheme of Freud's 1905 work, Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality.
This is the first complete biography of Karl Abraham (1877-1925), a close colleague and friend of Sigmund Freud, and one of the major pioneers of psychoanalysis. Abraham was the first psychoanalyst in Germany, where he brought about a great flourishing of psychoanalysis. His clinical and theoretical contributions became classics that have ...
Feb 18, 2016 · He was the first to develop a psychoanalytic theory of depression, several years before the publication of Freud’s ‘Mourning and Melancholia’. Abraham was both supervisor and analyst to Melanie Klein, on whose theoretical work he had a profound influence.
