Bernard Charles Glueck Jr. (August 26, 1914 – July 24, 1999) was an American psychiatrist. He served as director of research at

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, now part of

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.Ploss, Donna E. (July 31, 1999). A promise Kept, a journey together. ''

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'' He is known for his work on

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as part of preventive psychiatry.Fiske, Edward B. (December 11, 1972). Thousands Finding Meditation Eases Stress of Living. ''

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Life and career

His father

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was a prominent forensic psychiatrist. Glueck graduated from

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in 1934 and

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in 1938. He then trained in

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at Columbia University Psychoanalytic Clinic. Gleuck served as professor and director of research in the department of psychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Following in his father's footsteps, he was supervising psychiatrist at Ossining State Prison from 1949 to 1952. He was the first president of the Westchester County Psychiatric Association. He joined The Institute of Living in 1960.Staff report (November 1999). Obituaries: Class of 1934. ''Columbia College Today'' He served as chairman of research and development for the

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He also served as president of the American Psychopathological Association, chairman of the Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Review Committee of the National Institute of Mental Health, and chairman of the Connecticut Council of Corrections Officers. Glueck married in 1936 and remained married until their deaths 63 years later in

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within days of each other.

Selected publications

*Glueck, Bernard C. Jr., Final report: Research project for the study and treatment of persons convicted of crimes involving sexual aberrations. June 1952 to June 1955.

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*Hammer, Emmanuel F.; Glueck, Bernard C Jr (1955). Psychodynamic patterns in sex offender. ''Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association''. 1955:157-68. *Glueck, Bernard C. Jr., Evaluation of the Homosexual Offender. '' Minn. L. Rev.'' 187, An; 41 (1956-1957) *Glueck, Bernard C.; Stroebel, Charles F., Biofeedback and meditation in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses. ''

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'', Vol 16(4), Jul-Aug 1975, 303–321. doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(75)80001-0

References

1914 births 1999 deaths American psychiatrists Harvard Medical School alumni 20th-century American physicians People from Goshen, Connecticut Columbia College (New York) alumni University of Minnesota faculty {{US-psychiatrist-stub