Milton R. Sapirstein (1914 – November 28, 1996) was a
clinical psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
who studied, lectured, and wrote about the connections between
neurobiology
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and
psychoanalytical concepts. He was emeritus clinical professor of
psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry.
Initial psych ...
at
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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in
New York City
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for nearly 50 years.
Works
*''Emotional Security'' (1948)
*''Paradoxes of Everyday Life'' (1953)
*''Paradoxes in the Modern Family'' (1996)
References
External links
1914 births
1996 deaths
American medical academics
American psychiatrists
20th-century American physicians
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