Philip S. Graven

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Philip Sigurd Graven (1892 - 1977) was a medical doctor and pioneering psychoanalyst.

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Childhood and education

On 14 May 1892, Graven was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Martin Pederson Graven and Petra Jacobson. [1] [2] When he was four years old, the local paper reported that he had broken his leg falling on a sidewalk, and that he suffered from "an affection of the spine". [3]

In 1914, Graven was student at the University of Chicago. [4]

In 1919, Graven was mentioned in a German-language paper in St. Louis. [5] In 1920, after serving as an intern in a St. Louis Hospital, Graven enrolled in a post-graduate course of study at Yale. [6]

In 1921, Graven was a member of American Medical Association of Vienna. [7] Graven married Rose Velda "R'Velda" Shauta, an Austrian woman.

Psychoanalytic career

In 1924, Graven published a paper on headaches. That same year, Graven authored a paper "The Analytic Treatment of Epilepsy" which was published in the German Journal Fortschritte der Sexualwissenschaft und Psychoanalyse (Advances in Sexology and Psychoanalysis). [8] While at St. Elizabeths, Graven specialized in the psychoanalytic treatment of epilepsy.

In 1924, Graven was a charter member of the Washington DC Psychoanalytic Association, where he presented a paper titled "An Analysis of a Case of Vampirism". [9] In October 1924, Graven was profiled in a Milwaukee paper after national reporting on his career. [1] Graven used his home to host a series of lecture by Hungarian psychoanalyst Sándor Ferenczi. [10] [11] Graven trained Navy medical doctor Joseph Cheesman Thompson in Psychoanalysis. [12]

In 1925, Graven and his wife made a trip from the United States back to Austria to visit her relatives. [13] That year, Graven authored a paper on "A Case of Smoke Phobia". By 1926, it was reported that Graven had become an internationally recognized "authority on shell shock". [14]

While at St. Elizabeth's, Graven collaborated with Alfred Korzybski, proposing the term "Unsane" as a descriptor. [15] [16] In 1926, Graven and Korzybski were summoned by psychiatrist Knute Houck, who they had been "tutoring in psychoanalysis". Houck reported having beaten his wife who was now missing. [17]

In 1930, while at St. Elizabeth's, Graven authored a paper titled "Case Study of a Negro", one of the earliest psychoanalytic discussions of African-Americans. [18] [15]

Graven authored a booklet titled "Social Sanity and the Birth of Words, Part I".

Philip S Graven died in August 1977.

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  1. 1 2 "Milwaukee Journal" (PDF). October 1924.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) 31 Jul 1925, Fri
  3. ↑ The Weekly Herald (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) 14 Dec 1896, Mon Page 3
  4. ↑ "The Cap and Gown". The University. August 27, 1914 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Westliche Post (St. Louis, Missouri) 12 Dec 1919, Fri Page 2
  6. ↑ The Dunn County News (Menomonie, Wisconsin) 16 Sep 1920, Thu
  7. ↑ The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) 05 Oct 1921, Wed Page 3
  8. ↑ "Annual Report of the St. Elizabeths Hospital to the Secretary of the Interior ..." U.S. Government Printing Office. August 27, 1921 – via Google Books.
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  13. ↑ Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) 31 Jul 1925, Fri Page 3
  14. ↑ Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) 22 Dec 1926, Wed Page 3
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