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Also Known As Ronald David Laing
Born October 7, 1927 • Glasgow • Scotland
Died August 23, 1989 (aged 61) • France
Subjects Of Study schizophrenia
Harry Stack Sullivan
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Patrick McGorry
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Emil Kraepelin
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Manfred J. Sakel
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William Claire Menninger
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Charles Frederick Menninger
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Carl Jung
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Jean Tatlock
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Karl Deisseroth
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Alfred Adler.
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Nawal El Saadawi
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Pierre-Félix Guattari
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Ernst Kretschmer
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Luce Irigaray
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Adolf Meyer.
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Thomas Story Kirkbride
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