Eric Ledermann
Eric Ledermann | |
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Born | 16 May 1908 |
Died | 7 May 2005 |
Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Eric Kurt Ledermann (16 May 1908 – 7 May 2005)
Biography
Ledermann was born in 1908 to Jewish parents in Berlin.[1] He studied medicine at the University of Freiburg and took interest in philosophical vitalism.[2] He attended a lecture of Alfred Adler and was deeply influenced by his work. He also took influence from Jan Smuts' book Holism and Evolution.[1] In 1932, he obtained his MD from the University of Freiburg.
He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 to become House Physician at
He married Marjorie Alice Smith on 2 June 1943. From 1948 he worked for the
Ledermann developed a type of psychotherapy he termed "true-self psychotherapy", which aimed to make "the unconscious conscience conscious".[3] He took a holistic approach to medicine and authored several books on the topic.[1] He opposed the "mechanistic materialism" of orthodox medicine. His holistic medicine was derived from existential and phenomenological philosophy.[6] During his later years Ledermann researched acupuncture and in 2001 received an honorary membership of the Chinese Medical Institute and Register.[7]
Selected publications
- Status of Naturopathy (The British Medical Journal, 1951)
- Natural Therapy: An Exposition of the Scientific and Educational Aspects of Nature Cure (1953)
- Philosophy and Medicine (1970)[8]
- Existential Neurosis (1972)[9]
- Good Health Through Natural Therapy (1977)
- Ethics in Psychiatry: The Patient's Freedom and Bondage (Journal of Medical Ethics, 1982)
- Mental Health and Human Conscience (1985)[10]
- Your Health in Your Hands: A Case for Natural Medicine (1989)
- Medicine for the Whole Person: A Critique of Scientific Medicine (1997)
References
- ^ a b c d "Dr Eric Ledermann". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ S2CID 257208048.
- ^ PMC 1188156.
- ^ The Medical Register, Part 3. General Medical Council, 2002. p. 2485
- ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3
- S2CID 170189003.
- ^ "Erich Kurt Ledermann". wellcomecollection.org. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- S2CID 220202642.
- S2CID 220170378.
- S2CID 71551108.