Leo Eitinger

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Leo Eitinger

Biology

#7281

World Rank

#10176

Historical Rank

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Leo Eitinger's Degrees

• Masters Medicine Charles University
• PhD Psychiatry Charles University

Why Is Leo Eitinger Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Leo Eitinger was a Norwegian psychiatrist, author and educator. He was a Holocaust survivor who studied the late-onset psychological trauma experienced by people who went through separation and psychological pain early in life only to show traumatic experience decades later. He devoted a long period studying posttraumatic stress disorder among Holocaust survivors, which had led Holocaust survivors including Paul Celan , Primo Levi and many others to commit suicide several decades after the experience. Eitinger was a pioneer of research into psychological trauma among refugees, and also laid the foundation for Norwegian military psychiatry research with emphasis on psychological trauma among soldiers.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Leo Eitinger?

Leo Eitinger is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oslo
• Charles University
• Masaryk University