Nise da Silveira
1905
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1999
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Brazil
languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese
educated at: Universidade Federal da Bahia
occupation: psychologist, psychiatrist, artist, physician writer
award received: Ordem do Mérito Cultural
influenced by: Carl Jung
Nise da Silveira (February 15, 1905 – October 30, 1999) was a Brazilian psychiatrist and a student of Carl Jung. She devoted her life to psychiatry and challenged the conventional orthodoxies of her era, which insisted on using institutionalization and aggressive forms of medical intervention, including electroconvulsive therapy, insulin shock therapy and lobotomy to treat mental illnesses. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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