Before his mental collapse, he served as the chief justice of the supreme court of the state of saxony. Media in category daniel paul schreber the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. The great work of the psychotic judge daniel paul schreber, namely memoirs of my nervous illness, has received predictable and rather unimaginative interpretations as the discourse of a lunatic. And that he married in 1878 a woman named ottilie sabine behr. Schreber, daniel paul, denkwurdigkeiten eines nervenkranken. It is by no means an easy read, but i found it worthwhile and interesting. One last thing that i have noticed from schreber studies in general, is that daniel paul schreber s first name, daniel means in hebrew, god has judged. Over the years, a huge bibliography of books and articles chie. Download schreber, daniel paul memoirs of my nervous illness ocr. He described his second mental illness, from 18931902, making also a brief reference to the. Pdf memoirs of my nervous illness download full pdf. It is a fascinating read, a page turner, something like a thriller or detective novel with fascinating insights into. Inside the mind of daniel schreber psychologist world. Memoirs of my nervous illness daniel paul schreber.
Here are the memoirs of the life of daniel paul schreber. Pdf the great work of the psychotic judge daniel paul schreber, namely memoirs of my nervous illness, has received predictable and rather. Daniel paul schreber was born in leipzig, germany in 1842, the second of five children of pauline and daniel gottlieb moritz schreber 18081861, the latter being a renowned physician who would become the director of a sanitorium in leipzig in 1844. Daniel paul schreber s memoirs of my nervous illness is pretty fascinating. Schreber, a wellrespected judge, had a nervous breakdown, which has all the hallmarks of schizophrenia. In the formative years of psychiatry freud, bleuler, and jaspers all studied daniel paul schreber s memoirs of my nervous illness as a model of psychotic thought. Her last name could be a truncated version of his own last.
He was ajudge and in a certain sense felt he was judged by god. Rosemary dinnage is the author of the ruffian on the stair. Memoirs of my nervous illness daniel paul schreber was the son of the preeminent nineteenthcentury german medical authority. The schreber case as a study is the classic of the psychoanalysis of psychosis. Memoirs of my nervous illness by daniel paul schreber. Reflections on death, one to one experiences of psychotherapy, and annie besant. Schreber s memoirs of my nervous illness must be the most writtenabout document in all psychiatric literature. Daniel paul schreber 18421911 was the son of the preeminent nineteenthcentury german medical authority on childrearing. Eine fallstudie zu daniel paul schrebers selbstbehauptungsstrategien. Daniel schreber 18421911 full name daniel paul schreber german memoirist.
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