Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

Abraham Low, Jewish-American psychiatrist, mental disorders, mental health treatment, personal will, psychoanalytic doctrine, psychiatrist, Recovery Inc., self-help organization, self-help program, stigma of mental illness, unconscious drives

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Dr. Abraham Low (1891–1954) was a Jewish-American psychiatrist and a pioneer in the treatment of mental disorders through self-help programs. He is known for founding Recovery, Inc., a self-help organization that is designed, in part, to fight against the stigma of mental illness. Dr. Low criticized the work of Freud, rejecting the psychoanalytic doctrine both as a therapeutic technique and ideology. He affirmed his belief that human conduct is not a result of unconscious drives but rather directed by personal will.

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