Dr. Abraham Arden Brill, one of the world’s leading exponents of psychoanalysis and a pioneer psychiatrist, died here yesterday at 74. Born in Kanczuga, Austria, he came to this country as a youth and studied at Columbia University. Later, he returned to Europe and studied under Dr. Sigmund Freud, whose works he brought to public attention in this country by publishing them in English.
Brill is credited with introducing numerous psychiatric terms into the American language. In addition to his translations of the works of Freud and of Dr. Carl Jung, he publisher numerous works of his own in the field of psychoanalysis, including “Psychoanalysis — Its Theories and Practical Application,” and “Fundamental Conceptions of Psychoanalysis.”
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