Case Discussion 03 Panel – Ronald D. Laing, M.D. Judd Marmor, M.D. Carl A. Whitaker, M.D. Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.

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Ronald David Laing, usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. R.D. R.D. Glasgow University. Laing's name comes to mind when one thinks of practitioners who have been most effective at challenging prevailing medical thinking on schizophrenia. He has published 11 volumes and has been practising psychotherapy for more 35 years.

Laing is a London-based teacher and practitioner. He was formerly Chairman of The Philadelphia Association, was associated with Tavistock Clinic, and was a Fellow at The Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry.

• R. D. Laing Wiki

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Judd Marmor, MD, American psychiatrist who was known for his efforts to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Judd An adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of California in Los Angeles. Also, the Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine. He has been practicing medicine for over 50 years after graduating from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was the past president of the American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Psychoanalysis as well as The Group for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He was awarded the American College of Psychiatrists’ Bowis Award, for outstanding achievements in leadership in the field of psychiatry, and the Founders Award by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Marmor served on the editorial board of 14 journals.He authored five books and co-One of his works was authored. He has coauthored or written one.-More than 300 scientific papers have been published. He wrote a lot about psychoanalysis and human sexuality.

• Profile at NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov

Carl Whitaker, MD Similar seminars and products 29

Carl Whitaker, MD, American psychotherapy pioneer and family therapist, Dr. William H. Smith. Whitaker is most well-The therapeutic role of the entire family is acknowledged by him. He is the founder of experiential family therapy, or the symbolic-An experiential approach to therapy. Experienced family therapy doesn’t focus on one family member, or one particular problem. It looks at the entire family system. Several other approaches to family therapy have drawn heavily from Whitaker's theories.

• Site at Carl Whitaker.org

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Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, is the Founder and Director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation and is president of Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc., publishers in the behavioral sciences. He has coauthored, edited and contributed to several books.-Edited, coauthored or coauthored over 20 books on psychotherapy. They are available in twelve languages. Dr. Zeig, a Phoenix psychologist and marriage and family therapist, is currently in private practice. 

• Site atJeffrey Zeig.com