Krystal, Henry 1925-

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KRYSTAL, Henry 1925-


PERSONAL: Born April 22, 1925, in Poland; son of Hermann and Dora Krystal; married Esther R. (a social worker), 1952; children: John H., Andrew D. Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: Educated at Wayne State University and Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute; earned M.D. degree. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Music, literature, art.

ADDRESSES: Home—4690 Pickering Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301. E-mail—[email protected].


CAREER: Michigan State University, East Lansing, professor emeritus; psychoanalyst in private practice. Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, faculty member.


MEMBER: American Psychiatric Association (fellow), American Psychoanalytic Association, American College of Psychiatrists, American College of Psychoanalysts.


AWARDS, HONORS: Pioneer Award, International Society for the Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 1992; Laughlin Award, for lifetime achievement, 1997.


WRITINGS:


(Editor) Massive Psychic Trauma, International Universities Press, 1968.

(With Herbert Reskin) Drug Dependence, Wayne State University Press (Detroit, MI), 1970.

(With William Niederland) Psychic Traumatization, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1971.

Integration and Self-Healing: Affect, Trauma, Alexithymia, Analytic Press, 1988.


Contributor to scientific journals.


WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on clinical treatment after severe trauma, applied psychoanalytical studies of history.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


periodicals


Clinical Social Work Journal, spring, 1990, Billie Lee Violette, review of Integration and Self-Healing: Affect, Trauma, Alexithymia, p. 100.