Talk:Alfred Adler

Birthplace
I think you mean he was born in Penzing.... not Penzig.

According to german sources (biography and internet) Alfred Adler was born in Rudolfsheim which belongs today to the 15th borough of Vienna. Later the family moved from Rudolfsheim to Penzing. 81.62.54.186 19:24, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Alfred Adler, MD
I think you'll find that Dr. Adler was trained as a physician, not as a psychologist. While his theory is psychological, and not medical, the record is clear.

David L. Hanson, Ph.D. davidofseattle@comcast.net


 * _ _ Could we have more detail on this? DLH seems to say he was not a psychiatrist, tho my impression is that he was one of the 3 core figures of psychoanalysis, and that all psychoanalysts are psychiatrists. (Admittedly i haven't done my WP research on those, but it would be valuable to state & interpret the results on this talk page.)
 * _ _ It also needs to be borne in mind that he is part of the roots of psychology, and IMO helping create psychology & psychiatry before they became as institutionalized by society as they now are makes one a psychologist w/o having formal training in it, and may make one a psychiatrist as well.
 * _ _ Was he recognized as a psychoanalyst, as my impression is, or not?
 * _ _ As long as I know, psychiatry is rather the oldest specialized medical practice, having its first specialized hospital unit set by 750 of the present era, at Baghdad (See Kaplan & Sadock´s The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th edition, 2000, p. 3302). Surgery entered the universe of medical practices and university studies only much more recently. (sanderfridman@yahoo.com)

Re-Write
The article has undergone a substantial re-write during June and July 2007. It had been assessed as a B class piece, I have requested that it be re-assessed and is now in the A class department queue under reconsideration. References to scholarly sources, tightening of the writing, additional categories, a photo (although it is one of the more unattractive ones, I prefered the drawing that was there earlier) and concerns expressed above have all been taken into account in the re-writing.