Anna O.

Standard Name: Anna O.

Used Form: Pappenheim, Bertha

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Josef Breuer worked with and studied Anna O., who became one of the most famous cases of hysteria.

Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.

Josef Breuer 's work with his patient Anna O. resulted in his theorization of the cathartic method in the treatment of hysteria.

Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.

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Bertha Pappenheim, the hysterical patient known as Anna O., was placed in Bellevue Sanatorium for four months without her consent.

Micale, Mark S. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and its Interpretations. Princeton University Press, 1995, http://HSS.

Hergenhahn, Baldwin Ross. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 2nd ed., Wadsworth Publishing, 1992, http://HSS.

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Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer published their influential Studies on Hysteria, a foundational text for psychoanalysis.

Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.

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The first national Jewish women's organization, Jüdisches Frauenbund (JFB), was founded in Germany.

Lerner, Paul. “Anna O. and Bertha P”. Times Literary Supplement, 22 Mar. 2002, p. 6.

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