 Dr Leo Kanner MD Leo Kanner (June 13, 1894 - April 4, 1981) was an Austrian-American physician known for his work related to autism. Leo Kanner File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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In psychiatry, autism (called autistic disorder in the DSM) is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes marked problems with social relatedness, communication, interest, and behavior. ...
Kanner was born in Klekotow, Austria. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1913, his studies broken by service with the Austrian Army in World War I, finally receiving his MD in 1921. He emmigrated to the United States in 1924 to take a position as an Assistant Physician at the State Hospital in Yankton County, South Dakota. In 1930 he was selected to develop the first child psychiatry service in a pediatric hospital at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He became Associate Professor of Psychiatry in 1933. There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is...
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He was the first physician in the United States to be identified as a child psychiatrist and his first textbook, Child Psychiatry in 1935, was the first English language textbook to focus on the psychiatric problems of children. His seminal 1943 paper Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact (http://www.neurodiversity.com/library_kanner_1943.pdf) (pdf), together with the work of Hans Asperger, forms the basis of the modern study of autism. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Hans Asperger (February 18, 1906-October 21, 1980) was the Austrian pediatrician after whom Aspergers Syndrome is named. ...
In psychiatry, autism (called autistic disorder in the DSM) is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes marked problems with social relatedness, communication, interest, and behavior. ...
He became Director of Child Psychiatry in 1957. He retired in 1959 but remained active until his death at the age of 87. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Papers
Kanner, L. (1943), Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact (http://www.neurodiversity.com/library_kanner_1943.pdf) (pdf), Nervous Child, 2, pp.217-250.
Kanner, L. (1946), Irrelevant and Metaphorical Language in Early Infantile Autism, American Journal of Psychiatry, 103, pp.242-246.
Kanner, L. & Eisenberg, L. (1956), Early Infantile Autism 1943-1955, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 26, pp.55-65.
Bender, L. (1982), In Memoriam Leo Kanner, MD June 13, 1894--April 4, 1981, J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 21(1): 88-89.
Books - 1935 Child Psychiatry
- 1973 Childhood Psychosis: Initial Studies and New Insights
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