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In the television series M*A*S*H, Dr. Sidney Theodore Freedman, played by Allan Arbus, is a psychiatrist frequently summoned in cases of mental health problems. M*A*S*H title screen from the television series M*A*S*H was a media franchise active, in various forms, from 1968 to 1986. ... Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ... This article is about the Male sex. ... MASH is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. ... Allan Arbus Allan Arbus (born February 15, 1918) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on the television series M*A*S*H. // Arbus was born in New York City of Jewish background. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... List of M*A*S*H episodes Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen Goodbye, Farewell and Amen was a television movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the M*A*S*H television series. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the... Allan Arbus Allan Arbus (born February 15, 1918) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on the television series M*A*S*H. // Arbus was born in New York City of Jewish background. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... Mental health is a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing or an absence of mental illness. ...

First appearance

Freedman first visited the camp to do a psychiatric evaluation of Klinger, who was aiming for a discharge (as always). After Freedman had finished the report, he quietly took Klinger in for an interview and told him that while he is obviously not mentally ill, Freedman was willing to declare him transvestite and a homosexual. This label would not leave him, though, as he put it: "From now on, you go through life on high heels." Klinger vociferously denied, "I ain't any of those things! I'm just crazy!" Klinger's discharge was uniformly dropped, and Freedman left the camp. Maxwell Q. Klinger is a fictional character from the M*A*S*H television series played by American actor Jamie Farr. ... A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve. ... Transvestism is literally the practice of cross-dressing, wearing the clothing of the opposite sex, and transvestite literally refers to a person who cross-dresses. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

In this first appearance in the series, Dr. Freedman's first name was Milton, not Sidney. The name change may have been due to the prominence of the economist Milton Friedman, or possibly to give him the same initials as Sigmund Freud or named after one of the writers previous acquaintances Sidney Friedman, who he admired. Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 â€“ November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 â€“ September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ...

Subsequent appearances

Freedman helped the 4077th in many cases, such as when Hawkeye had trouble with nightmares and sleepwalking, or had a bout of uncontrollable sneezing which proved to be psychosomatic, triggered by an old memory. Colonel Potter began to doubt his skills following a surgical error, and opened up to Freedman in private. In turn, Freedman found his visits to the camp a welcome break from his regular duties. He came frequently to play cards, and once stayed for several days after the suicide of one young patient, to get insight into how the M*A*S*H'ers coped with their experience. (As a psychiatrist, he'd also been to medical school, and was able to assist the surgeons when emergencies arose.) Captain Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce is the lead fictional character in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and television series. ... Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism or noctambulism), under the larger category of parasomnias, is a sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness while they are asleep or in a sleeplike state. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Colonel Sherman T. Potter was a fictional character from the M*A*S*H television show. ...

Freedman treated a bomber pilot whose horror over the deaths of the civilians his bombs killed led him to believe he was Jesus Christ. He recommended that the pilot be encouraged to remember and resume his identity, but not his military role. This infuriated another visitor, Colonel Flagg, who decided Freedman must be a Communist, or a disloyal American, especially since Sidney didn't sign his loyalty oath. However, Freedman refused to be intimidated, and Flagg's subsequent investigations of the doctor evidently turned up nothing useful against him. This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Colonel Samuel Flagg is a fictional character on the television series M*A*S*H, played by actor Edward Winter. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

Freedman used a post-hypnotic suggestion to stop the suicidal thoughts of another soldier, a Chinese-American named Sgt. Michael Yee. Yee had served in Europe, not the Pacific Theater, in World War II. "This is the first time he's fought an Asian enemy," Freedman told Hawkeye. "He has to kill Chinese to be a good American, and he has to kill himself to be a good Chinese." Another time, Freedman used hypnosis to help a combat medic with amnesia recover his memory, and had Hawkeye and B.J. help by providing sound effects and the voices of soldiers. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945. ... Medical team at work during the Battle of Normandy. ...

Finale

In an early episode, Freedman told those gathered in the operating room, "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice." He repeated that advice in the series finale, following his treatment of Hawkeye, who had finally cracked under the strain of the war. Freedman led Hawkeye to stop suppressing the memory of seeing a Korean mother who had smothered her coughing and crying baby in an effort to keep it silent, in order that threatening North Korean troops wouldn't hear them and kill all in their group. (In Hawkeye's suppression, he had 'remembered' that the mother had killed a 'chicken', until Freedman brought the memory into the light.) He convinced a reluctant Hawkeye that the best thing for him now was to return to duty for the last days of the war.

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