John Patrick Spiegel | |
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| Born | March 17, 1911 |
| Died | July 17, 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Parent(s) | Lena Straus Spiegel Modie Spiegel |
| Family | Polly Spiegel Cowan (sister) Joseph Spiegel (grandfather) Alix Spiegel (granddaughter) |
John Patrick Spiegel (March 17, 1911 – July 17, 1991) was an American psychiatrist, and expert on violence and combat stress and the 103rd President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).[1][2] As president-elect of the APA in 1973, and a closeted homosexual at the time, he helped to change the definition of homosexuality in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which had previously described homosexuality as sexual deviance and that homosexuals were pathological.[3][4]
John P. Spiegel, an expert on combat fatigue and urban violence, died on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 80 years old.
Dr. John P. Spiegel, 80, a retired Brandeis University faculty member and a nationally renowned social psychiatrist, conducted pioneer research on violence as part of war, the inner city and the family.