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Charles Socarides

Charles Socarides was a psychiatrist at the Albert Einstein Centre in New York who believed that homosexuality was a perversion and that it could be cured. He inspired gay reparative therapy (and possibly even created the practice himself). Today, his son, Richard, is a gay activist.

Names Charles Socarides (Main) BE [n74.149] Charles William Socarides (altName)

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Birth Date 1922/01/24
Birth Place Brockton
Death Date 2005/12/25
Death Place https://lglc.ca/place/NEW/
Identities American

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Occupations Academic
1974/09/26

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Professor of Psychiatry HigherEducation
1978 - 1996

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Psychiatrist MedicalHealth
1974/09/26

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Margalit Fox, "Charles W. Socarides, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 83," The New York Times, 28 December 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/nyregion/charles-w-socarides-psychiatrist-and-psychoanalyst-is-dead-at-83.html

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Margalit Fox, "Charles W. Socarides, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 83," The New York Times, 28 December 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/nyregion/charles-w-socarides-psychiatrist-and-psychoanalyst-is-dead-at-83.html

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Margalit Fox, "Charles W. Socarides, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 83," The New York Times, 28 December 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/nyregion/charles-w-socarides-psychiatrist-and-psychoanalyst-is-dead-at-83.html

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1988 - 12/25/2005
"Paid Notice: Deaths SOCARIDES, CHARLES WIL LIAM, M.D.," The New York Times, 27 December 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/classified/paid-notice-deaths-socarides-charles-wil-liam-md.html?mtrref=undefined Margalit Fox, "Charles W. Socarides, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Is Dead at 83," The New York Times, 28 December 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/nyregion/charles-w-socarides-psychiatrist-and-psychoanalyst-is-dead-at-83.html

Associated Places Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Employee)
1978 - 1996

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Employee)
1978 - 1996

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Associated Organizations Organization: American Medical Association (Member)

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Organization: American Psychiatric Association (Member)

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Organization: American Psychoanalytic Association (Member)

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Organization: Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine (Member)

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Organization: International Psychoanalytical […] (Member)

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Organization: Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric […] (Board Member)

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Organization: National Association for Research & […] (President)

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Organization: National Association for Research & […] (Founder)

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Organization: Royal Society of Medicine (Member)

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