Ben-Ami Finkelstein

Ben -Ami Finkelstein (* 1910 in Liepāja ) is a Swiss psychiatrist.

Life

Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1935 at the University of Zurich with a thesis on the white spot disease. During the Second World War he was interned for a time in a labor camp. He then worked in the mental institution Tarpeh, where he explored the " impact of immigration on the character of a mad -prone person " on the basis of a Holocaust survivor from Lithuania; In 1952 he published results that were criticized in 2012 by Rakefet Zalashik for ideological omissions.

Finkelstein has worked at Eastern State Hospital in Lexington (Kentucky ) and at the Lima State Hospital in Lima ( Ohio). In the 1970s, Finkelstein worked at the Rosegg ( Solothurn ).

Published in 1957 by the Amsterdam publisher Finkelstein F. Van Rossen the book Psychological sketches; then he has published numerous articles in American journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (1971 one over the suicide of Vincent van Gogh).

Finkelstein, among other things deals with the psychology of crime.

At a meeting organized by Mieczyslaw Minkowski evening lecture Finkelstein reported as part of the Society for Neurology and Psychiatry of the " psychology of isolated groups."

Finkelstein et al corresponded with Albert Einstein and Hans Martin Suter champion.

Writings

• The psychology of isolated groups. In: Swiss Journal of Psychology. In 1948.
• Mental diseases in relation to Aliya. In: Harefua, 42, 124, 1952 ( in Hebrew ).