Judd Marmor was an American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist known for his role in removing homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
16 Facts About Judd Marmor
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Marmor attended Columbia University for his undergraduate and medical degrees, graduating with a Bachelor's of Arts in 1930 and a Doctor of Medicine in 1933 Marmor trained in psychiatry and neurology, and studied at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
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Judd Marmor's son Michael was born in 1941, became a physician, and was for many years a professor of ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Judd Marmor moved to Los Angeles in 1946, after serving in the Navy during World War II.
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Judd Marmor opposed the prevailing opinion that homosexuality was caused from a dysfunctional upbringing.
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Judd Marmor's stance on homosexuality was particularly influential because Judd Marmor was a widely respected and mainstream psychoanalyst; not a peripheral figure like most others speaking to the issue.
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Judd Marmor continued to support his position that homosexuality did not meet the criteria applied for a mental illness while serving as the vice president of the American Psychiatric Association.
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Later that year, Judd Marmor was elected president of the American Psychiatric Association.
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Judd Marmor influenced the movement in psychiatry away from pure psychoanalysis and towards shorter-term psychotherapy, and emphasized the need for putting psychoanalysis on a sound scientific basis.
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Judd Marmor operated a private psychiatry practice in Los Angeles, where he was popular among the Hollywood elite.
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Judd Marmor continued to practice until his death in 2003.
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Judd Marmor served as director of psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from 1965 to 1972.
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Judd Marmor was the Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California from 1972 to 1980, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1980 to 1985.
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Judd Marmor was a prolific author, writing over 350 scientific papers and writing or editing eight books.
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Judd Marmor was an essayist who wrote on topics including civil rights and politics, publishing essays opposing McCarthyism, the nuclear bomb, and the Vietnam War.
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Judd Marmor was married to Katherine Judd Marmor until her death in 1999, and he died on December 16,2003.