Philip Holzman

Philip Holzman (1922–2004) was an investigator of schizophrenia and one of the first to engage in the scientific study of the genetic constituents of its pathophysiology.[1] Among his important researches were those involving the biological relatives of schizophrenics.[1] He also conducted several early studies on voice confrontation.

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Early life and education

Holzman was born in 1922 in New York City. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1943. In 1952, he finished a doctorate, at the University of Kansas.[2]

Career

He worked at the Menninger Foundation and the University of Chicago, then founded the Psychology Research Laboratory at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts in 1977. He was also part of the research group at the Mailman Research Center, founded by Seymour Kety.[2]

Holzman was the Esther and Sidney R. Rabb Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and a supervising and training analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He was at Harvard between 1977 and 2002, having moved there after spending a decade as Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. In 2002, he accepted Emeritus status from the University.[1][3]

In the 1960s, Holzman conducted several studies on the causes of voice confrontation.[4]

Recognition

Holzman was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1979 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982; in 2001, he received the American Psychological Foundation's Alexander Gralnick research award.[5]

Personal life and death

He was married to Ann for 58 years, and had three children.[2] Philip Holzman died of a stroke in Boston on 1 June 2004.[5]

Selected Bibliography
  • Holzman, Philip, "Personality," Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  • Menninger, Karl Augustus; Holzman, Philip S. (1973), Theory of psychoanalytic technique, Basic Books, OCLC 1061614095
  • Holzman, Philip S. (1995), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology, The Master Work Series, Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, OCLC 611035388
  • Johnston, Mary Hollis; Holzman, Philip S. (1 October 1979), Assessing Schizophrenic Thinking: A Clinical and Research Instrument for Measuring Thought Disorder, Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series, San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, ISBN 978-0-8357-4928-2, OCLC 917223979
  • Holzman, Philip S.; Matthysse, Steven (2017). "The Genetics of Schizophrenia: A Review". Psychological Science. 1 (5): 279–286. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00215.x. ISSN 0956-7976.
  • Holzman, Philip S. (1992). "Behavioral markers of schizophrenia useful for genetic studies". Journal of Psychiatric Research. 26 (4): 427–445. doi:10.1016/0022-3956(92)90044-O. ISSN 0022-3956. PMID 1491361.
  • Holzman, Philip S. (1977). "Abnormal-Pursuit Eye Movements in Schizophrenia". Archives of General Psychiatry. 34 (7): 802–5. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770190064005. ISSN 0003-990X. PMID 560179.
  • Holzman, P (2000). "Eye movements and the search for the essence of schizophrenia". Brain Research Reviews. 31 (2–3): 350–356. doi:10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00051-X. ISSN 0165-0173. PMID 10719162.
  • Appelbaum, Stephen A.; Holzman, Philip S. (1962). "The Color-Shading Response and Suicide". Journal of Projective Techniques. 26 (2): 155–161. doi:10.1080/08853126.1962.10381091. ISSN 0885-3126.
  • Holzman, Philip S.; Rousey, Clyde (1966). "The voice as a percept". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 4 (1): 79–86. doi:10.1037/h0023518. ISSN 1939-1315.
  • Holzman, P. S.; Schlesinger, H. J. (1972). "On becoming a hospitalized psychiatric patient". Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. 36 (4): 383–406. PMID 5045128.
  • Holzman, Philip S. (1974). "Eye-Tracking Dysfunctions in Schizophrenic Patients and Their Relatives". Archives of General Psychiatry. 31 (2): 143. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760140005001. ISSN 0003-990X.
  • Holzman, P. S.; Shenton, M. E.; Solovay, M. R. (1986). "Quality of thought disorder in differential diagnosis". Schizophrenia Bulletin. 12 (3): 360–371. doi:10.1093/schbul/12.3.360..
  • Holzman, Philip S.; Kringlen, Einar; Matthysse, S.; Flanagan, S. (1988). "A Single Dominant Gene Can Account for Eye Tracking Dysfunctions and Schizophrenia in Offspring of Discordant Twins". Archives of General Psychiatry. 45 (7): 641. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800310049006. ISSN 0003-990X.
  • Matthysse, Steven; Holzman, Philip S.; Gusella, James F.; Levy, Deborah L.; Harte, Christopher B.; Jørgensen, Åge; Møller, Lise; Parnas, Josef (2004). "Linkage of eye movement dysfunction to chromosome 6p in schizophrenia: Additional evidence". American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 128B (1): 30–36. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30030. ISSN 1552-4841.

See also

References
  1. Levy, Deborah L; Benes, Francine M (2005). "Philip S Holzman: A Legacy of Wisdom and Optimism". Neuropsychopharmacology. Nature. 30 (5): 1036–1038. doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1300636. ISSN 0893-133X.
  2. "Philip S. Holzman" (PDF). The Faculty of Medicine: Harvard University. June 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. Benes, Francine; Levy, Deborah (25 September 2005), Philip S. Holzman: Faculty of Medicine - Memorial Minute, Harvard Gazette, retrieved 2 December 2019
  4. Jaekl, Philip (12 July 2018). "The real reason the sound of your own voice makes you cringe". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. Pearce, Jeremy (8 August 2004), "Philip Holzman, 82, Dies; Authority on Schizophrenia", New York Times, retrieved 2 December 2019


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