Elliot S. Valenstein (born December 9, 1923) is professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Michigan.[1][2] He is a noted authority on brain stimulation and psychosurgery.
Biography[]
Valenstein was born in New York City on December 9, 1923 to Louis and Helen Valenstein (formally Spiro).[citation needed] He fought in World War II. After returning from the war he attended City College of New York for his B.S. and University of Kansas for his M.A and PhD.[3]
He was the chief of the neuropsychology section at Walter Reed Institute Research from 1957-1961. He started teaching at University of Michigan in 1970[4]
He was married to Thelma Lewis from 1947 until her death on December 13, 2020.[5] They have two children together; Paul and Carl.
Published books[]
- Brain Control: A Critical Examination of Brain Stimulation and Psychosurgery (1973)
- Brain Stimulation and Motivation: Research and Commentary (Ed.) (1973)
- Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of psychosurgery and other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness (1986)
- Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health (1998)
- The War of the Soups and the Sparks: The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute over how Nerves Communicate (2005)
See also[]
- Biopsychiatry controversy
- Chemical imbalance theory
- Psychiatric drugs
References[]
- ↑ Davidson, Keay (25 February 1987). "Author says medical fads could recur". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N7krAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5848,8356882&dq=elliot+valenstein&hl=en. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ Lewis, MD, Thomas H. (1999). "Blaming the Brain: The Real Truth About Drugs and Mental Health (review)". pp. 1438–1439. Digital object identifier:10.1001/jama.281.15.1438. http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/281/15/1438.extract. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ “Elliot Valenstein: U-M LSA Department of Psychology.” LSA, University of Michigan, lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/emeriti-faculty/esv.html.
- ↑ “Elliot Valenstein: U-M LSA Department of Psychology.” LSA, University of Michigan, lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/emeriti-faculty/esv.html.
- ↑ "Thelma Valenstein Obituary (1926 - 2020) Ann Arbor News". https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=thelma-valenstein&pid=197307787.
External links[]
- Faculty Page at University of Michigan
- StayFreeMagazine.org - 'Better Living Through Lobotomy: What can the history of psychosurgery tell us about medicine today? An Interview with Elliot Valenstein', Allison Xantha Miller (Fall, 2003)
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