Max Glatt

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Max Glatt , also Max Meier Glatt , (born January 26, 1912 in Berlin ; † May 14, 2002 in London ) was a British psychiatrist and addiction expert of German origin. He was an excellent researcher into addiction syndrome .

Life

Because of his Jewish origins, Glatt had to face considerable resistance in order to be able to study. Nevertheless, he received his doctorate as a neurologist from the University of Leipzig in 1936 . When he tried to flee to Holland after the November pogroms in 1938 , he was arrested at the border and sent to the Dachau concentration camp . After his release from the Dachau concentration camp, he emigrated to Great Britain . After the beginning of the Second World War he was deported as an enemy alien first to the Isle of Man and then on a prison ship to Australia . In 1942 he returned to Great Britain. There he learned that his parents had been deported to Estonia , where they were later murdered in a concentration camp . Only he and his sister, who had managed to escape to Holland, survived the Nazi era .

From 1951 Glatt worked as a doctor and psychotherapist in various London clinics. He was one of the scientists who postulated the disease character of alcohol dependence at an early stage and, in this sense, lobbyed the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Glatt opposed the criminalization of drug addiction.

In 1962, Glatt took over the editing of the British Journal of Addiction , a position he held for fifteen years.

Publications (selection)

  • Alcoholic and the Help He Needs . 1973.
  • Alcoholism. A social disease . Hodder and Stoughton London 1976, ISBN 0-340-19503-7 .
  • The alcoholic and the help he needs. Diagnosis and help. Translated from English by Elfriede Eder. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1976, ISBN 3-210-24517-7 .
  • Drug Dependence. To International Review. Current Problems and Issues . 1977.
  • The Dependence Phenomenon . 1983.

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personal data
SURNAME Smooth, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meier Glatt, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British psychiatrist and addiction expert of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2002
Place of death London