Benjamin Wolman Explained

Benjamin Binem Wolman (October 27, 1908 – January 3, 2000) was a Polish-American psychologist and writer.

Wolman obtained a Ph.D. in psychology in 1935 from the University of Warsaw. He later emigrated to the United States. He worked as a lecturer at Columbia University and a Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University. From 1958–1962 he worked as a clinical lecturer in psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. From 1965-1978 he worked as Professor of Psychology at Long Island University.^[1]

He founded the ″International Organization for the Study of Group Tensions″ and the International Journal of Group Tensions.^[2]

Wolman was the editor or writer of 42 books in psychology and over 200 scientific papers, he was a practitioner of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.^{[3] [4]}

Selected publications

• Handbook of Clinical Psychology (1965)
• Psychosomatic Disorders (1968)
• Children Without Childhood: A Study of Childhood Schizophrenia (1970)
• Manual of Child Psychopathology (1971)
• Handbook of Dreams: Research, Theories, and Applications (1973)
• Handbook of General Psychology (1973)
• Handbook of Parapsychology (1977)
• Logic of Science in Psychoanalysis (1984)
• Handbook of Intelligence: Theories, Measurements, and Applications (1985)
• Handbook of States of Consciousness (1986)
• The Family Guide to Mental Health (1991)
• Personality Dynamics (1992)
• Handbook of Human Sexuality (1993)
• Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Handbook (1994)
• Adolescence: Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives (1998)

Notes and References

1. Denmark, Florence L; Krauss, Herbert H. (2002). Benjamin B. Wolman: A Man of Vision (October 27, 1908–January 3, 2000). International Journal of Group Tensions. 31: 1-4.
2. Denmark, Florence L; Krauss, Herbert H. (2001). Obituary: Benjamin B. Wolman (1908-2000). American Psychologist 56: 1047.
3. Adler, Leonore Loeb; Denmark, Florence. (1995). Violence and the Prevention of Violence. Praeger Publishers. p. 217.
4. https://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=877&zenid=f35kdupe4pbprrmsetvqhrst74 "Antisocial Behavior: Personality Disorders from Hostility to Homicide"