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

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and writer. Wolman obtained a Ph.D. in psychology in 1935 from the

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. He later emigrated to the

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. He worked as a lecturer at

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and a Professor of Psychology at

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. From 1958–1962 he worked as a clinical lecturer in psychiatry at

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. From 1965-1978 he worked as Professor of Psychology at

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. He founded the ″International Organization for the Study of Group Tensions″ and the ''International Journal of Group Tensions''. Wolman was the editor or writer of 42 books in psychology and over 200 scientific papers, he was a practitioner of

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and psychotherapy."Antisocial Behavior: Personality Disorders from Hostility to Homicide"
. Prometheus Books.

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)

References

1908 births 2000 deaths Parapsychologists Polish psychologists University of Warsaw alumni Yeshiva University alumni 20th-century American psychologists American writers on paranormal topics Polish emigrants to the United States American psychology writers {{US-psychologist-stub