Alexander, Franz

Franz Alexander was director of the Department of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, and professor of psychiatry at the University of Southern California. Himself a pioneer in psychoanalysis, his works include "The Western Mind in Transition; The Scope of Psychoanalysis, 1921-1961; Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis; Psychosomatic Medicine; "and "The History of Psychiatry."