Nise da Silveira

Nise da Silveira (February 15, 1905 – October 30, 1999) was a Brazilian psychiatrist and a student of Carl Jung. She devoted her life to psychiatry and has never been in agreement with the aggressive forms of treatment of her time such as commitment to psychiatric hospitals, electroshock, insulin therapy and lobotomy.

Other name:

Nise Magalhães da Silveira

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

Feb 15, 1905

Deathday:

30 thg 10, 1999

Place of birth:

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil