Eric Berne of a heart attack in Carmel on July 15, 1970. Eric Berne Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who, in the middle of the 20th century, created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior. Berne’s theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud but was distinctly different. Freudian psychotherapists focused on talk therapy as a way of gaining insight to their patient’s personalities. Berne believed that insight could be better discovered by analyzing patients’ social transactions. Berne was among the first psychiatrists to apply game
Maurice Craig (psychiatrist) psychiatrist to Virginia Woolf for twenty-two years, and to the future King Edward VIII. In 1905, the first edition of his ground-breaking reference work "Psychological Medicine: A Manual on Mental Diseases for Practitioners and Students" was published and, in 1922, he founded the National Council for Mental Hygiene. In 1930, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the International Committee for Mental Hygiene. Sir Maurice Craig died on 6 January 1935. Maurice Craig (psychiatrist) Sir Maurice Craig KBE FRCP (1866-1935), was a British psychiatrist and pioneer in the treatment of mental illness. Craig was born on 29 May 1866 and educated at