Anna Terruwe

Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 2004)

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Born: August 19, 1911
Died: April 28, 2004
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1911

About Anna Terruwe

Anna A. A. Terruwe was a Catholic psychiatrist from the Netherlands. She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive-compulsive disorder could be healed: the "bevestigingsleer," the idea of "affirmation." Baars discovered her work and went on to translate some of her work into English and further the work on "Emotional Deprivation Disorder" and the repressive disorders. She discovered "Frustration Neurosis" in the 1950s (also known as "Deprivation Neurosis", but now called Emotional Deprivation Disorder). She also discovered that repressive disorders (e.g.

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Career and life highlights

She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive-compulsive disorder could be healed: the "bevestigingsleer," the idea of "affirmation.".

The world when Anna Terruwe was born

Anna Terruwe was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

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Measure	1911	2026
Population	93.4M	341 million

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