Freyhan, Fritz Adolf was born on November 24, 1912 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Max and Clara (Gottschalk) F. Doctor of Medicine, University Berlin, 1937. Diplomate: American Board Neurology and Psychiatry.
Pathology training Sydenham Hospital, New York City, 1939, rotating intern, 1939-1940.
Member of staff Delaware Eastern State Hospital, Farnhurst, 1940-1950, clinical director, director research, 1950-1960. Director department psychiatry and neurology Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, 1954-1961. Consultant psychiatry Veterans Administration Hospital., Wilmington, Delaware, 1954-1961.
Deputy chief charge clinical studies, clinical neuropharmacology research center National Institute of Mental Health, 1961-1966.
Director clinical studies, clinical and behavioral studies center Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, 1961-1966. From associate to adjunct associate professor psychiatry University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1950-1961.
Clinical professor psychiatry George Washington University School Medicine, 1960-1966. Member of faculty Washington School Psychiatry, 1962-1966.
Director research department psychiatry Saint Vincent’s Hospital, New York City, 1966-1972.
Associate clinical professor psychiatry New York University Medical Center, 1966-1972.
Doctor of Medicine, University Berlin, 1937. Director, director; director department psychiatry and neurology Delaware Chief charge clin; director clinical
Director research department psychiatry Saint Vincent’s Hospital, New York City, 1966-1972.
Editor: Comprehensive Psychiatry, from 1960. Editor: International Pharmacopsychiatry, from 1967.
Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology, New York Academy of Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Medical Association, Medical Society District of Columbia, American Psychopath. Association (president 1969), Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (councilor), Association Nervous and Mental Diseases, Society Biological Psychiatry, International Committee for Prevention and Treatment of Depression, United States Committee for Prevention and Treatment of Depression (chairman), Society Medico-Psychologique (associate), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Psychiatrie und Nervenheikunde (correspondent), Societa Italiana di Neuropsicofarmacologia (correspondent), Societe Royale de Medecine Mentale de Belgique (honorary).
Club: Cosmos (Washington).
