Abraham Wikler
Abraham Wikler | |
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| Born | October 12, 1910 Lower East Side of New York City, US |
| Died | March 7, 1981 (aged 70) Lower East Side of New York City, US |
| Alma mater | Long Island College of Medicine, MD, 1935 |
| Occupation(s) | Prison psychiatrist, substance abuse researcher, neurologist |
| Spouse | Ada |
| Children | |
Abraham Wikler (October 12, 1910 – March 7, 1981) was an American psychiatrist and neurologist who made important discoveries in drug addiction. He was one of the first to promote a view of addiction as conditioned behavior, and made the first observations of conditioned response in drug withdrawal symptoms. His research on conditioning and relapse played a pioneering role in the neuroscientific study of addiction.