Donald deAvila Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald deAvila Jackson

American psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1968

Profession: psychiatrist, psychotherapist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Donald deAvila "Don" Jackson, M.D.
(28 January 1920 – 29 January 1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy. From 1947 to 1951, he studied under Harry Stack Sullivan.From 1953 to 1962, he worked with Gregory Bateson, John Weakland, Jay Haley and William Fry, developing thinking in the areas of family therapy, brief therapy, systems theory and communication theory.
One of the results of this research was the development of the double bind theory of schizophrenia.In 1958, he founded the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, and was its first director.