Anna Terruwe, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAnna Terruwe
Dutch psychiatrist
Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1911
Date of Death: 28-Apr-2004
Profession: psychiatrist
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Anna Terruwe
- Dr.
- Anna A.
- A.
- Terruwe (August 19, 1911, Vierlingsbeek – April 28, 2004, Deurne) 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."Terruwe based her work on that of Thomas Aquinas and "the relevance of Thomistic rational psychology to neurosis and its treatment." Her work is also based on that of Professor W.J.A.J.
- Duynstee, C.SS.R., LL.D.
- who studied Aquinas.
- Her theories are based on Aquinas’ understanding of what he calls the "nature of man."
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