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Dr. Arthur Janov in 1998. He used teddy bears, cribs, baby rattles, security blankets and other props in his therapy sessions.
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Arthur Janov
Died on October 1, 2017 at age 93
Mr. Janov was a California psychotherapist variously called a messiah and a mountebank for his development of primal scream therapy, a treatment that he maintained could cure ailments from depression and alcoholism to ulcers, epilepsy and asthma, not to mention bring about world peace.
Notable Deaths 2017
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