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John Edward Mack (October 4, 1929 – September 27, 2004) was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor and the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In 1976, Mack won the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Prince of Our Disorder on T.E. Lawrence.

As the head of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Mack's clinical expertise was in child psychology, adolescent psychology, and the psychology of religion. He was also known as a leading researcher on the psychology of teenage suicide and drug addiction, and he later became a researcher in the psychology of alien abduction experiences.

Works

He wrote the following books:

  • Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters (1999)
  • Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens (1994)
  • A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence (1976)
  • Nightmares and Human Conflict (1970)

Collaborations:

  • The Alchemy of Survival: One Woman's Journey (1988)
  • Vivienne: The Life and Suicide of an Adolescent School Girl (1977)

He was editor or co-editor of:

  • Mind Before Matter: Vision of a New Science of Consciousness (2007; succeeded by Paul Devereux)
  • Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference Held at M.I.T. Cambridge, MA (1995)
  • Human Feelings: Explorations in Affect Development and Meaning (1993)
  • Development and Sustenance of Self-Esteem in Childhood (1984)
  • Borderline States in Psychiatry - Seminars in Psychiatry (1975)




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