Nise da Silveira
Birth date
February 15, 1905
Death date
October 30, 1999
Place of birth
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Profession
Acting
Age
94 years
Biography
Nise da Silveira (February 15, 1905 – October 30, 1999) was a Brazilian psychiatrist and a student of Carl Jung. She devoted her life to psychiatry and has never been in agreement with the aggressive forms of treatment of her time such as commitment to psychiatric hospitals, electroshock, insulin therapy and lobotomy.
Also known as
Nise Magalhães da Silveira
