Sigmund Freud, a famous psychiatrist, developed a very influential psychoanalytic theory in the field of modern psychology.
Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, is also the founder of analytical psychology and develops the concept of archetype and complex.
Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist, is the founder of logotherapy, a psychotherapy approach that helps individuals find the meaning of their lives.
R.D. Laing, a Scottish psychiatrist, is famous for his controversial approach to viewing mental disorders as a reaction to the social and cultural environment.
Aaron Beck, an American psychiatrist, is credited by developing cognitive therapy or cognitive behavior therapy, which helps individuals overcome psychological problems by changing their mindset.
Kay Redfield Jamison, an American psychiatrist, is an expert in bipolar disorder and has written a book about his personal experience with the disorder.
Peter Kramer, an American psychiatrist, is famous for his book Listening to Prozac, which discusses the potential positive effects of antidepressant drugs in mentally healthy individuals.
Thomas Szasz, an American psychiatrist, is famous for its controversial view that mental disorders do not exist, and that the term mental disorder is only a label intended to control individual behavior.
Irvin Yalom, an American psychiatrist, is a famous writer in the field of psychotherapy and has written many books about psychology and human experience.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss-American psychiatrist, is an expert in the field of death and the process of mourning, and has written many books on the topic.