The Vienna Psychoanalytical Society served as Sigmund Freud's inner circle of colleagues. Alfred Adler, who was a colleague of Freud, served as the first president of this society before becoming the first major theorist to break away from Freud.

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Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was a highly influential Austrian neurologist whose foundational work significantly shaped psychology. Fascinated by patients, primarily women, who suffered from 'hysteria' and neurosis—disorders displaying a wide variety of physical and emotional symptoms with no apparent physical cause—Freud theorized that their problems originated from the unconscious mind.

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'A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis' is a notable book authored by Sigmund Freud.

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Hysteria is an archaic medical diagnosis that was historically applied primarily to women. It was used as a label for a wide array of symptoms, including both physical ailments and emotional disturbances, for which no distinct physical cause could be identified.

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