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Ian E. Alger was born in Oshawa, Canada, in 1926. After earning his medical degree, he immigrated to the United States and pursued psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital-New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. He later trained as a psychoanalyst and established innovative techniques for couples, families, and groups, primarily around the use of video recording in therapy and its use as a catalyst for self-revelation. He was a successful published author spanning four decades on various topics such as the treatment of physical and mental illnesses within their social contexts; modern couple therapy, including roles, rules, and power in relationships; and the use of technology in therapeutic treatment such as utilizing videos in therapy, engaging in virtual reality, and telemedicine. Dr. Alger passed away in 2009 in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 82.
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Dr. Alger obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1949 and trained as a...
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Alger, I. (1990). Managing the aggressive patient, plus videotapes on schizophrenia and the homeless. Psychiatric Services, 41(8), 840–842. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.41.8.840.
Alger, I., & Hogan, P. (1967). The use of videotape recordings in conjoint marital therapy. American Journal of Psychiatry, 123(11), 1425–1430.
Alger, I., & Hogan, P. (1969). Enduring effects of videotape playback experience on family and marital relationships. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 39(1), 86–98.
Alger, I., & Rusk, H. A. (1955). The rejection of help by some disabled people. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 36(5), 277–281.
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Samman, S.K. (2019). Alger, Ian. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_1027
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