Otto F. Kernberg

Otto F. Kernberg, born in Vienna in 1928, was a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. He was a professor of psychiatry at Cornell University and directed the Personality Disorders Institute at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He also served for many years as president of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Kernberg became known particularly for his work on severe personality disorders and psychoanalysis. The film “Introduction to Psychoanalysis” was released in 2012; the “Kernberg Lecture” was produced in cooperation with Klett-Cotta.