Wilhelm Reich

Reich, Wilhelm (1897–1957), Austrian psychoanalyst who broke with Sigmund Freud over the function of sexual repression, which Reich saw as the root of neurosis. He held the controversial theory that there exists a primal life-giving force called orgone energy. His design and sale of “orgone boxes” for personal therapeutic use led to his imprisonment for violating the Food and Drug Act.

See also: Psychoanalysis.