Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud on May 6, 1856, in Freiberg, Moravia (now Příbor, Czech Republic), was an Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud's work revolutionized the understanding of the human mind and remains influential in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and later specialized ...