George J. Mohr

George Joseph Mohr (28 September 1895 – 6 March 1965) was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, specializing in pediatric psychiatry.

Biography Mohr was born in San Francisco on 28 September 1895. Mohr was consulted by literary critic Bergen Evans for his work on 16th-century writer Robert Burton's psychological treatise, The Anatomy of Melancholy, entitled The Psychiatry of Robert Burton and published by Columbia University Press in 1944. He collaborated with Marian A. Despres in writing The Stormy Decade, which was published by Random House in 1958, and examined the emotional and social development of teenagers. Mohr enjoyed music and played the violin. He was survived by his wife, two children, and five sisters.

Works (w/ Julius H. Hess) The Physical and Mental Growth of Prematurely Born Children (1934, University of Chicago Press) (consultant for Bergen Evans) The Psychiatry of Robert Burton (1944, Columbia University Press) When Children Face Crises (1952, Science Research Associates) (w/ Marian A. Despres) The Stormy Decade: Adolescence (1958, Random House)