Helen Block Lewis (August 22, 1913 – January 18, 1987) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Her work pioneered the study of the differences between guilt and shame. She founded the journal ''Psychoanalytic Psychology'', taught at universities, was the psychoanalysis division president of the American Psychological Association, and wrote several books. Her books include ''Shame and Guilt in Neurosis'', ''Psychic War in Men and Women'', ''Freud and Modern Psychology'' volume 1 and 2, ''Sex and the Superego'', and ''The Role of Shame in Symptom Formation''.
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