| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Falkenstein |
| Name | Alexander |
| Birth year | 1936 |
| Birth month | 10 |
| Birth day | 2 |
| Birth place | Riga |
| Death year | 1996 |
| Death month | 11 |
| Death day | 20 |
| Death place | Riga |
| Sex | M |
Falkenstein Alexander Mozusovich (Mikhailovich) (2.10.1936, Riga — 20.11.1996, Riga (Shmerlis cemetery)). In 1960, graduated from the Riga Medical Institute. Worked as a neuropathologist in Tukums.
Was the first psychotherapist in Latvia to organise the “Club of the Good Word and Good Mood” and a club for fighting drug addiction. Until 1992, worked as a neuropathologist at the Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary and at the 2nd, 4th and 5th polyclinics. Delivered numerous scientific reports and lectures.
Author of numerous publications.
His sister S. Mirman is a psychologist.
E. Vater, Jewish Physicians in Latvia 1918–1996, (Riga: Latvian Medical Academy, 1997), p. 192