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The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society

In 1922 the Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opened as a free clinic of the Society. In the causal graph this event strengthens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — an improving welfare path.

The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society
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In 1922 the Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opened as a free clinic of the Society. The instrument is that clinic door, not a national health statute. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He backed the free clinic. Named colleagues staffed it. He did not treat every unpaid hour himself.

Context

Named analysts took unpaid hours. Sharing the door with them is required. Private fees at Berggasse remain a different path. The setting of The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society is the public file around 1922-05-22. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Fees remain a different row. Mixed effects of The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society on 1922-05-22. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Sigmund Freud

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.52 · verified

    He backed the free clinic. Named colleagues staffed it. He did not treat every unpaid hour himself.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society
    2. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 22 May 1922 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.British Psychoanalytical Society — Sigmund FreudBritish Psychoanalytical Society · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Berggasse 19 neighbourhoodSigmund Freud Museum Vienna · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Ambulatorium neighbourhood at https://www.freud-museum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna). Independent locator: British Psychoanalytical Society — Freud and clinics neighbourhood at https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/freud (opens in a new tab) (British Psychoanalytical Society). Official carrier: Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna — Ambulatorium neighbourhood (https://www.freud-museum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna). Independent carrier: British Psychoanalytical Society — Freud and clinics neighbourhood (https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/freud (opens in a new tab); British Psychoanalytical Society).

Established: a sourced public record of The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society under 1922-05-22 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society under 1922-05-22.

Shared responsibility is part of The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society. Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1922-05-22 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSigmund Freud
  2. contributed toFactThe Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society
  3. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). The Vienna Psychoanalytic Ambulatorium opens in 1922 as a free clinic of the Society. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-ambulatorium-1922

https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-ambulatorium-1922

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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