Sidney Freedman

In the television series M*A*S*H, Dr. Sidney Freedman, played by Allan Arbus, is a psychiatrist frequently summoned in cases of mental health problems.

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Television series - M*A*S*H - Allan Arbus - Psychiatrist - Mental health

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Freedman first visited the camp to do psychiatric evaluation of Klinger, who was aiming for a discharge (as always). After Freedman had finished the report, he quietly took Klinger in for an interview and told him he had found him to be a transvestite, a transexual, and a homosexual. This label would not leave him, as he put it "from now on, you go through life in a pink dress". Klinger responded in the negative: "I'm none of those things! I'm just crazy!". Klinger's discharge was uniformly dropped and Freedman left the camp.

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Freedman helped MASH 4077 in many cases, such as when Hawkeye sleepwalked and had nightmares and another episode where Hawkeye started uncontrollably sneezing psychosomatically. There was also a soldier who claimed his name was Jesus Christ.

Related Topics:
Hawkeye - Jesus Christ

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As a side note, in his first appearance in the series, Dr. Freedman's first name was Milton, not Sidney.

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