Abstract

It is hard to believe that 50 years have gone by since Karen Homey, M.D., founded the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Her contributions to the field of psychoanalysis and psychiatry in general have survived the test of time, forming a link between the old school of psychoanalytic thought and the move toward a biopsychosocial approach to the treatment of psychiatric patients. Those who knew Karen Homey best found it difficult to account for her eagerness, creativity, indomitable spirit, originality, self-reliance, and strength in advancing her ideas in the face of professional opposition. Her daughter, Marianne Eckardt, stated,

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