PSYCHOANALYSIS

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Editorials1 March 1934PSYCHOANALYSISJAMES H. MEANSJAMES H. MEANSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-9-1146_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOf what use, in the treatment of the patient, is psychoanalysis? This is a question which must have occurred to many a physician. Nor can he readily find a dependable answer. It is by results, especially end-results, that we should judge the merit of any form of therapy. Because of scarcity of such information in the case of therapeutic psychoanalysis, physicians have assumed an attitude toward that procedure all the way from open hostility to wild enthusiasm, with hostility or indifference predominating.That many physicians should look askance at psychoanalysis is due in part to the seeming bizarreness of some...* KESSELHYMAN LHT: The value of psychoanalysis as a therapeutic procedure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 1612. CrossrefGoogle Scholar† STEKEL W: The future of psychoanalysis (translation by L. S. LONDON), Psychoanalytic Rev., 1933, xx, 327. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1934Volume 7, Issue 9Page: 1146-1148KeywordsPatientsPsychoanalysis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...