Psychoanalysis in the United States

[pawsoned]

For my money psychoanalysis lacks the philosophical edge that e.g. Lacan and Zizek were able to enrich the European offshoot. Contrariwise to Freud's wishes Psychoanalysis is not gonna become hard science and this talk is unable to get beyond Freud's myopic fallacy that got it into this dead end in the first place.

P.S.: I find the argument at 1:27:55 really good <3

[xyme10]

No Evidence? Not true...

Waldron, S., Moscovitz, S., Lundin, J., Helm, F., & Jemerin, J. (2010). Evaluating the outcomes of psychotherapies: The Personality Health Index.

Leichsenring, F., & Rabung, S. (2008). Effectiveness of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 300, 1551-1565.

Shedler, J. (2010). The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy. American Psychologist.

[scotchvelo]

(58:40) "There is absolutely no convincing data that it helps people."

So, why on Earth would a person suffering from real, severe symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic bother with psychoanalysis?

[PhilosophicalViking]

Very informative. I thank you for putting this video on here. I am not a psycoanalyst, however I enjoy digesting any and all knowledge on a plethora of subjects. Again thank you for making this available.