Why Psychoanalysis? |
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| Author:
| Roudinesco, Elisabeth |
| Translator:
| Bowlby, Rachel |
| Series title: | European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-12202-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Why do some people still choose psychoanalysis—Freud's so-called talking cure—when numerous medications are available that treat the symptoms of psychic distress so much faster? Roudinesco tackles this difficult question, exploring what she sees as a "depressive society": an epidemic of distress being addressed only by an increasing reliance on prescription drugs.
Why do some people still choose psychoanalysis—Freud's so-called talking cure—when numerous medications are available that treat the symptoms of psychic distress so much faster? Roudinesco tackles this difficult question, exploring what she sees as a "depressive society": an epidemic of distress being addressed only by an increasing reliance on prescription drugs.