Abstract: . . .  psychoanalysis Page 1 In Debate Does Psychoanalysis Have a Future? No. E Fuller Torrey, MD 1 Can J Psychiatry 2005;50:743–744 P sychoanalysis has no future except as a historical footnote in the evolution of the understanding of human behaviour and psychotherapy. In the early years of the 20th century, psy- choanalysiswasregarded . . .
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. . .  con- ditions that fertilized the flowering of Freud’s theories. In summary, Freudian theories in general and psychoanalysis in particular have no future. They have no scientific founda- tion and are thus unable to contribute anything useful to theo- ries of human behaviour, they have no comparativeadvantage and multiple disadvantages as a form of psychotherapy, and they do not contribute to the solution of any social problems. In addition, they became popular in a period during which political and cultural conditions were very different from those in the . . .
. . .  psychoanalysis Page 1 In Debate Does Psychoanalysis Have a Future? No. E Fuller Torrey, MD 1 Can J Psychiatry 2005;50:743–744 P sychoanalysis has no future except as a historical footnote in the evolution of the understanding of human behaviour and psychotherapy. In the early years of the 20th century, psy- choanalysiswasregarded asanovel . . .
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