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Empirical Evidence and the Health of Psychoanalysis

Empirical Evidence and the Health of Psychoanalysis EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND THE HEALTH O F PSYCHOANALYSIS JOSEPH MASLING, PH.D.* In late 1938, Freud recorded a short message, the only instance where his voice was made available to the public. In this interview he recounted very briefly (one sentence in German, seven in English) the history o f the psychoanalytic movement, adding that “resistance was unrelenting.” He concluded by saying that “the struggle [for recognition] was not yet over.” I doubt that even Freud could have anticipated that 60 years later, hostility to psychoanalytic ideas, much o f it badly informed, almost all o f it venomous, would still be active. This article will document the extent to which psychoanalysis has been under attack and forced to retreat and the extent to which psychoana­ lytic ideas have been tested. To a limited extent, I will also indicate which psychoanalytic ideas have been found to be consistent with empirical data and which have not. Although I write as a psychologist, and my observations therefore are largely about the dramatic lessening o f im­ portance o f psychoanalysis in the training and practice o f psychology, I have no doubt that the same effects can also be shown in psychiatry http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis Guilford Press

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10.1521/jaap.1.2000.28.4.665
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EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND THE HEALTH O F PSYCHOANALYSIS JOSEPH MASLING, PH.D.* In late 1938, Freud recorded a short message, the only instance where his voice was made available to the public. In this interview he recounted very briefly (one sentence in German, seven in English) the history o f the psychoanalytic movement, adding that “resistance was unrelenting.” He concluded by saying that “the struggle [for recognition] was not yet over.” I doubt that even Freud could have anticipated that 60 years later, hostility to psychoanalytic ideas, much o f it badly informed, almost all o f it venomous, would still be active. This article will document the extent to which psychoanalysis has been under attack and forced to retreat and the extent to which psychoana­ lytic ideas have been tested. To a limited extent, I will also indicate which psychoanalytic ideas have been found to be consistent with empirical data and which have not. Although I write as a psychologist, and my observations therefore are largely about the dramatic lessening o f im­ portance o f psychoanalysis in the training and practice o f psychology, I have no doubt that the same effects can also be shown in psychiatry

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis – Guilford Press

Published: Dec 1, 2000

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