Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-340) and index.
Contents:
Freud -- Orthodoxy and pragmatism -- A crying need -- Thinking -- Alcohol -- Psychological society -- Narcissism -- Narcotics -- Psychoanalysis in decline -- Biology.
Summary:
A comprehensive history of psychotherapy in the United States outlines the ways in which Freud's theories are profoundly influencing mental health in America, in a chronicle that also covers such topics as psychosurgery, Gestalt therapy, and psychopharmacology.
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