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Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis comprises a set of theories and techniques to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behavior. Psychoanalysis is a talk therapy method for treating mental disorders.

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ICD-9-CM
94.31
MeSH
D011572

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History

Theories

Psychopathology (mental disturbances)

Treatment

Training and research

Effectiveness

Criticism

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Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalysis

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related to United Kingdom · 32
Psychoanalysis → After World War, All, BPC, British, British Psychoanalytic Council, British Psychoanalytical Society, British Psychotherapy Foundation, Byron House, Code, CPD, Ernest Jones, Ethical Committee, Ethics, Institute, International Psychoanalytical Association, IPA, Members, Psychoanalytic Ideas, Society, Society's
related to Group therapy and play therapy · 25
Psychoanalysis → Although, Anna Freud, Child-centered, Eagle, Edith Schulhofer, Fred Sander, Freud, Gilbert Kliman, Harry Stack Sullivan, In, Irwin Marcus, Joseph Pratt, Paul, Psychoanalytic, Psychoanalytically-based, Samuel, Schilder, Slavson, Techniques, The
related to Lacanian psychoanalysis · 24
Psychoanalysis → American, Anna Freud, British, Due, Ego Psychology, English, English-speaking, France, Freud, Freud's, Hegelian, Imaginary, In, IPA, Jacques Lacan, Lacan, Lacan's, Lacanian, Latin America, Real
related to Critical perspectives · 21
Psychoanalysis → American, Anti-Oedipus, Bela Grunberger, British, Capitalism, Christian, Contemporary, Deleuze, French, Freud, Félix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Guattari, Gérard Mendel, In Anti-Oedipus, IPA, Jacques Lacan, Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, Schizophrenia, Their
related to Research · 20
Psychoanalysis → Alfred Adler, American Psychoanalytic Association, Challenges, Criticisms, Freud, In, International Journal, John Bowlby, Journal, Michael Balint, Miller, Modern Psychoanalysis, Otto Kernberg, Otto Rank, Over, Psychoanalytic, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Ronald Fairbairn, Vienna, Wolpe
has treatment · 19
Psychoanalysis → Analysands, As, Firstly, Freud, Germany, In, Low-fee, Ontario, Otherwise, Potential, Psychoanalysts, Since, The, There, They, This, To, United States, Using
related to Psychoanalysis as a movement · 19
Psychoanalysis → Alfred Adler, At, Austria, Edward Shorter, Ernest Jones, Ferenczi, Freud, Germany, International Psychoanalytic Association, Jung, Nuremberg, Salzburg, The, The London Psychoanalytical Society, This, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Wednesday Psychoanalytic Society, Wednesday Psychological Society, Weimar
related to Oedipus rising · 15
Psychoanalysis → Analysis, Culture, Darwin's, Ego, Freud, Freud's Unease, Group Psychology, He, It, Monotheism, Moses, Oedipus, Such, The, These
related to 1940s–present · 14
Psychoanalysis → Anschluss, Due, Freud, Freud's, Heinz Hartmann, Hitler's, In, Karen Horney's, Led, London, September, Several, These, United States
related to Cultural variations · 14
Psychoanalysis → Asian, Blimes, Buddhist, Corey, For, Freud, Freudian, He, His, In, Thais, The, Therefore, Tori

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freud psychoanalytic unconscious theory ego also mental therapy development analysis analyst treatment symptoms psychotherapy patient freud's research complex early work

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PsychoanalysisICD-9-CM94.311.00infobox
PsychoanalysisMeSHD0115721.00infobox
Psychoanalysisis atalk therapy method for treating mental disorders0.90text
Psychoanalysisis amethodical examination of one's own inner situation0.90text
Psychoanalysisis adeparture from the traditional British and American psychoanalysis0.90text
Psychoanalysisis ainterpretation of the patient's unconscious conflicts that are interfering with current-day functioning0.90text
Psychoanalysisis aforemost publisher of psychoanalytic literature0.90text
Psychoanalysisis apseudoscience because its claims are not testable and cannot be refuted0.90text
Psychoanalysisis apseudoscience because it violates the ontology and methodology inherent to science0.90text
Freudo-Marxisminstance ofphilosophical perspectives0.80text
and in literary criticisminstance ofphilosophical perspectives0.80text
the prohibition of adulteryinstance ofIt led to the formulation of rules of behavior0.80text

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