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“The Idea That Wouldn’t Die”
Just when you thought psychoanalysis had breathed its last, research resurrects and even validates certain core Freudian beliefs. Forget penis envy. Think conflicting motives and what talking to a shrink four days a week can do for you. By Molly Knight Raskin, May 03, 2011 …..What attracted Shteyngart to psychoanalysis is precisely what has for…
“The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy”
By Jonathan Shedler, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine AbstractEmpirical evidence supports the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy. Effect sizes for psychodynamic therapy are as large as those reported for other therapies that have been actively promoted as “empirically supported” and “evidence based.” In addition, patients who receive psychodynamic therapy maintain therapeutic gains and appear…
“An Empirical Case for Psychoanalysis”
John Thor Cornelius, M.D. has posted an accessible presentation that scrutinizes the evidence base for antidepressant medication, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychoanalytic treatment.
“Trump’s Method, Our Madness”
by Joel Whitebook Whitebook likens the disorientation of trying to make sense of the new president to working with psychosis. Whitebook sees Trump as employing a deliberate strategy designed to sow confusion, anxiety, and exhaustion. Continue reading
The status of psychodynamic psychotherapy as an empirically supported treatment for common mental disorders –an umbrella review based on updated criteria
Falk Leichsenring, Allan Abbass, Nikolas Heim, John R. Keefe, Steve Kisely, Patrick Luyten, Sven Rabung, Christiane Steinert. … In conclusion, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy represents an evidence-based psychotherapy. This is clinically important since no single therapeutic approach fits all psychiatric patients, as shown by the limited success rates across all evidence-based treatments. Continue reading