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Friday, September 26, 2008

What is psycho-analysis?


What is psycho-analysis?

Psychoanalysis is a method for the investigation of human thought processes and behaviour, and for treating nervous disorders. The Father of modern psychoanalysis was an Austrian doctor named Sigmund Freud. He carried out a great deal of research into the physiology of the nervous system, and then set up as a specialist in nervous disorders.

Sigmund Freud gained fame as he cured hysteria through hypnosis, and also treated patients by allowing them to ramble on about anything that came into their mind while in a state of complete relaxation. This method of drawing memories from the unconscious to the conscious mind became known as ‘psycho-analysis’.

Freud had a great many followers, and their work into the subconscious processes of the mind had far reaching effects in changing attitudes to wards the mentally ill. Without doubt, Sigmund Freud, more than any other explorer of the psyche, has shaped the mind of the 20th century.

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