In clinical practice, psychoanalysis is a form of long-term talk therapy in which a patient explores unconscious thoughts, feelings and early experiences with a trained analyst, chiefly through free association and the interpretation of dreams, in order to relieve psychological distress by bringing unconscious conflict into conscious awareness. The method was developed by Sigmund Freud beginning in the 1890s, building on his clinical work with patients suffering from what was then called hysteria, and it grew over the following decades into both a distinct body of psychological theory and a specific clinical treatment offered by trained psychoanalysts and psychiatrists. As a treatment, psychoanalysis is typically conducted over an extended course of frequent sessions, distinguishing it from the shorter, more structured courses of treatment used in later talk therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Does how often someone attends psychoanalytic therapy affect the results?
Studies in chronic depression link higher weekly frequency to stronger and more lasting improvement.
Researchers think it may. A trial protocol states that previous studies have shown psychoanalytic psychotherapies produce robust and enduring improvements in symptom severity and personality organization in patients with chronic depression and early life trauma, especially if therapy is delivered at a high weekly frequency. The protocol compares once weekly sessions with three to four sessions a week.
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Psychoanalysis was developed by Sigmund Freud beginning in the 1890s.
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Wikimedia FoundationPsychoanalysis as a movement section, opening sentence
Freud founded the Wednesday Psychological Society (later called the Wednesday Psychoanalytic Society) in 1902, which Edward Shorter argues was the beginning of psychoanalysis as a movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis, lead section
Psychoanalysis comprises a set of theories and techniques to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behavior.
Treats: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Article text, use for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
There has also been evidence for psychoanalytic psychotherapy as an effective treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct Disorder when compared with behavioral management treatments with or without methylphenidate.
Treats: Conduct Disorder, Article text, use for Conduct Disorder
There has also been evidence for psychoanalytic psychotherapy as an effective treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct Disorder when compared with behavioral management treatments with or without methylphenidate.
Treats: Panic Disorder, Article text, use for Panic Disorder
According to a 2004 French review conducted by INSERM, psychoanalysis was presumed or proven effective at treating panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, and personality disorders, but did not find evidence of its effectiveness in treating schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, specific phobia, bulimia, and anorexia.
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