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Psycho-analytical psychotherapy in the National Health Service.

Authors :
Freeman, Thomas
Freeman, T
Source :
British Journal of Psychiatry; Mar67, Vol. 113 Issue 496, p321-327, 7p, 2 Charts
Publication Year :
1967

Abstract

The article presents a paper that explores the applicability of psycho-analytical psychotherapy in a National Health Service clinic for out-patients who suffer from psychoneuroses in Great Britain. The technique of psychotherapy was based on psychoanalysis in so far as the patients were encouraged to freely associate and priority was given to the elucidation and interpretation of unconscious resistances. The implications of the results and those obtained with individual therapy in cases of long-standing illness cannot be denied or ignored. The results suggests that patients receive benefit from psycho-analytical psychotherapy and justify the initiation of pilot studies which might examine the efficacy of analytical psychotherapy in a manner acceptable to the psychiatrists and physicians.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00071250
Volume :
113
Issue :
496
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
British Journal of Psychiatry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24653754
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.113.496.321