Why psychoanalysis?

Auteur :
Roudinesco, Elisabeth
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231122023
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2001
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Why do some people still choose psychoanalysis -- Freud's so-called talking cure -- when numerous medications are available that treat the symptoms of psychic distress so much faster? Roudinesco tackles this difficult question, exploring what she sees as a "depressive society": an epidemic of distress being addressed only by an increasing reliance on prescription drugs.