Why Psychoanalysis?

by Élisabeth Roudinesco

Book Overview

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? Elisabeth Roudinesco tackles this difficult question, exploring what she sees as a "depressive society" an epidemic of distress addressed only by an increasing reliance on prescription drugs. Far from contesting the efficacy of new medications like Prozac, Zoloft, and Viagra...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122020
• ISBN13: 9780231122023
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher