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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122039
• ISBN13: 9780231122030
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher