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Freud's Reich, the psychiatric establishment, and the founding of the American Psychoanalytic Association: Professional styles in conflict
Author(s) -
Hale Nathan G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197904)15:2<135::aid-jhbs2300150205>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , association (psychology) , psychoanalysis , field (mathematics) , psychology , professional association , sociology , psychotherapist , political science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
Freud's vision of a unified theory of the neuroses has foundered on lack of agreed methods for settling scientific disputes in the field of psychotherapy. Clashes in professional styles and formation of self‐validating sub groups have been the dominant trend, exemplified by the founding of psychoanalytic organizations.