Psychoanalysis enjoyed a heyday in america, from the end of oor two until time in the 19 seventies. The head of n i m, suicide rates went off but like expectants, he went down. And his successor, joshua gordon, is doing exactly the same thing. He's out peddling a book now how we should move forward in the treatment of enorvos. But it's wrong to put all your eggs in that one basket.
Despite our efforts, we seem to be no better at treating mental illness than we were hundreds of years ago. Desperate Remedies author Andrew Scull joins Adam to explain why, on the way touching on the history of lobotomization, the collapse of psychoanalysis, and why our current regime of pharmaceutical intervention might not be all it’s cracked up to be. You can purchase Andrew's book here: https://factuallypod.com/books
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