Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Since the collapse of psychoanalysis, that now somethingike a very small percentage of mental illness patients go through any kind of talk therapy at all. The ones who do predominantly pay for it themselves, rather than have it be covered by insurance. Insurance covers it less and ymore people now are being prescribed drugs without any talk therapy,. Without any senr what we currently cal psychoanalysis wi aarena ce.

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.