Psychoanalysis

based on the German version "Die Psychoanalyse"

Description

The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, who developed the practice from his theoretical model of personality organization and development, psychoanalytic theory.

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Form

Individual therapy

Clinical applications

Time

Costs

Not covered by the German public health insurances

Benefits

Helps people explore their pasts and understand how it affects their present psychological difficulties.

 Potential adverse

Side effects, adverse treatment reactions, and negative outcomes are relatively neglected topics in the vast clinical literature on psychoanalytic.