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The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: The Theory and Method of Autonomous Psychotherapy.

The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: The Theory and Method of Autonomous Psychotherapy. Abstract In this work Dr. Szasz turns from his past emphasis upon the less savoury aspects of psychiatry to the more positive issue of what psychoanalysis should be. Psychoanalysis, according to Dr. Szasz, is not a form of treatment and does not belong in the medical domain. He says, "I use such words as 'patient,"therapist' and 'treatment' as a matter of convenience, to communicate easily with the reader; it will be obvious, however, that I eschew their medical, psychological, and therapeutic connotations." He later adds, "But it is unwise to justify psychoanalysis by its medical value, which is, I think, scant. If anything, this is its Achilles heel; nor has this gone unrecognized by discerning colleagues, in and out of psychiatry." Yet if psychoanalysis has no medical value, of what use is it? Dr. Szasz proposes that the best way to look at psychoanalysis is as a model "for References 1. Rosenthal, R.: On the Social Psychology of the Psychological Experiment: The Experimenter's Hypothesis as Unintended Determinant of Experimental Results , Amer Sci 51:268-283, 1963. 2. Rosenthal, R.: " The Effect of the Experimenter on the Results of Psychological Research ," in Maher, B. (ed.): Progress in Experimental Personality Research , New York: Academic Press, vol 1, to be published 3. same author's Experimenter Outcome-Orientation and the Results of the Psychological Experiment , Psychol Bull 61:405-412, 1964.Crossref 4. Friedman, N.: The Psychological Experiment, a doctoral thesis presented to the Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, 1964. 5. Rosenthal, R., and Rode, K. L.: The Effect of Experiment Bias on the Performance of the Albino Rat , Behav Sci 8:183-189, 1963.Crossref 6. Rosenthal, R., and Lawson, R.: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Experimenter Bias on the Operant Learning of Laboratory Rats , J Psychiat Res 2:61-72, 1964.Crossref 7. Szasz, T. S.: Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry , New York: Macmillan Co., 1963. 8. Freud, S.: Psychoanalysis and Faith , New York: Basic Books Inc., 1963, p 98. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: The Theory and Method of Autonomous Psychotherapy.

Archives of General Psychiatry , Volume 13 (5) – Nov 1, 1965

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-990X
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1598-3636
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.1965.01730050094021
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Abstract

Abstract In this work Dr. Szasz turns from his past emphasis upon the less savoury aspects of psychiatry to the more positive issue of what psychoanalysis should be. Psychoanalysis, according to Dr. Szasz, is not a form of treatment and does not belong in the medical domain. He says, "I use such words as 'patient,"therapist' and 'treatment' as a matter of convenience, to communicate easily with the reader; it will be obvious, however, that I eschew their medical, psychological, and therapeutic connotations." He later adds, "But it is unwise to justify psychoanalysis by its medical value, which is, I think, scant. If anything, this is its Achilles heel; nor has this gone unrecognized by discerning colleagues, in and out of psychiatry." Yet if psychoanalysis has no medical value, of what use is it? Dr. Szasz proposes that the best way to look at psychoanalysis is as a model "for References 1. Rosenthal, R.: On the Social Psychology of the Psychological Experiment: The Experimenter's Hypothesis as Unintended Determinant of Experimental Results , Amer Sci 51:268-283, 1963. 2. Rosenthal, R.: " The Effect of the Experimenter on the Results of Psychological Research ," in Maher, B. (ed.): Progress in Experimental Personality Research , New York: Academic Press, vol 1, to be published 3. same author's Experimenter Outcome-Orientation and the Results of the Psychological Experiment , Psychol Bull 61:405-412, 1964.Crossref 4. Friedman, N.: The Psychological Experiment, a doctoral thesis presented to the Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, 1964. 5. Rosenthal, R., and Rode, K. L.: The Effect of Experiment Bias on the Performance of the Albino Rat , Behav Sci 8:183-189, 1963.Crossref 6. Rosenthal, R., and Lawson, R.: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Experimenter Bias on the Operant Learning of Laboratory Rats , J Psychiat Res 2:61-72, 1964.Crossref 7. Szasz, T. S.: Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry , New York: Macmillan Co., 1963. 8. Freud, S.: Psychoanalysis and Faith , New York: Basic Books Inc., 1963, p 98.

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Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 1965

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