Evalustions of Psychoanalysis
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- Evaluation of Psychoanalysis
- Effectiveness (strength)
- Bergin (1971) analysed data from 10,000 patient histories
- 80% of patients benefited from psychoanalysis
- 65% of patients benefited from eclectic therapies
- He also noticed that length and intensity was also a factor in recovery
- As psychoanalysis tends to be longer and intensive it would therefore would be expected to produce better results
- Length of treatment (strength)
- The importance in length of recovery and is supported by Tschuchke et al (2007)
- He carried out the largest studies investigating long-term psychodynamic treatment
- More than 450 patients took part in the study
- Repressed memories may be false memories (limitations)
- As therapy is using memories that the individual is unaware that may have caused the problems
- A main criticism is that therapists are not helping to recover old memories but may be creating new ones
- Psychoanalysis relies on that person been able to reliably recall early memories
- Theoretical limitations (limitations)
- Psychoanalysis is based on Freud's theory of personality if that is flawed then so is the explanations of mental health
- Freud failed to appreciate the differences between individuals in the way modern psychotherapies do
- The development of humanistic or person cantered approaches addressed the problem by putting the client first
- Effectiveness (strength)
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