THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 1-9 Introduction Given that this day is meant to be a celebration of Freud’s one hundred and fiftieth birthday and that many non-specialists as well as specialists have been invited to it, I was … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 10-21 On September 2nd 1901 when Sigmund Freud was forty-five years old he at last found himself in Rome, something which had the highest emotional significance for him and one which he called ‘the … Continue reading
THE LETTER 38 Autumn 2006, pages 22-38 Newton, Marx and Freud are the three emblematic figures commonly credited with shaping the psycho-cultural world of advanced industrial modernity, our sense of where we are in relation to the cosmos, as it … Continue reading
THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 39-44 The public mental health service in Ireland consists of mental health teams which are increasingly becoming multi-disciplinary. Child and adult services are separate. In many areas there are old age teams that provide … Continue reading
THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 45-48 In the year 1917 Freud gave a lecture on the topic of psychoÂanalysis and psychiatry. On that occasion he asked his listeners to ‘endeavour to allow the psycho-analytic view to grow up quietly … Continue reading
THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 49-52 The psychoanalytic approach to psychopathology assumes that all symptoms are meaningful and are related to the life history as subjectively experienced. Freud’s study on Schreber represents his attempt to form a theory on … Continue reading