In 1912, Freudian practice in the United States was barely out of its infancy and mired in the struggle to define and defend itself. Early that year, a young working-class woman began therapy with ...

The year is 1960. John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon to become President of the United States. The new cars rolling off the production lines in Detroit are marked by their rocket-inspired tail fins ...

A psychiatry group told its members they can comment on the mental health of President Trump—going against the longstanding so-called Goldwater Rule, a self-imposed code that prevents the psychiatry ...

The American Psychoanalytic Association has apologized for classifying homosexuality as a mental illness, saying that "understanding of homosexuality and gender identity" has been shaped by the ...

Psychoanalysis revolves around the belief you have unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories that affect how you behave and see the world. It's a type of mental health therapy. It's also a ...

Two major psychology organizations were forced to clarify their ethical guidelines regarding the “Goldwater Rule” against commenting on the mental health of someone they have not evaluated — including ...

This month, the American Psychoanalytic Association told its roughly 3,500 members a decades-old rule against speculating on the mental health of some public figures does not apply to their ...

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise,” Sigmund Freud once said. Psychoanalysis, the field that he founded, is taking the opposite approach. The American Psychoanalytic Association ...

Karl Menninger, M.D., a psychoanalyst known unofficially as the "Dean of American Psychiatry" in the 1960s. Source: Art Commercial Studios, Inc/WNYC Archive Collection The year is 1960. John F.