Psychoanalysis
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is a system of psychology originated by the Viennese physician
Sigmund FREUD in the 1890's and then further developed by himself, his students,
and other followers. It consists of three kinds of related activities: (1) a
method for research into the human mind, especially inner experiences such as ....
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.... Josef Breuer, a Viennese physician, achieved better results by
letting Anna O., a young woman patient, try to empty her mind by just telling
him all of her thoughts and feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using
these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was going on
inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the unconscious become
conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in 1895, Breuer and Freud
pu ....
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