Letters
Psychoanalysis debate
Health professionals can benefit from psychoanalysis
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1774 (Published 14 March 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e1774
- Robert C Baldwin, consultant old age psychiatrist1
- 1Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
- robert.c.baldwin{at}manchester.ac.uk
Salkovskis and Wolpert are negative about the value of psychoanalysis to practice.1 2 In attempting to understand recent scandals of abuse and neglect among health providers in England, I suggest not a cognitive behavioural therapy manual but the psychoanalytic insights of Isabel …
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