The History of Psychoanalysis | Lecture 1: Psychoanalysis as a Treatment for Mental Disorders

Strange that he doesn’t talk about lacan

Thank you, very translucent explanation. I suspected there was nothing of objective value and this confirmed it for me. I have no objection to using the placebo effect in treatment strategy, I would even encourage it over medication. But, it’s good to have it confirmed.

So, which comes first, the bad behavior imprinting on minds and expectations and culture, or culture imprinting on individuals to explain bad behavior? If you choose the latter, why are certain groups, like enslaved Irish, Chinese, Jews, and MANY others, realized success during the past thousand or so years? WHEN can the epigentic perpetuation of victim-hood end? When does the extremely group-level, bad behaviors among certain groups get stopped by truth and honest and compulsory interventions? When do ALL preservation and competitively biased expectations, behaviors, defenses, desire to compete, advance human species, and reactions get applied to ALL individuals in ALL groups? Why do certain groups get special treatment while competitive and successful and moral whites, as a group, need to experience destruction and discrimination (do NOT quote history unless going back thousands of years AND using the MANY unbiased variables)?

This is a great lecture, really thankful you've uploaded it. Super insightful and engaging, thank you!

I would note that it's highly contentious to say that psychoanalysis is more effective than other forms of therapy. That assertion flies in the face of the vast majority of studies and meta studies. Most research points to psychoanalysis being at best only as effective as any other form of therapy. Adding offhandedly the proviso that it must be >18months in duration I think speaks to a serious issue in the approach, I'd hazard a guess that any therapy of that duration would be found to be effective and with long tail after effects. Finally, surely we must consider the length, cost and intensity of a treatment when discussing it's 'effectiveness'.

Wonderful, thanks for this lecture.

Nicely Explained sir
Thank you

This discussion on the use and practice of psychoanalysis is enlightening. I believe understanding the science of how human personality develops (psychoanalytic theory) is an important prerequisite to truly learning and understanding how to utilize psychoanalysis as treatment. Helping the patient to understand when he or she is transferring emotions from the past onto someone in their present life seems an essential skill. Freud was a meticulous and extremely sensitive analyst whose contributions to the science of human development are immeasurable, even before psychoanalysis as a form of mental health treatment. Freud's diligence in his work led to the foundation of developmental science, an understanding of how human personality develops both normally and abnormally. Clearly, understanding how normal personality develops is important to helping restore normalcy to abnormality. This is why I question much of psychiatry; these medical doctors seem not to have studied much of the behavioral science and do not understand normal personality development, so are at a disadvantage to understand how to treat and correct an abnormally developed personality, other than medicating and covering symptoms. Treatment should be healing, not a cover up of pain and other issues. Psychiatrists should return to psychotherapy ( including psychoanalysis) as mental health practice, not just medicated suppression of symptoms.

Freud put himself through extensive self analysis.

If you still read these🤔 I don't think the "phone" analysis works as well. I had been looking for a therapist since 2018 (after my other retired) when I finally found 1 ... let's just say not eye to eye doesn't help!! I've been hospitalized twice this year & not good!

Great speaker, interesting and unique lecture. Thank you!

Thank you so much Dr Aleksandar for this super clear series on Psychoanalysis.

This Doctor is a brilliant teacher. Successfully imparts extremely difficult concepts. Can't say enough about this unique man.

Very concise, well xplained and easy to follow. Thank you so much for making this publicly available

my brother has schizophrenia, and he comes over to visit and he just talks all day long to me.

Currently reading the studies in the book Hysteria

I am an anthropologist in the social work field. I am not formally trained in psychoanalysis but I am not afraid to work with psychoanalytic approaches/techniques. I hear podcasts covering psychoanalytic topics almost everyday. It is not uncommon to hear "analysed" people having EGOS which would make my illiterate peasant portuguese grandmother astonished.
I said this before here:
You "sell the product" as I expect any other product to be sold:
You, at least apparently, shows in your lectures that psychoanalysis can help people to balance Ego and Soul.
Greetings from Brazil!

Can anyone provide me his email id?

Great job!

Great lecture. Thank you so much!

Good luck finding and affording a good therapist.

Great work

After this. I shall strive to become a Psychoanalyst. The field is so rich and even if this were 4-5 years ago, it deserves a revival and renaissance!

Hi, I'm new to this community and was wondering if you have delivered any lectures or presentation on Carl Jung's Analytical Psychology... I did browse through the content but couldn't find anything on the subject. Moreover, I'd like to hear your opinion on the subject.
Thanks!

amazing lecture!

This is a delightful talk! I really would like to follow it through. Is there any link with the continuation of this course?

Thank you for an excellent 'cut through the cake'. And sharing the pieces out generously with us.

Could you provide an English subtitles, please?

Yeah, there is something called "distance analysis". I guess in 2016 you needed to introduce it to the people, but now there is no other possible way.

Mr Dimitrijevic, thank you. A complex subject made easy to understand. Grateful for your sharing.

Dr Dimitrijevic is probably the most clear and articulate lecturer of psychoanalytic concepts Ive encountered. Ive been a psychologist for 20 years, but still find plenty of new insights in his manner of explanation.

great lectures, they are engaging and supplement my personal readings well. thank you for these. by, what is the music in the beginning? ?? sounds great! i loce ambient or stuff with no singing

I couldn't see the email clearly could anyone write it down?

Awesome.
Thanks alot.

Can I get his email id?

I suspect Freud had no need for being analyzed himself because he knew perfectly well that his writings, published and unpublished, would end up being relentlessly and thoroughly examined, leading to thousand of analysis, and that he would forever and ever be the subject of his own method

Please, could you add auto-generated subtitles?

''who helps more, female therapists or male therapists?'' gender has nothing to do with the therapist themselves

I’ve listened so many times, great informative lecture

It was a great lecture, thank you Pr. Dimitrijevic!

Most likely the best introduction to psychoanalysis lectures I have ever heard. BRAVO. -- Dr. K.

Very amazing lecture, he deserve all applause.

Psychoanalytic theory is a science of human development, that is the science of how human personality develops.

Great lecture! It was a pleasure listening to this!

I would like to know why Lacan wasn't mentioned during this lecture :(