Psychoanalysis

Definition: Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Noun

1. A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis".

Date "psychoanalysis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	The separation or resolution of the psyche into its constituent elements. The term has two separate meanings: 1. a procedure devised by Sigmund Freud, for investigating mental processes by means of free association, dream interpretation and interpretation of resistance and transference manifestations; and 2. a theory of psychology developed by Freud from his clinical experience with hysterical patients. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996). (references)
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Psychoanalysis is the revelation of unconscious relations, that a person might not be aware of, in a systematic way through an associative process.

Psychoanalysis was first devised in Vienna in the 1890s by Sigmund Freud, a doctor interested in finding an effective treatment for patients with neurotic or hysterical symptoms. As a result of talking with these patients Freud came to believe that their problems stemmed from culturally unacceptable, thus repressed and unconscious desires and fantasies of a sexual nature. Since Freud's day psychoanalysis has developed in many ways, and there are various different schools as well.

The basic method of psychoanalyis is free association. The patient, in a relaxed posture, is directed to say whatever comes into his or her mind. Dreams, hopes, wishes, fantasies are of interest, as are recollections of early family life. Generally the analyst simply listens, making comments only when, in his or her professional judgement, an opportunity for insight on the part of the patient arises.

Although psychoanalytic techniques have been claimed to have been successfully used to treat psychosis in a few cases (with great effort and major sacrifice on the part of the analyst), psychoanalysis is generally useful only in cases of neurosis and with character problems. In fact, it is often thought that patients with schizophrenia do not have the mental resources necessary for the strenuous and often drawn-out analytic process, and the prevailing view is that psychoanalysis may worsen the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Psychoanalysis is:

A therapeutic technique for the treatment of neurosis.
A technique used to train psychoanalysts. A basic requirement of psychoanalytic training is to undergo a successful analysis.
A scientific technique of critical observation. The successors and contemporaries of Freud: Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Reich, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, Jacques Lacan, and many others have refined Freud's theories and advanced new theories using the basic method of quiet critical observation and study of individual patients and other events.
A body of knowledge so acquired.
A movement, particularly as led by Freud, to secure and defend acceptance of the theories and techniques.

Today psychoanalytic ideas are imbedded in the culture, especially in childcare, education, literary criticism, and in psychiatry, particularly medical and non-medical psychotherapy. Though there is a mainstream of evolved analytic ideas, there are groups who more specifically follow the precepts of one or more of the later theoreticians.

The Psychoanalysis of Culture

Recent developments suggest that psychoanalysis constitutes a tool, not only for understanding the individual, but also for comprehending cultural, political and historical realities. Unconscious ideas and fantasies can be played out on the stage of society. It is therefore possible to analyze and interpret ideas and fantasies by observing the manner in which they are being expressed and acted out in culture. Prominent pschoanalysts such as Slavoj Zizek apply the theories of their forebears, in this case Jacques Lacan, to great effect in critical analysis of cultural artefacts and current political discussions.

Synonyms: Psychoanalysis

Synonyms: analysis (n), depth psychology (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Psychoanalysis

English words defined with "psychoanalysis": abreact, anal, analysand, analyst ♦ cathexis, charge ♦ Freud ♦ hypnoanalysis ♦ Klein ♦ libidinal energy ♦ Melanie Klein ♦ oral ♦ psychoanalyst, psychosexual development ♦ Sigmund Freud ♦ transference. (references)

Specialty definitions using "psychoanalysis": film and the performing arts, Freudian Theory. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis (reference) New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (reference) Rage (Disseminations, Psychoanalysis in Contexts) (reference) The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (The Seminar of Jacques Lacan , Book 11) (reference) The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	American Journal Of Psychoanalysis (reference) Association For The Psychoanalysis Of Culture & Society Memb (reference) Canadian Journal Of Psychoanalysis (reference) International Forum Of Psychoanalysis (reference) (more periodical examples)
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"Psychoanalysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.58% of the time. "Psychoanalysis" is used about 424 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.58%	418	13,577
Noun (plural)	0.94%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	0.47%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	424	N/A

Expressions using "psychoanalysis": freudian psychoanalysis ♦ jungian psychoanalysis. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "psychoanalysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		psikoanalizë. (various references)

Arabic		‏طريقة التحليل النفسي. (various references)

Bulgarian		психоанализа (analysis). (various references)

Chinese		精神分析 (psycho, Psycho-, Psychoanalytic, psychoanalytical). (various references)

Czech		psychoanalýza (analysis, psycho-analysis). (various references)

Danish		psykoanalyse, psychoanalyse. (various references)

Dutch		psycho-analyse. (various references)

Farsi		تحلیل روانی , روانکاوی . (various references)

Finnish		psykoanalyysi. (various references)

French		psychanalyse (psychoanalyse). (various references)

German		Psychoanalyse. (various references)

Greek		ψυχανάλυση (analysis). (various references)

Hebrew		פסיכוא� ליס�". (various references)

Hungarian		pszichoanalízis (depth psychology), lélekelemzés. (various references)

Italian		psicanalisi. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		精神分析 , サイクロイド歯車 (cyclocytidine, cycloidal gear teeth, cyclometer, cyclon, cyclosporine, cyclotron, psychedelic, psycho, psychodrama, psychogalvanometer, psychokinesis, psychological, psychology, psychosomatics, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, Saigon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せいし�"ぶ�"せき, サイコアナリシス . (various references)

Pig Latin		ychoanalysispsay

Portuguese		psicanálise. (various references)

Romanian		psihanalizã. (various references)

Russian		психоанализ (psychoanalyses, psycho-analysis). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		psihoanaliza (psycho-analysis). (various references)

Spanish		psicoanálisis (analysis). (various references)

Swedish		psykoanalys. (various references)

Turkish		psikanaliz, ruhsal çözümleme. (various references)

Ukrainian		психоаналіз (analysis). (various references)
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Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	psykhe-. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"Psychoanalysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: psychoanalisis, psychoanaly, psycoanalysis. (additional references)
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "psychoanalysis" (pronounced sī'kōuna"lusus)
8	-u n a" l u s u s	analysis, urinalysis.
6	-a" l u s u s	dialysis.
5	-l u s u s	electrolysis, hydrolysis.
4	-u s u s	antithesis, archdiocese, diocese, Genesis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, nemesis, organogenesis, photosynthesis, psoriasis, synthesis.
3	-s u s	acidosis, amniocentesis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, fibrosis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hypnosis, meiosis, misdiagnosis, Narcissus, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, versus.
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	Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-s-y-y"
	-5 letters: asynapsis, chaplains, pashalics, passional, physicals, psychosis.
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Psychoanalysis

Definition: Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

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Specialty Definition: Psychoanalysis

The Psychoanalysis of Culture

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