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Penis envy, the Oedipus complex and authentic paths to meaning: 25 writers, from Siri Hustvedt to Colm Toibin, reflect on Freud’s legacy

Some of Sigmund Freud’s ideas are now ridiculed. Others are on shaky scientific ground. But psychoanalytic theory can help us live authentic lives...

11.12.2024 6

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Friday essay: Bad therapy or cruel world? How the youth mental health crisis has been sucked into the culture wars

Rates of mental ill health among young people are on the rise. Between the years 2020 and 2022, 39% of Australians aged 16 to 24 had a mental disorder...

30.08.2024 10

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Diagnostic labels may increase our empathy for people in distress. But there are downsides too

In a new study, we looked at how the presence of diagnostic labels – such as ‘major depressive disorder’ or ‘PTSD’ – affected the way...

28.08.2024 10

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Soraya Chemaly says the idea of resilience elevates individuals over society. But she misrepresents how psychologists use it

A new book critiquing our contemporary emphasis on personal resilience is deeply flawed, writes Nick Haslam.

07.08.2024 9

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Mental illness, psychiatric disorder or psychological problem. What should we call mental distress?

Is one term less pathologising than another? Here’s what our new research found.

04.06.2024 10

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Reports of the death of psychoanalysis are exaggerated, as Adam Phillips’ elegant, elusive writing shows

It is now hard to imagine that in the middle of the last century psychoanalysis was an all-conquering cultural force. Psychoanalytic ideas were...

02.04.2024 8

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In The Culture of Narcissism, Christopher Lasch excoriated his self-absorbed society – but the book’s legacy is questionable

A cultural critic rails against a society that worships celebrity and prizes images over ideas. A progressive intellectual attacks the dominance of...

11.01.2024 9

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