Freud’s contribution to the development of mental health in my opinion is one of the most significant breakthroughs in mental health care. Freud was the first person to argue that mental health patients should not be locked up and medicated, but could be cured merely by talking to them. This argument did not find much favours when Freud first put it forward, but over the years, Freud’s theory gained credibility.
Today, over 400 therapies that help cure or alleviate mental health difficulties can be directly or indirectly attributed to Freud’s pioneering theory in this area.
Dr. Colin Crampton wrote an excellent article that looked at the history of metal health care in the last hundred years; titled: A Hundred years of talking cure . Dr. Crampton has kindly granted Haabaa permission to use this article, it can be found at Haabaa InfoPool
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