After Freud
More than 150 years after his birth, Freud’s legacy has been largely dismantled by the ideas of his greatest challenger, Aaron Beck. Cognitive therapy is now the orthodox talking cure in Britain, and the government wants more of it. But with cognitive science comes a new battle for the meaning of the human mind
The fierce angel of illness
One of the last things Saul saw before being tipped into his own personal inferno was a photograph of the Turin Shroud
Posted in Life-ChronicleAfter shock
The 7/7 bombings may have receded into history for many Londoners, but for the survivors the smallest things—the smell of burning, laughter, being late—still trigger traumas. But what can help overcome memories of being trapped in trains, surrounded by the dying?
Posted in PsychotheoriesBeautiful Madness
Psychiatric drugs restored Nia’s sanity and destroyed her beauty, and she doesn’t mind
The King Who Listened
Eysteinn Magnusson, king of Norway from 1103 to 1123, was renowned for kindness, and loyalty to his friends. Can he be counted as Europe’s first psychotherapist?
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