Dear Mark,
That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that. Where do psychiatrists draw
their research materials from, is it mainly based on drug trials etc?
(I was quoting the Kristeva passages because I had found them illuminating,
and to invite discussion, no other agenda.)
Best,
Cassie
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:07:36 -0700, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I've asked many French practitioners about their awareness of Kristeva
and
> Lacan and what influence they may have had. The overwhelming concensus is
> that they have had a very marginal influence on psychiatry, especially in
> France. Most psychotherapy proceeds as if the two had never existed.
>
> I do know one Parisian patient of a Lacanian analyst, but she is an
> immigrant.
>
>
>
> Kristeva and Lacan have
> >had a very considerable influence on psychiatry,
> >despite the fact that their theories are untestable
> >and they are not properly trained in science.
>
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