Dear Mark,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on that.
So I guess Kristeva's influence is confined more to the educated general
public, which is no less important in the treatment process, especially
post-deinstitutionalisation...
Cheers,
Cassie
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:29:26 -0700, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I'm not a psychiatrist, but from what I can gather mostly medical and
> psychology journals. The latter also discuss the various talk therapies,
> somretimes anecdotally but often in quantifiable terms. Individual
schools
> of thought also have their journals, but primarily psychiatrists who were
> trained in one of the corresponding certificate-granting programs
> subscribe. Most psychiatrists have not attended any of these.
>
> At 04:17 PM 7/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >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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