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Freud's Free Clinics : Psychoanalysis and Social Justice, 1918-1938
Freud's Free Clinics Psychoanalysis and Social Justice 19181938 Author:Elizabeth Ann Danto Elizabeth Danto rescues an obscure chapter from the history of psychoanalysis. This book shows Freud and the early psychoanalysts -- Wilhelm Reich, Erik Erikson, Karen Horney, Erich Fromm, and Helene Deutsch, among others -- to be social activists and visionaries, who viewed psychoanalysis as integral to creating a more egalitarian and democrati... more »c society. Danto details their efforts to build free clinics and make mental health treatment available to all, regardless of gender, social class, age, or occupation.« less