... failings and foibles can be looked at, talked about, and finally resolved. Typically, an analysis lasts for a few years, with four to five sessions per week of about 45 minutes each. In this way the psychoneuroses and the narcissistic personality disorders can be treated successfully in a majority of patients. Serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness, and the ... a dimension of depth to the understanding of some outstanding persons, as, for example, in Gandhi's Truth (1969) by Erik ERIKSON. But it is in the application of psychoanalysis to artistic and lit...

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