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The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion
Copyright 1961
The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion is a searching study of the reasons underlying the failure of both religion and professional psychiatry to deal effectively with the problems of mental and emotional disturbances. Professor Mowrer explains his belief that Freudian psychology is based on false conclusions reached by Freud in his limited studies of the metally deranged, and that the churches, by adopting Freudian beliefs, have failed to offer realistic aid to those who need help. The author insists that guilt, which is the core of psychological distress, is real and must be accepted as such in order for any therapy to produce beneficial results. Some constructive remedies are also explored in this original and provocative work.
The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion is a searching study of the reasons underlying the failure of both religion and professional psychiatry to deal effectively with the problems of mental and emotional disturbances. Professor Mowrer explains his belief that Freudian psychology is based on false conclusions reached by Freud in his limited studies of the metally deranged, and that the churches, by adopting Freudian beliefs, have failed to offer realistic aid to those who need help. The author insists that guilt, which is the core of psychological distress, is real and must be accepted as such in order for any therapy to produce beneficial results. Some constructive remedies are also explored in this original and provocative work.
264 pages, Paperback
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