title: A red hot issue or a red herring? The scientific credibility of psychoanalysis.
abstract: The author charts her personal history in so far as it relates to her interest in the subject of this paper. It is basically a review article, and the author cites and comments on publications spanning the years 1895-1996. She concludes that the scientific status of psychoanalysis is indeed a red hot issue judging from the numerous publications concerned with it that have appeared over the years. At the same time the author associates herself with those who consider the issue to be a red herring, as the terms "psychoanalysis" and "science" mean different things to different people.
authors.affiliation: Group-Analytic Practice, London, UK. am@gapractice.org.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mittwoch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012586:Science