title: Freud's great voyage of discovery.
abstract: The author discusses some of Freud's most significant contributions: the psychoanalytic method, called free association by Freud; the discovery that symptoms have a meaning and that every symptom is a compromise formation; the interpretation of dreams; psychic determinism; the central role of infantile sexuality; and sublimation. Included is a brief review of the views of some noteworthy analysts, all of whom agree in ignoring the importance of infantile sexuality and/or in minimizing its importance.
authors.affiliation: eandcbrenner@rcn.com
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy