Letters and columns by Dr. Robert M Kaplan

Hagiographic Treatment Of C.G. Jung

Publisher/Location: The American Journal of Psichiatry
Publication Date: February 2003
Summary:

While it is understandable that space limitations prevented Sam C. Naifeh, M.D., from providing greater detail on C.G. Jung, the biographic information provided was so one-sided that it verged on the hagiographic. While Jung undoubtedly was a pioneer at a time when organic psychiatry was on hiatus, most of his ideas have not stood the test of time, and it is difficult to believe that psychiatry today owes any significant debt to his contribution...

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