Past Programs
Medical History - 2006
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Mother's Little Helper on the Couch
03/06/2006
In the late 1950s the first of the psychiatric wonder drugs hit the United States with a vengeance - and in the 70s Valium was widely prescribed to women as 'mother's little helper'. It was seen as the biological revolution that overthrew Freudian psychotherapy, as the dominant treatment for psychiatric problems. But in today's Prozac era, what's changed? Lynne Malcolm speaks with psychiatrist and cultural historian Jonathan Metzl, who looks at modern psychiatry through a gender and cultural lens.
Sigmund Freud
27/05/2006
Sigmund Freud - doctor, philosopher, therapist and writer was born 150 years ago near Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His ideas on the significance of dreams, childhood sexuality and female libido had a profound impact on 20th century intellectual life. Yet Freud was a hugely controversial figure: admired, idolised and vilified. Even today, his name still raises passions. Sharon Carleton takes a look at the legacy of this remarkable physician.
