[lbo-talk] manna for anti-Freudians

[Carl Remick]

>From: Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu>
>
>>Amazing.  That's almost verbatim from "The Psychiatrist" routine on the 
>>original Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner "2000 Year Old Man" album.  It 
>>featured a psychiatrist (Brooks, of course) discussing his treatment of a 
>>young woman with a paper-tearing compulsion.  The therapy consisted of 
>>telling her over and over:  "Don't sit and tear paper!"
>>
>>Carl
>
>Yep.  And strangely, it's one of the most effective forms of therapy
>for depression and anxiety (often more effective than anti-depressants
>like Paxil or Prozac)!

Even more amazing!  Does that mean therapists are now charging $150/hour or 
whatever for what's essentially N-cubed therapy (nag, nag, nag)?  Most folks 
can get that free at home.

Carl