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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

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Martin Sixsmith examines what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and seeks to understand what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind: The Freudian Age

22/04/2014

The Freudian Age

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Martin Sixsmith visits Sigmund Freud's apartments and Europe's oldest mental asylum.

Martin Sixsmith visits neurologist Sigmund Freud's private apartments and Europe's oldest mental asylum in Vienna. From April 2014.

In Episode 2, Martin traces a line from current government interest in 'talking cures' back to the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, visiting Freud's private apartments and also Europe's oldest mental asylum, the Narrenturm - literally, the Tower of Fools - in Vienna.

Producers: Alan Hall and Sara Parker
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