ABSTRACT
Psychoanalysis has hurt itself by its intellectual isolation. This has led to a failure to find bridges linking it to mainstream science in psychology and psychiatry. This has led to concern among prominent psychoanalysts who have criticized the insularity of psychoanalytic training. There have, however, been attempts to train practitioners in university settings where future analysts can be exposed to research methods and to the principles of evidence-based practice. This would be in accord with a wider movement to develop an integrated evidence, based, and single form of psychotherapy.
