Psychoanalysis reached its zenith in the late 1950s and early 1960s. More than half of psychiatrists during this time were either formally trained in psychoanalysis or psychoanalytically-inclined in their orientation.

When was the rise of psychoanalysis?

1890s. The idea of psychoanalysis (German: psychoanalyse) first began to receive serious attention under Sigmund Freud, who formulated his own theory of psychoanalysis in Vienna in the 1890s.

When did psychoanalysis begin in America?

Psychoanalysis arrives in America: The 1909 psychology conference at Clark University.