Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theory emphasized the role of culture and social factors in shaping personality development. She believed that neurosis is a result of childhood experiences and societal influences, such as feelings of helplessness and isolation. Horney also proposed the concept of "basic anxiety" as a core element in understanding mental health issues.

There is a theory that technology creates neurosis. Neurosis is generally defined as an irrational anxiety. Technology neurosis is said to cause social isolation.

psychoanalytic theory

The opposite of psychoanalytic theory would be behaviorism, which focuses on observable behaviors rather than unconscious drives and conflicts. Behaviorism emphasizes the role of environmental stimuli in shaping behavior, in contrast to the emphasis on internal psychological processes in psychoanalytic theory.

Otto Fenichel has written:

'Collected papers' -- subject(s): Psychoanalysis

'Psychoanalytic study of the child' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Lending library, Psicanalise Da Crianca, Child psychiatry, Psychoanalysis

'On the psychology of boredom'

'Civilisation, war and death'

'The psychoanalytic theory of neurosis'

'Otto Fenichel and Hanna Fenichel papers' -- subject(s): Correspondence, Psychoanalysis, American Psychoanalytic Association, Societies

'Hysterien und Zwangsneurosen. Psychoanalytische spezielle Neurosenlehre'