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Abstract
Psychoanalysis has rarely been discussed in the context of its relationship with public health. The authors suggest that psychoanalysis and public health are intimately connected, with each having the potential to contribute powerfully to the other.
A short historical review of psychoanalysis and public health will be followed by a discussion of the contributions of psychoanalysis within public health concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. The authors will then briefly explore four major areas of reciprocity between psychoanalysis and public health: Physical punishment—and violence; affect, development and verbalization; education and learning; and religion.