Freud’s ideas about the unconscious deserve a re-evaluation | Mark Vernon

Now 100 years old, Sigmund Freud’s theories of the unconscious have been continually sneered at – but they could shed light on some of medicine’s great unknownsThe unconscious has had a bumpy ride since Sigmund Freud first described the extent of his discoveries in a seminal paper published 100 years ago this month. Sceptics sneer at its mention, assuming it’s as discreditable as penis envy. Others, who sense the father of psychoanalysis was on to something, prefer to hed