Psychoanalysis

Family and Social Policy Ministry takes action to protect pediatric development of child TV stars

The Family and Social Policy Ministry took action for the protection of the pediatric development of child TV actors.

The ministry's action came after a five-and-a-half year old child, Efecan Koçyiğit, who is on the edge of obesity, became famous after a TV show aired on a private channel.

Pope Francis underwent psychoanalysis at 42

Pope Francis once underwent psychoanalysis with a Jewish analyst, according to a new book-length interview of the pontiff conducted by a French academic.

Francis said that he saw the psychoanalyst weekly for about six months when he was 42 years old.

It’s unclear why the pope specified the analyst’s religion. The full English-language text of the anecdote is not yet available.

When insecurity meets corruption

Politicians are extremely insecure people as a rule. Historians and psychoanalysts explain that their thirst for recognition and acceptance propels them into politics. Where they mess up though - it always happens, and in many different countries - is when they try to control the media landscape to protect themselves from criticism.