Neuropsychologist & Psychoanalyst. Author of 'The Only Cure: Freud & The Neuroscience of Mental Healing' (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, NY: Pegasus, 2026).
Reading "The Only Cure" by Mark Solms and struck by the data on the "sleeper effect" in long-term psychotherapy. @Mark_Solms
Unlike many treatments that plateau, the benefits of psychoanalysis actually increase after the therapy ends. 📈
The numbers speak for themselves:
Therapy vs. Meds: Psychotherapy (0.85) shows nearly 3x the effect size of SSRIs (0.31) for depression.
The Big Leap: Long-term psychoanalytic therapy reached a massive 1.80 effect size for overall improvement.
Durability: While meds often work only while you take them, analysis targets the causal mechanisms.
The "Sleeper" Win: Patients with complex pathology saw effect sizes jump from 0.94 to 1.02 years after termination.
Long recognized yet often downgraded alignment between Freudian theory and modern neuropsychology. 🧠✨
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What if Freud’s theories of dreams contain more truth than once thought?☁️
@Mark_Solms joined @ProfDavidNutt to discuss how his groundbreaking scientific research on dreaming led him to pioneer the use of psychoanalysis in modern neuroscience.
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A nice podcast 'debate' with a colleague who has slightly different views about consciousness than me. (I had to leave 15 minutes before the end -- they ran over the allotted time -- in case you wonder why I suddenly disappear from the conversation!
youtu.be/R7insQBa-qo
🧠 “He’s the Einstein of the mind.” – Mark Solms on Karl Friston
Join us today at 5pm UK / 12pm ET for Karl Friston’s first Legacy Interview with Mark Solms & Jeremy Holmes.
CPD/CE included | Recording transcript
🔗 mindinmind.org.uk/event/karl…
The best (and worst) books about Freud…
Neuropsychologist and Psychoanalyst @Mark_Solms, author of new book ‘The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing’, appraises other offerings.
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I have edited my profile on this platform with a new 'header,' announcing my new book (previously it announced The Hidden Spring)! I hope you like it ...
We invite you to the international webinar "Affects in Dialogue between: Peter Fonagy and Mark Solms," will take place on February 13, 2026.
The event will feature simultaneous interpretation into Spanish
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A review of my about-to-be-published book. I hope there is no pay wall. This book is not going to win me many friends. But it says what I truly believe needs to be said ...
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