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Practitioners of [[psychoanalytic psychology]] believe that mental and behavioral disorders are due to repressed unconscious thoughts usually linked to key events during [[development]].  

Practitioners of [[psychoanalytic psychology]] believe that mental and behavioral disorders are due to repressed unconscious thoughts usually linked to key events during [[development]].  

[[Karl Popper]] indicated that [[psychoanalysis]] is merely a [[pseudoscience]] because its claims are not testable and therefore they cannot falsifiable.<ref> Popper KR, "Science: Conjectures and Refutations", reprinted in Grim P (1990) Philosophy of Science and the Occult, Albany, 104–110</ref> See also: [[Psychology and pseudoscience]]

[[Karl Popper]] indicated that '''psychoanalysis''' is merely a [[pseudoscience]] because its claims are not testable and therefore they cannot falsifiable.<ref>Popper KR, "Science: Conjectures and Refutations", reprinted in Grim P (1990) Philosophy of Science and the Occult, Albany, 104–110</ref> See also: [[Psychology and pseudoscience]]

The origins of the idea stems from Freud's work in the 1880s and his attempts to treat individuals diagnosed with [[neurotic]] or [[hysterical]] disorders. He came to believe that these disorders emerged because the patients were [[repression|repressing]] [[taboo]] [[sexual]] thoughts and desires.  

The origins of the idea stems from Freud's work in the 1880s and his attempts to treat individuals diagnosed with [[neurotic]] or [[hysterical]] disorders. He came to believe that these disorders emerged because the patients were [[repression|repressing]] [[taboo]] [[sexual]] thoughts and desires.