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In 1938 he fled the Nazis by travelling to England, where he died later.

In 1938 he fled the Nazis by travelling to England, where he died later.

He co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic technique, especially his understanding of transference in the therapeutic relationship and the presumed value of dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires.

He co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic technique, especially his understanding of transference in the therapeutic relationship and the symbolic interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires.

Freud proposed that the human psyche consists of three parts -- Ego, super-ego, and id -- and that defense mechanisms are an attempt by the mind to resolve conflicts between the super-ego and the id.  

Freud proposed that the human psyche consists of three parts -- Ego, super-ego, and id -- and that defense mechanisms are an attempt by the mind to resolve conflicts between the super-ego and the id.  

Contemporary psychology views Freud as having been an important and insightful contributor in the early days of the field, whose theories overemphasized sexuality at the expense of environmental influences on personality and psychopathology <ref>Westen, D. (1998).  The scientific legacy of Sigmund Freud:  Toward a psychodynamically informed psychological science.  ''Psychological Bulletin, 124'', 333-371.</ref>.

Freud's theories were unscientific, as pointed out by [[Karl Popper]] and others at the time. No one has ever been able to do any experiment that showed any merit to any of it. Freud lied about his own subjects to make it appear that his psychoanalysis had some benefit.

Sigmund Freud died of maxillary [[cancer]] at the age of 82.

Sigmund Freud died of maxillary [[cancer]] at the age of 82.