"Intensive psychoanalytic therapy, the “talking cure” rooted in the ideas of
Freud, has all but disappeared in the age of drug treatments and managed care.
"But now researchers are reporting that the therapy can be effective against some chronic mental problems, including
anxiety and
borderline personality disorder."
New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/health/01psych.html