The neurological legacy of psychoanalysis: Freud as a neurologist

The discipline of psychoanalysis was significantly influenced by Freud's experience in neuroanatomy and clinical neurology. Sigmund Freud began his medical career as a neuroanatomist and neurologist before he later established the theories and techniques of psychoanalysis. Freud made several significant contributions to research in neuroanatomy and clinical neurology that were overshadowed by his later accomplishments. As the "Father of Psychoanalysis," Freud was, and his legacy always will be, that of a neurologist.