The really interesting thing is that the "doctor's" ideas on psychiatry/psychology are the current thought today --- focusing on the present and the future --- there isn't much psychoanalysis done anymore. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (changing how we think, therefore, behave) is the most accepted and valued method of therapy today. And his comments about there being no real boundaries between the "mentally ill" and the "healthy" was spot on. As a psych student this episode was fascinating to me. Absolutely loved it. However, the way mental illness is always portrayed in these old shows always saddens me. It's no wonder people generally feared and abhorred anyone who needed mental help for so long. Remnants of the stigma are still around today.