Isaac Asimov, Breeds There a Man…? (1951), in The Complete Stories, Volume 1, , p. 419 (originally published in Astounding, June 1951)

Psychiatry is becoming too popular. Everybody talks of complexes and neuroses and psychoses and compulsions and whatnot. One man's guilt complex is another man's good night’s sleep.

— Isaac Asimov on Psychiatry

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Isaac Asimov

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.