Working on the Dreaming Brain, Dr. J. Allan Hobson Dies At 88

“There was a tendency in the psychoanalytic world to imply that everything was psychodynamic,” he added, noting that some doctors reflexively held mothers responsible for their children’s behavior. However, Dr. Hobson softened his views in later years. Dr. “He came to believe that psychoanalysis could be useful for treating mental disorders,” Lydic said, “but he …