Home›Open Questions›Is Carl Jung's well-known paranoid-schizophrenic patient case, which he used as evidence for the collective unconscious, authentic as reported?Open QuestionsIs Carl Jung's well-known paranoid-schizophrenic patient case, which he used as evidence for the collective unconscious, authentic as reported?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPsychology Atlas. "Is Carl Jung's well-known paranoid-schizophrenic patient case, which he used as evidence for the collective unconscious, authentic as reported?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/jung-case-authenticity.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPsychology Atlas. (n.d.). Is Carl Jung's well-known paranoid-schizophrenic patient case, which he used as evidence for the collective unconscious, authentic as reported?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/jung-case-authenticityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{psychologyatlas-is-carl-jung-s-well-known-paranoid-schiz, author = {Psychology Atlas}, title = {Is Carl Jung's well-known paranoid-schizophrenic patient case, which he used as evidence for the collective unconscious, authentic as reported?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/jung-case-authenticity}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionHistorian and Jung critic Richard Noll has argued against the authenticity of this case, which remains a contested piece of evidence Jung offered for archetypal patterns appearing independent of a patient's personal exposure to the source material.What would resolve this Independent archival verification of Jung's original case notes and contemporaneous records against his published account.OpenHistory of psychiatry / archival scholarshipCollective unconsciousCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnCollective Unconscious, Theories and Concepts Well-attested Source Collective unconscioustier 2SourcesCollective unconscioustier 2Wikimedia FoundationCollective unconscious article, critique sectionComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year