Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:1281-1285
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Why a psychoanalytic core in psychiatric education?
OE Baum
The author presents arguments for a historical psychogenetic approach to
psychiatric education with a focus on psychodynamic understanding of
behavior. Psychoanalysis provides a developmental psychology and a body of
clinical data that are uniquely suited to this purpose. This focus is meant
to be complemented by consideration of genetic, social, cultural, learning,
and biophysiological forces. The author relates trends in psychiatric
education to the changing identity of the psychiatrist and the history of
the discipline.
