[The history of geriatric psychiatry at the University of Montreal: Pioneers, milestones, and future outlook].

Objectives: Geriatric psychiatry became an official psychiatric subspecialty in Canada in 2009. The first board examinations from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) took place in 2013. Geriatric Psychiatry focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of complex mental disorders in late life, a time when the interface between physical and mental health issues often adds a new level of complexity.

[The role of psychoanalysts in the history of the department of Psychiatry of the University of Montreal].

Objectives: The authors want to illustrate how psychoanalysis or best a certain psychoanalytical vision without dogmatism and theoretical exclusivism have played an important role in the history of the university department.

Methods: The authors have made a recension of the principal activities of three psychoanalysts and their immediate collaborators: Dr. Camille Laurin, Dr.