Are psychiatric residents still interested in psychoanalysis? A brief report.

In spite of the efficacy of the psychodynamic psychotherapies, the number of young psychiatric residents interested in psychodynamic therapies is decreasing. Our psychoanalytical group, Genden (Genève-Denver), explored the possible reasons for psychiatric residents' hesitation to get psychoanalytic training. Five psychoanalytical psychotherapists met weekly for a year in order to debate that question, focusing on personal feedbacks from all of our 100 residents in psychiatry working with us for at least 4 years.

[Analysis of inter-judge concordance for the realization of psychiatric expertise in the use of guidelines].

Objectives: The aim of this work is to measure the inter-judge concordance in thirteen psychiatric expertises for invalidity insurance.

Method: We analyzed thirteen interdisciplinary (somatic and psychiatric) expertise files, blinded for the patient identity. The patients had a first opinion of a "classic" psychiatric expertise and then a second opinion of other experts, from a center specialized for interdisciplinary expertises in Switzerland.