title: [Psychotherapy and culture].
abstract: This is a follow-up study of a group of patients of Foreign origin for which an indication for analytic psychotherapy was found. The importance of mutual therapist-patient recognition is emphasized. It seems necessary that the patient masters the cultural and socio-economic environment in which he lives, in order to open himself up to an intra-psychic reality. Finally, we formulate the hypothesis that symptoms shown by the patient reveal indirectly adjustment disorders to the cultural environment.
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Psychothérapie et culture.