title: The question of medical psychotherapy.
abstract: Using Freud's "Question of Lay Analysis" as a starting point, the author discusses the role of psychotherapy in contemporary psychiatry. Certain larger concerns are addressed, including psychiatric theorization, training, stigma, and "the problem of doing."
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital, MA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation