title: Psychodynamic psychiatry and the treatment of psychosis in the French community.
abstract: The author reviews the development of psychodynamic psychiatry in France, comparing and contrasting it with trends in the United States. In particular, he describes the role of dynamic psychiatry in the treatment of psychotic patients. He traces the movement from institutional treatment toward deinstitutionalization and treatment in the community, culminating in the official adoption in France of catchment area psychiatry. He also notes the emergence and influence of antipsychiatry. He concludes that although psychodynamic psychiatry has experienced a decline resulting from both external (economic) and internal (theoretical) influences, this perspective continues to improve the understanding and treatment of psychotic patients, whether they are treated in the institution or in the community.
authors.affiliation: Second Section of Infant/Adolescent Psychiatry, Specialized Hospital Center of the Savoy, Chambéry, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bléandonu
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States