Issue 40 (Sprint 2009) Pages-1-5

s « J on opening remarks to the conference Schizophrenia 1908-2008: – r*; ‘ csis and Psychoanalysis, this article reflects on the current status of yr-cr: analysis within modem American psychiatry and the fact that it no .T’svr occupies the privileged position it once enjoyed. While it recognises *_r psy choanalysis is no longer the dominant paradigm within organised Tr.criatry, it also suggests that the psychodynamic approach to : ~ . – Dathology still has a valuable contribution to make…..