Title:Practice of Psychotherapy by Biological Psychiatrists: An Achievable or Unachievable Expectation
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Author(s): Saeed S. Shafti
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Psychotherapy, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychoanalysis, psycho-dynamic psychotherapist, biological psychiatry.
Abstract: While in current years the association between psychiatry and psychotherapy has turned into a
conflicting one, the swing of the pendulum toward biological psychiatry has led, in general, to a
downgrading of psychotherapy within the realm of psychiatry. So, the question of whether or not
psychiatrists should continue to learn and carry out psychotherapy is now a much discoursed topic in
psychiatric groups. Encouragement of current psychiatrist residents, for using psychotherapy in the course
of managing patients who are suffering from psychiatric complications, in the setting of present
educational attitudes, though its exercise on the whole has an unpredictable state among specialists, has
instigated essential modification in the modern academic national programs in different countries,
involving developing societies. In the current paper the real situation and prospect of such a modification
have been debated to realize that whether simple adding of a curriculum can respond appropriately to
growing mental requirements of evolving cultures, and how the genuine exercise of organized and
methodical approaches of psychological treatments by psychiatrists, besides official but frequently
imperfect training in the course of scholastic programs, can be improved. Also, the rationality and
attainability of such expectation have been talked over.
