January 08, 2006
Argentine vs. American Psychiatry
Today I was talking to a friend who is finishing up her degree to be psychiatrist -- discussing the possible veracity of the stereotype that all psychiatrists are crazy! -- and this led to her telling me about the differences between Argentine and American psychiatric standards. My friend made the excellent point that, within the psychiatry profession, the Argentine psychiatry schools and methods are known for deeply emphasizing psychoanalysis, psychodynamics, sex, and Freud above everything else. The American school is known for emphasizing cognitivie behavior.
Learning this explained a lot anecdotally - my Argentine psychiatric friends psychanalysis and sex much more than my American psychiatric friends - but more importantly, it reminded me of the harmony in the universe: the difference between the Argentine and American emphases within the psychiatric profession (at least according to this one professional--I know no more data) is consistent with the differences between the Americans and Argentins on almost every other axis that I can think of!
(PS: I love learning about how professionals act, from people within a profession, in regards to professions that I know absolutely nothing about!)
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