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Dr. Greenfield has clearly summarized the developments of child psychoanalysis in Montreal and its effect on the field of child psychiatry. Its influence has also extended to the fields of social service and psychology. The invaluable contribution made by Dr. Gabrielle Clerk, who was a professor in the Psychology Department at the Université de Montréal for many years, is worth noting.
Other experiments in progress elsewhere in Canada are using different models but were similarly inspired by analytical thinking. It would be interesting if those responsible for them could give us some information.
A seminar on observing infants is now included in the seminars offered to candidates at the Institut psychanalytique de Montréal; the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis (Quebec English Branch) will also start conducting a similar seminar, starting in September 2004.
The crisis in the analysis of children, which Dr. Greenfield refers to, seems to be developing in keeping with the crisis experienced with respect to the analysis of adults (see Apercus, 12[2]). The number of children in analysis, per analyst, compares favourably with the number of adults in analysis per analyst. The entire field of psychoanalysis is going through a difficult period … The difficulties reported are also a result of a society that is less and less interested in psychoanalysis and the values it promotes and has not grieved for its childhood or resolved the conflicts involved in the longing for the analysis of the failed child.