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During the year 2004 the group has initiated two main activities: the first was the creation of a new professional course for a diploma of Psychosomatics at the University of Paris 8. It is centered on the interdisciplinary field of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and medicine, and the training is formulated to suit medical doctors, psychotherapists, and psychoanalysts. The teaching staff consists of 19 members, among whom are professors of medicine and doctors of the hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, where all the courses are taught. Jean Benjamin Stora is pedagogical and scientific director, and 7 members of the French group belong to the staff. Mark Solms is a member of the scientific diploma committee. It is a 1-year course offering 120 hours of classes and 150 hours of internship at the medical department of the hospital. The first course started in November 2004, and 14 students have registered for the new program.
The second main activity of the group has been our monthly seminars. In September 2004 we discussed the topic of “feminine sexuality and processes of somatiza-tion.” Based on a rereading of Sigmund Freud's lecture on femininity (1931), Jean Benjamin Stora developed the metapsychological model underlying the psychosexual development of women. In October and November we continued discussing the theme, based on more recent