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The widespread incorporation of psychoanalytic propositions into the field of dynamic psychiatry has given rise to two divergent attitudes: those who complain that psychoanalysis is not a science and would attempt to correct this error by absorbing psychoanalysis into the academic settings of psychiatry; and the analysts who fear dilutions, distortions, or changes of psychoanalytic techniques to such an extent that 'today it is impossible to obtain a broad consensus on a definition of psychoanalytic treatment'. Gitelson believes all residents should have thorough training in psychoanalytic theory and psychopathology, but with the clear implication that this not lead to the teaching of 'psychoanalysis in an impossible capsule form'. In essence, then, this is a plea to recognize the separateness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy from psychoanalysis as such. Many analysts will concur with this ambition while noting the difficulties in making valid distinctions.