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The author undertakes to evaluate the relationship of psychoanalysis to psychiatry and finds that psychoanalysis within the field of psychiatry is gaining popularity. At the same time, he feels that the lay public has been losing interest in psychoanalysis as a method of treatment, and he cites the advent of psychotropic drugs and social psychiatry as possible reasons. Acknowledging the vital and vitalizing influence upon psychiatry generally, questions are raised regarding the great cost of psychoanalytic training.