The Academy is where physician psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychiatrists: discover a forum for exchange of ideas; find a voice within the APA to advocate for psychodynamic understanding in the evaluation and treatment of patients; and take a leadership role in promoting the importance of psychodynamic training in residency and medical education.

Mission:

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry is an organization of psychiatrists interested in the application of psychodynamic psychotherapy in clinical practice and in understanding aspects of culture and art.

We are an affiliate organization of the APA and welcome interested colleagues to join us at our Annual meetings and share our publications.

The aims of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry are:

1. To provide a forum for expression of ideas, concepts, and research in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry;
2. To constitute a forum for expression of and inquiry into the phenomena of individual motivation and social behavior;
3. To encourage and support research in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry;
4. To advance the development of psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychiatry in all other respects;
5. To develop communication among psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and their colleagues in other disciplines in science and in the humanities.