Psychoanalysts now are also much more aware of the existence of psychotic processes and areas in more normal or neurotic individuals. However, many psychoanalysts work part-time in other fields, such as psychiatric hospitals and units, child guidance clinics, special schools, consultation centres and prisons. Psychoanalytic concepts have been valuable in furthering the understanding of group processes, especially in institutions and industrial organisations. Psychoanalysts also contribute to the training of university students, educationists, GPs, psychiatrists and social workers by bringing a specific psychodynamic viewpoint to these specialities. A newly established MSc course at University College London is mainly taught by psychoanalysts trained at the Institute of Psychoanalysis.
Many analysts also contribute to the supervision of other mental health professionals.
I n 1924 the British Psychoanalytical Society established the Institute of Psychoanalysis to administer its burgeoning activities. One of its most important functions is the training of future psychoanalysts. Students come from all over the UK and the world. Anyone wishing to train must have a good university degree or its equivalent, as well as having worked in a relevant professional field such as psychiatry, psychology, social work, higher education, etc. The training is designed both for students who live in and around London and for students who live and work far enough from London to make it impossible to be here on a weekly basis.