To give a contextualised personal account of the 30th Annual Congress of the Argentine Association of Psychiatrists.
Methods:
Conference attendance and analysis of talks.
Results:
The congress demonstrated that Argentine psychiatry is held back by oppressive political regimes and by government underfunding. The drug companies and third-party payers are entering the vacuum.
Conclusions:
Argentine trainees and consultants feel ill-prepared to meet the demands of the biomedical psychiatry.
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