[On the subject of l'école de Paris : Reference point for psychosomatic consultation.]

In his report, the author suggests that psychoanalysts working in hospitals must deal with the distinct nature of the psychoanalytic listening of somatic patients. The author defines the theoretic base for psychoanalytic listening as psychosomatics (as opposed to psychosomatic medicine). The author presents two models from which descend all the various psychoanalytic approaches of psychosomatic clinics. Emphasis is mostly placed on contributions made by the Ecole de Paris : the importance given to sensorimotor manifestations ; the evolutionist point of view ; the development of an original psychosomatic nosography, inspired by psychoanalysis ; and the somatization processes. The study covers a wide range of aspects, namely theoretical and clinical considerations of allergy as a structural phenomenon and as a way of relating to the world ; operational thinking in its proper historical context ; essential depression as a notion of great importance in psychosomatics. The author finally draws a profile of the various forms of psychoanalytic treatments offered to somatic patients.