[Psychotherapy and culture].

This is a follow-up study of a group of patients of Foreign origin for which an indication for analytic psychotherapy was found. The importance of mutual therapist-patient recognition is emphasized. It seems necessary that the patient masters the cultural and socio-economic environment in which he lives, in order to open himself up to an intra-psychic reality. Finally, we formulate the hypothesis that symptoms shown by the patient reveal indirectly adjustment disorders to the cultural environment.