Argentine psychiatry: report on the 30th Congress.

OBJECTIVES: 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.