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Abstract: Marcel Jousse (1886–1961), professor of linguistic anthropology, was introduced in 1927 by Frederic Lefèvre in Les Nouvelles Littéraires as “one of [the] most famous and [the] most loyal disciples [of Pierre Janet] […] who was able to apply Pierre Janet''s basic ideas of psychology on a yet unexplored field with a youthful mastery”. On his part, Joseph Morlaas (1895–1981), author of a thesis in medicine entitled Contribution to the Study of Apraxia, sees in “Marcel Jousse : a master […] a firm support for a better understanding” of what he sees being deconstructed in what is pathological. This paper reviews the master–disciple relationship between these men, in a first step that of Pierre Janet and Marcel Jousse, and then that of Marcel Jousse and Joseph Morlaas. We will explore in this communication, relationships master–disciple between these men, in a first step of Pierre Janet and Marcel Jousse, then of Marcel Jousse and Joseph Morlaas. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The following paper aims at finding and analyzing the objective conditions and the subjective processes which lead people to choose studying psychiatry. The authors have used the testimonies of 29 French psychiatrists who had been invited by the review Psychiatrie Internationale and who had been asked the question: “Why have you chosen to study psychiatry?” These texts were compiled and published in 1993 and have undergone content analysis. The results show that in order to explain this choice of studies, it is necessary to consider objective factors (social background, level of achievement during internship, etc.), contingent elements (encounters with professors and/or patients), and more subjective processes which make the choice of this medical specialization an answer to each person''s problems. Furthermore, the specificities of this original corpus show the importance of socio-historical conditions under which the choice of studies is done and invite us to reconsider the issue through the current context. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]