A Question of research for psychoanalysis, the health service and the university

I am not in a position to address my original topic The state of the transference today at The Freud 150 event because of a change of circumstance. However Barry O'Donnell has prevailed upon me to talk about the question of research as it applies to Psychoanalysis, the Health Service and the University. This is in the context of my recent appointment as Director of the School of Psychotherapy at St. Vincent's University Hospital and UCD.…