Association Report—1947-1948

This year the American Institute for Psychoanalysis—formerly under the jurisdiction of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis—has operated as an independent organization under a charter granted it by the New York State Department of Education. The Association concentrated attention on its other major functions: the monthly scientific meetings at the New York Academy of Medicine, the monthly interval meetings at the Institute, publication of the American Journal of Psychoanalysis, and the direction of the community education program carried out by the Auxiliary Council. One new undertaking was begun: the operation of the Association Book Shop at the Institute headquarters.

Dr. Karen Horney assumed the editorship of the American Journal of Psychoanalysis. The editorial staff was expanded and Mr. Walter Walker was appointed advisory editor. The format of the Journal was redesigned and, for the first time, the publication has opened its pages to advertisers. ACAAP has become sole distributor of the Journal.

A significant addition to the community education program was the institution of seminars open to lay people interested in applying psychoanalytic knowledge to special fields. (This development is described in the ACAAP report on page 86.)

The Association received an additional grant of seven thousand dollars from Mr. Cornelius Crane, who has been a consistent supporter of our activities.

The need to participate in the activities of other psychiatric organizations has been felt for a long time. This year many of the Association members attended the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association. The purpose was to acquaint ourselves with its functioning to the end of participating in the discussions, seminars, and the presentation of scientific papers. We also plan to organize a program of our own to be held concurrently with future conventions of the American Psychiatric Association.

Because the number of candidates graduated by the American Ins