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During the year 1966-1967, the Association continued to achieve its purpose of advancing psychoanalysis through providing vehicles for scientific stimulation, expression and interchange for its members, the psychiatric and and medical community, and the lay public. The following review of our activities is living proof of the creativity, vitality and dedication of our organization's membership.
Our Symposium Committee (Dr. Melvin Boigon, Chairman) initiated a new policy of annual one-day symposia to replace the two-day affairs of the past which had been held more infrequently. The desirability of this plan was shown in our very successful Symposium: “Our Youth: Apathy, Rebellion and Growth,” held at the Carnegie Endowment International Center on November 12, 1966. The papers, which are to be published in our Journal, included: “Disadvantaged Children: Growing in a Climate of Cultural Deprivation” by Dr. Martin Symonds (discussant, Dr. Andrew K. Ruotolo); “Problems in Learning: “Why Do You Tell Me I Can When I Can't?” by Dr. Helen Boigon (discusant, Dr. Sara Sheiner); “The Problem of the Acute Identity Crisis in Adolescence” by Dr. Jack L. Rubins (discussant, Dr. Melvin Boigon); and “The Use of Drugs by Teenagers for Sanctuary and Illusion” by Dr. Norman J. Levy (discussant, Dr. Robert L. Sharoff). The chairmen of the meeting were Drs. Joseph W. Vollmerhausen and Harold Kelman, who did excellent jobs in providing bridges between the topics and leading expanded periods of general discussion by the audience.
The Program Committee (Dr. Melvin Boigon, Chairman) arranged a most interesting program of five scentific lectures at the New York Academy of Medicine. These papers were: “Horney's Psychoanalytic Technique” by Dr. Harold Kelman; “The Depressions in Childhood and Adolescence” by Dr. Martin Symonds; “Horney Theory and Psychosis: (I) The Affective Psychoses” by Dr. Jack L. Rubins; “The Evolution of Gender Identity” by Dr. Harry Gershman; and “The Intensity of Casual Rel