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The academic year 1967-68 marked the beginning of the second quarter-century of our Association. It was a year filled with many activities for the scientific and the lay public.
The Scientific Meetings, planned by the Program Committee under the able leadership of Dr. Melvin Boigon, consisted of six scientific lectures and the annual Karen Horney Lecture at the New York Academy of Medicine; four Interval Meetings held in our auditorium; and a Symposium held at the Carnegie Endowment International Center.
The Academy of Medicine Meetings included “The Family Introject: A Determinant of Identity and Behavior,” by Dr. Melvin Boigon (discussants Drs. Morton B. Cantor and Nathan Ackerman); “Preventative Community Psychiatry and its Relationship to Psychoanalytic Principles,” by Dr. Helen A. DeRosis (discussants Drs. Alexandra Symonds and Louis Linn): “Kairos: The Auspicious Moment,” by Dr. Harold Kelman (discussants Drs. Gotthard Booth and Jan Ehrenwald); “The Patient as Victim and Agent,” by Dr. Joseph W. Vollmerhausen (discussants Drs. Sara Sheiner and Natalie Shainess); and Horney Theory and the Psychoses, Part II, Schizophrenia, by Dr. Jack L. Rubins (discussants Drs. Ralph Crowley and Louis Hott). These topics evoked considerable interest and the meetings were well attended. Many of the lectures will be published in our Journal.
As for the Interval Meetings, we had the good fortune to hear “A Reconsideration of Determinism and Will Power,” by Dr. Joseph W. Vollmerhausen; “The Fear of Criticism,” by Dr. Bella S. van Bark; “An Aspect of Psychoanalytic Technique,” by Dr. Harold Kelman; and “Core Identity” by Dr. David Shainberg. Illness prevented Dr. Sara Sheiner from sharing her views with us on “The Application of Psychoanalytic Technique to Therapy with Psychotics.” We all look forward to hearing her speak at some meeting in the near future. These meetings provided an excellent opportunity for intra-group discussion with concurrences and differences freely expressed.
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