Editorial

We have been asked many times in the recent past how it is that we came to establish the Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. Not surprisingly, the answer lies in the history of our relationship—Stuart Twemlow being the student of and Nadia Ramzy being the daughter of Egyptian-born, British-trained psychoanalyst Ishak Ramzy. As it was he who served as inspiration for us both—first separately, and then posthumously and together to this task—it is in his memory that we dedicate this journal. It was also the broad-based, open-minded systems approach to mental health epitomized in the writings of Dr. Karl Menninger that first attracted Twemlow into both psychiatry and training at The Menninger Clinic and, coincidentally, it was also the approach in which Ramzy was intellectually raised (as later reflected in her education in social anthropology). Dr. Karl, as he was affectionately known, in his long, scholarly, and illustrious life, embodied the very best in psychoanalytic open-mindedness. Besides his clinical contributions, he is well known for his work in the forensic field, as well as with minorities. Less widely recognized are his efforts to popularize psychoanalytic ideas for the layman as exemplified in a number of his books including The Human Mind and Love Against Hate. His example served as yet another model for us. Both Karl Menninger and Ishak Ramzy firmly believed that psychoanalytic thought would survive in this troubled and beleaguered world and that indeed one of the ways it would do so would be by bringing its truths to humanity through what it has to offer—a depth psychology unmatched by any other and therefore potentially contributing to all there is of human scholarly endeavor, including contemporary issues of importance to all human beings, both on and off the couch.

There are prestigious extant psychoanalytic journals that publish in applied areas and we acknowledge their example and contributions. They include Psychoanalysis and Contemporary T