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In 1938 the American Psychoanalytic Association, in response to a growing need for providing a permanent record of its activities, as well as those of its constituent societies and training organizations, established the first issue of the Bulletin. It was an annual publication under the editorship of the Secretary at that time, Dr. Lawrence Kubie.
Three issues of the Bulletin appeared before the difficulties attending the outbreak of World War II made it impossible to continue publication. In 1948, Dr. William Menninger, then President of the Association, recommended that the Bulletin resume publication under the editorship of Dr. John Frosch. Essentially it was to fulfill a similar need which had given rise to its establishment. By this time the activities of the Association, as well as those of its component Societies and training organizations, had expanded to such an extent that the danger of isolation made a medium of communication even more imperative. To quote from the editorial which accompanied the reissuing of the Bulletin: "A great need was felt for a medium of communication among the various elements of the Association, a medium through which the individual members, Societies, and Institutes may keep in touch with each other to learn what is going on psychoanalytically in other parts of the country; a medium through which the elected leaders may convey their ideas to the body at large and at the same time keep informed of the wishes of the grass roots."
The Bulletin was also to report scientific presentations at meetings of the Association, and from the very beginning abstracts of such presentations were printed in the Bulletin. The membership was exceedingly responsive to this section, which became so popular that reports became more and more voluminous. Eventually,