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January 10, 1930.
a.Short communications.
1Dr. L. Révész: Notes on the analysis of a case of lumbago. Connection between depression on the one hand and, on the other, lumbago and the most acute neuralgia. Repeated production of the lumbago as a substitute for sadistic and murderous acts.
2Dr. M. Bálint: Infantile roots of a case of 'lack of desire'. Reaction to the loss of the nurse. Active therapeutic intervention by imposition of a period of fasting.
b.General Meeting. Re-election of the Officers and Council.
January 24, 1930. Frau Dr. F. K. Hann: Extracts from the analysis of an incipient psychosis. Onset of the psychosis clearly discernible under cover of severe hysterical and obsessional symptoms. Accessibility to psycho-analytic therapy only after onset of the psychosis.
February 7, 1930. Dr. Gz. Szüts: Notes from the analysis of a female paranoid patient. The case-history showed that paranoia—the extreme form of defence by the mechanism of projection—was very amenable to influence while in statu nascendi. The patient became sociable and capable of work.
February 21, 1930. Dr. M. J. Eisler: A 'christ'-neurosis. Delusional self-reproaches, in which the idea of suffering for others played a large part. Important deductions: (a) connection of the neurosis with the conflicts of the unresolved Oedipus-situation; (b) attempts of the super-ego to express the individual's superiority to the mass of mankind by interposing itself as 'mediator' and striking a balance between the demands of the ego-ideal and the original instinctual impulses.