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October 10, 1931. (Amsterdam.)
1The meeting was largely devoted to the discussion of business relating to the Society and professional topics.
2Dr. J. H. W. van Ophuijsen: 'The Death-wish and the Death-instinct'. Case-history, showing how the patient's longing for death represented a combination of libidinal instincts and of her aggressive impulses against herself: origin of the latter impulses in the hypothetical death-instinct.
November 7, 1931. (Oegstgeest.)
1The Chairman welcomed Professor Jelgersma, who, after a long illness, was once more able to be present, and congratulated him on his recovery.
2Professor G. Jelgersma: 'Projection'. Significance of projection in the formation of delusions and hallucinations. A new concept: 'Extrojection', contrasted with the introjection met with in melancholia. 'Projection': the projection of mental contents outwards into the external world without relation to any particular person. 'Extrojection': the transference of inner mental processes to a particular person.
3Dr. A. Endtz: 'Depersonalization'. A case of pure depersonalization discussed in illustration of the psycho-analytical literature on the subject. Detachment of the patient's libido from those in her environment, in consequence of a psychic trauma. Return of the libido to the outside world by way of a spontaneous transference. Result: the recovery, to all intents and purposes, of the patient from a schizophrenoid condition. Confirmation of Dr. Th. Reik's hypothesis of the connection between depersonalization and obsessional states. No clear evidence of the influence of the castration complex on symptom-formation (Sadger).
Election to Membership: Dr. A. M. Blok, Specialist in Nervous Diseases, 39 Wassenaarsche Weg, Haag.