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The Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from 8 May to 11 May, 1952.
The scientific programme follows:
Section A. William C. Menninger, M.D., Chairman. C. P. Oberndorf, M.D. (New York): 'Function in Psychoanalysis.' Bela Mittelmann, M.D.
(New York): 'Psychodynamics of Motility; Studies of Adults, Children and Infants.' Peter H. Knapp, M.D.2 (Boston): 'The Ear, Listening and Hearing.' Bruno Bettelheim, Ph.D.2 (Chicago): 'Remarks on Initiation Rites in Relation to Menstruation and Child Bearing.'
Section B. Bertram D. Lewin, M.D., Chairman. Gustav Bychowski, M.D. (New York): 'The Problem of Latent Psychosis.' Josephine Hilgard, M.D. (San Francisco): 'Anniversary Symptoms Precipitated by Children.' Gregory Rochlin, M.D. (Boston): 'The Disorder of Depression and Elation.' Catherine L. Bacon, M.D. (Chicago): 'Psychoanalytic Observations on Precordial Pain.'
Symposium A: 'The Theory of Affects.' Ralph R. Greenson, M.D. (Los Angeles), Chairman; Leo Rangell, M.D. (Los Angeles), Reporter. David Rapaport, Ph.D.2 (Stockbridge, Mass.): 'An Attempt to Systematize the Fragments of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Affects.' Edith Jacobson, M.D. (New York): 'The Speed Pace in Psychic Discharge Processes and Its Influence on the Pleasure-Unpleasure Qualities of Affects.' Ralph R. Greenson, M.D. (Los Angeles): 'The Defensive Function of Some Affective States.' Discussion: Maxwell Gitelson, M.D. (Chicago); Phyllis Greenacre, M.D. (New York); Norman Reider, M.D. (San Francisco); Richard F. Sterba, M.D. (Detroit); Sarah S. Tower, M.D. (Baltimore). Discussion from the floor.
Symposium B: 'Psychodynamics and Treatment of Perversions.' Sandor Lorand, M.D. (New York), Chairman; Jacob A. Arlow, M.D. (New York), Reporter. S. S. Feldman, M.D. (Rochester, N.Y.): 'Psychodynamics and Therapy of Perversions.' Robert C. Bak, M.D. (New