Editors' Note

This issue leads off with Marcus Free's psychoanalytic perspectives on sports. Jason Freddi, a young Australian philosopher, makes a case for some fundamental rethinking about psychoanalytic evidence, Bill Gottdiener looks at the ever present and embarrassing problem of patients sexually abused, in this instance in institutional settings, and Barbara Young once more delights us with a sensitive essay.

Also, our editorial board has been very active in recent months. We wanted to let you know some details. A Brief Article section starts in this issue reporting on either scientific research or issues going on that could be of general interest to others—in other words, a networking piece whose only limitation is size: 2000 words maximum, including references and photographs (if printed in color there is a significant surcharge to you; however, photographs can be produced in the online version at no extra charge). Exceptions to this limit are managed on a case by case basis. For example, this issue has two pieces in the Brief Articles section. One, a piece by Jill Scharf, has to do with marital therapy in China, and the other, by David Scharff, takes a broader look at Psychoanalysis in China and how it is being integrated into the modern cultural dynamic today.

For the next issue, we hope to have a piece on a community of schools written by one of our colleagues in Australia, Chris Hill, an Associate Editor for the South Pacific. She and her colleagues together with Stuart Twemlow and Frank Sacco have been working over the past six years in the Australian School System in Victoria, Australia and have established a funded project that connects schools in Gyppsland. This collaborating community shares training and solutions to problems by networking together to reduce bullying and improve the quality of life in schools. Stuart Twemlow has recently spent time in India and has invited Ashok Nagpal, PhD head of the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, The University of New Delhi