Editor's Note

As we come to the end of 2017, our nineteenth year of publication, we experience both the exhilaration of another successful year completed, and the sadness of changes that the passage of time inevitably brings. Earlier this year, Stuart Twemlow, whose idea it was originally to start a journal in applied psychoanalysis, retired from his position of editor-in chief and became editor-in-chief emeritus. Having worked with Stuart as his partner editor-in-chief from 1998, (i.e., in preparation for beginning publication of our journal in 1999 originally entitled the Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies), in founding and subsequently establishing the journal on solid footing, I witnessed his dedication to and talent for the field of applied psychoanalysis. Brilliant and creative, Stuart Twemlow has emerged in the last twenty years as one of the foremost contributors to the field of applied psychoanalysis. Although we miss his vibrant presence, the legacy of his work, including the last nineteen years of this journal, serves as inspiration to all of us who work on the journal as we continue to grow it and ensure that it continues to flourish.

It is also my sad duty to share with all of you the news of the death of Adib Jarrar, our esteemed Palestinian colleague who died unexpectedly in early July of this year. Adib had been an active member of our work group, the Psychoanalytic Work Group for Peace in Palestine/Israel, for a decade between 2007 and 2017. In 2010, Adib published a paper in this journal entitled “Palestinian Suffering: Some Personal, Historical, and Psychoanalytic Reflections”, to which Wiley has generously provided open access through March 31, 2018 at the following link . Adib also had been our most hospitable host in Ramallah, in the West Bank, during a memorable visit to the area that several members of the work group undertook in April, 2014. We, his friends and colleagues, continue to m