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This book is designed to bring psychoanalysis and related psychologies to the attention of the intellectual Portuguese-speaking public, and fulfills this aim very well. The book is divided into five chapters: I. "Origin and Principles of Freudism"; II. "Individual Psychology"; III. "Psychosynthesis"; IV. "A Bio-dynamic and Evolutionist Orientation of Psychoanalysis"; V. "Incontinence
among the Psychotic and the Anal Erotic Complex". The first chapter outlines Freudian theory, drawing upon the most recent literature as well as the older classical papers. The next two chapters, devoted to the views of Adler and Jung, respectively, attempt to harmonize many of the views of these authors with Freudian principles. The fourth chapter is a review of the well-known contributions of Jelliffe. The last chapter interprets incontinence of fæces in psychotic patients as a manifestation of anal eroticism.
In an interesting appendix, the author cites Catholic authorities who have seen much of value in psychoanalysis, and who have noted similarities between analytic psychology and scholastic psychology.