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Kubie finds that psychoanalytic psychiatry suffers from an inadequacy of records which make it difficult to study and evaluate the precise course of procedure. Disputes as to theory and practice are consequently difficult to resolve. The solution is seen in research institutes where technical problems can be studied
without therapeutic obligations and under conditions of scientific methodology.
Henry Murray declares that psychiatric interviews are not capable of revealing all aspects of a personality and recommends a greater use of psychological tests, especially 'organismic methods' whose study function on the same integrative level as in everyday life. The prediction value and statistical analysis of interpretations offer a fruitful field for research.
Ernst Kris points out that the hypotheses of psychoanalysis are ambiguous in many areas and require systematic verification. Kurt Goldstein does not believe that separation between research and treatment is possible, while Margaret Mead suggests that this problem be solved by having the research worker stand outside the therapeutic situation so that he can observe and analyze the activities both of the therapist and of the patient.