Notes

THE INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE PSICANALISE was founded in Rio de Janeiro in November of 1947 for the following purposes: to serve as a training center for doctors interested in the practice of psychoanalysis; to offer psychoanalytic training to professionals in other fields in which such training is to the interest of the community; to contribute to the psychoanalytic treatment of needy patients in the interest of social welfare; to provide for and stimulate cultural interchange on a national and international scale through a program of lectures, courses and fellowships; to interest specialists in and provide for the additional training required for the psychoanalytic treatment of children; to establish a library, library service and facilities for bibliographical research; to facilitate the training of special nurses; to organize and publish in pamphlet, prospectus, report, or monograph form, research and statistical information, which may, if judged convenient, constitute the subject matter of a periodical to be published by the institute.

The constitution of the Brazilian Institute of Psychoanalysis has thirty-seven sections which adhere to the most exactingly high standards of psychoanalytic practice and training. The only deviation from the requirements of the American Psychoanalytic Association is the admission to membership of candidates without medical training.

All medical doctors graduated from a Faculty of Medicine recognized by the institute and other professional and laymen adjudged by the committee to have adequate scientific preparation are eligible for the status of active member-in-training. Active members-in-training will be admitted only on proposal by two members, subject to acceptance by an absolute majority of the Board of Directors. All persons presenting evidence of qualification by the Instituto Brasileiro de Psicanalise or by any other institute recognized by the International Psychoanalytic Association are eligible for active qualified memb