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Dr. Foulkes of London, Dr. Loeser of Newark, New Jersey, Dr. Ackerman of New York, Dr. Miller of Los Angeles, Dr. Klapman of Chicago, and Dr. A. Wolf of New York reported on psychotherapeutic groups of patients in their own practices. The principal concern in all these reports was the advisability of having both sexes in one group and the special problems arising when this was done. The cases treated in these various groups included 'all forms of psychoneuroses; psychopathies; … mild psychoses, … more acute psychotic conditions; organic cases …, epilepsy, epileptiform and choreiform syndromes' (Foulkes); adolescent boys and girls (Ackerman); patients with allergies and 'patients suffering from various forms of maladjustment'. Some degree of improvement was noted in these patients by all who reported.]/ar