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The surge of activity and productivity in the field of psychoanalysis proper has in recent years made it increasingly difficult for the
practicing analyst to keep abreast of developments. When, to this is added the necessity of maintaining at least a nodding acquaintance with collateral fields such as anthropology, sociology, æsthetics, art and literature, neurophysiology, religion, intramural psychiatry, criminology, and education, the task becomes well-nigh impossible. Inevitably, if a confusion of tongues was not to eventuate, certain measures had to be taken to cope with this situation. The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis has been hailed as one such measure.
The present volume, the third in the series, encompasses the psychoanalytic literature of 1952. There has been a lag of four years in its appearance since the editors chose to place thoroughness ahead of timeliness in its preparation. A fair sampling of the contents of the volume makes it evident that the editors and their co-workers have retained their original enthusiasm and industriousness. It is the product of very painstaking work. Some idea of the scope of the enterprise can be conveyed by stating that between the covers of the book one finds surveyed no fewer than two hundred sixty-three items—individual papers, symposia, panel discussions—culled from at least eighteen journals, in addition to comprehensive reviews of nine books. The reader who is interested in a special field of inquiry is aided by classification of the material under the headings, Critque and Methodology, Ego Psychology and Instinct Studies, Clinical Studies, Dream Studies, Psychoanalytic Child Psychiatry, Psychoanalytic Studies in Psychiatry, Psychoanalytic Studies in Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Applied Psychoanalysis. A brief note at the end of each section indicates the general trend of contributions during the year or some shift in emphasis as compared with those of previous years. As for the main