One must agree with the author's implication that intimate knowledge of the family enhances the psychotherapeutic work with schizophrenics, even while remaining sceptical of the formulations that imply the reported behavior of the parents has etiologic significance for the development of schizophrenia in their offspring. The author's discussion of productions of the patients is reminiscent of Freud's early belief that the memories of his patients regarding incestuous seductions were of events that actually took place. There is less attention to just how the parents interacted with the patient and influenced the development of his psychic functioning than one would like in order to feel confident about the formulations. These reservations in no way detract from the important contributions of this pioneer investigator to the understanding of schizophrenia, particularly in the family context.