Neuman presents the results of a statistical survey on thirty-eight suicides representing all suicides known to have occurred in the operation of a psychiatric

hospital. Nineteen of the suicides took place during hospitalization and nineteen afterward. Of particular interest is the evidence that more highly educated and/or European Jews appear much more likely to become suicidal than the less educated and/or Oriental Jews. The article attempts to explain this discrepancy in various ways, including a reference to goals and ideals in the different groups, but fails to elaborate on the role of differing superego development in the two groups.