This psychoanalytic survey of the neuroses has recently become available in English. For a textbook, its bibliography is very limited and sketchy, offering few references to any of the major contributors either to structural theory or to recent advances in the study of child development. The most recent article listed is dated 1965. The author, an experienced psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, leans heavily on his extensive background as a teacher and clinician to supply the data necessary for his compressed survey.

The opening two chapters, General Foundations and Theory of the Neuroses, give background material necessary to appreciate the