As the title indicates, this publication is an annual collection of psychoanalytic contributions to theory and practice. Although the Editors of the Jahrbuch are all members of the German Psychoanalytical Association, the contributions are international rather than national. In addition to German contributions, the volume contains papers by American, Dutch, French, and Swiss psychoanalysts. This may, to some extent, explain the variety and diversity of what is offered in this volume, not only in terms of the topics, but also in regard to approaches and styles. The Jahrbuch is not a book that lends itself easily to being read as a whole. On the other hand, every psychoanalyst will find more than one contribution in it which will be of interest to him or her.