This monograph contains in the form of a report, an extensive study of the author's experiences during the recent war, as a psychotherapist in an Army convalescent hospital. The patients he dealt with were neurotically ill. Hypnosis was applied as an integral part of their treatment. The cases introduced and discussed in this book are selected from a large number and aim to illustrate the different forms of war neuroses. Various methods of psychotherapeutic approach are being discussed, especially hypnosis. The author maintains that hypnosis is not always “harmless,” as the popular opinion claims.

“Any psychotherapeutic method which can constructively alter personality structure is strong enough to do harm” (page 355).

The variety of experiences is very well represented and analyzed with a detachment befitting a scholarly minded author. The book is of value not only for psychiatrists but also for sociologists and social workers.