The authors announce that “This publication contains the results of an investigative work to which every member of the Staff of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis has in some way contributed—a concerted effort both to define those basic principles which make possible a shorter and more efficient means of psychotherapy and, whenever possible, to develop specific techniques of treatment.” Part I sets forth the principles of psychoanalytic therapy with its scope and pathway of development, while Part II deals with its application. In this second part one finds a wide variety of case studies illustrating the reaction types and syndromes encountered in medical practice. The workers at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis are well known for their contributions to the field of psychodynamics and the present volume which is based on 292 Institute