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Beginning with this issue the Editors of The Psychoanalytic Review are pleased to present an expanded section on Clinical Notes. Our intent is to furnish a forum for those clinicians who find much of interest in their interaction with various patients but who have not yet worked out the theoretical implications of all that has transpired. Oftentimes a particular incident, or series of incidents, will take place with one or more patients, which seem somehow to assume an aura of significance that is out of proportion to the events themselves. At times these occurences may seem to fit in a striking way a particular aspect of psychoanalytic theory, and this forum may thus serve as an illustration of theory which has already been set forth. At other times, however, clinical events may appear to contradict psychoanalytic theory as it now stands, or to hint at new theoretical developments which have not yet been evolved.
The Editors would wish these Clinical Notes to stand for especially interesting or even intriguing encounters with patients, which have left the therapist in wonder, in doubt, or even in awe. In these selections there need not be any specific reference to already established theory or to other writers, although there may be such reference if the writer wishes. However, any extensive theoretical discussion or reference to the literature would most likely place the contribution outside the Clinical Notes section and into consideration as our more typical journal article.
Our readers are hereby urged to submit their own clinical encounters with patients who have made a lasting impression upon them.