Jahrbuch Der Psychoanalyse: Beiträge Zur Theorie Und Praxis, Band IV ( Yearbook of Psychoanalysis: Theoretical and Clinical Contributions, Volume  IV). Edited by Gerhart Scheunert. Bern and Stuttgart:  Hans Huber, 1967.  267 pp.

This fourth Yearbook of Psychoanalysis, a publication of the German Psychoanalytic Association, is divided into three parts. The first five papers deal with general and theoretical contributions. The four papers of the second part discuss clinical material. The third part contains the names and addresses of the members of the German Psychoanalytic Association, the location of training centers for psychoanalysis, and activities and papers published by members of the Association. The literary contributions of members outside of Germany were not available at the time this book went to press.

Since this book is written in German, only a limited number of American colleagues will attempt to read these very erudite, informative and well-written papers. However, there are other considerations which make this volume an important contribution to the psychoanalytic movement. The third part of this book gives information about the present status of the German psychoanalytic movement. This is important information because from 1932 to 1945 psychoanalysis in Germany was dead. Rebuilding in postwar Germany involved not only restoring cities and stimulating commerce and industry but also required the re-creation of a psychoanalytic movement that would again widen the theoretical borders of knowledge and also serve as an instrument of cure.

According to this book, the West German Psychoanalytic Association has fifty members and thirty-one associates. Three of the members and three of the associates live in the United States. The two honorary members reside in England, and one associate works in Norway. Membership in the German Psychoanalytic Association is not restricted to medically trained psychoanalysts. Some of the members are psychologists, while others have no title behind their names.

The West German Psychoanalytic Association maintains five training institutes which are located at Berlin, Frankfurt, Giessen, Hamburg and Heidelberg. All five cities have universities with medica