Jahrbuch Der Psychoanalyse: Beitrage Zur Theorie Und Praxis. Band V. (The Yearbook of Psychoanalysis: Theoretical and Clinical Contributions, Vol. V). Edited by Gerhart Scheunert, Bern and Stuttgart:  Verlag Hans Huber, 1968.  148 pp.

The papers printed in this volume were delivered at the Seventh International Congress for Psychotherapy, which was held in Wiesbaden, Germany in August 1967. All essays are printed in German. The bibliographies, for the greater part, cite predominantly American publications.

The central theme of the volume deals with the interrelationship between psychoanalysis and sociology. Dr. Max Horkheimer (Germany) discusses the relationship between psychoanalysis and sociology from a sociological point of view. Dr. John P. Spiegel (America) examines the same topic from a psychoanalytic point of view. Dr. Warner Muensterberger (America), in his paper on “Psyche and Milieu,” shows how psychoanalytic thinking is applied in helping a person to grow into his own culture. Dr. H. E. Richter (Germany) describes the fruitful interaction of psychoanalysis and sociology, which has widened our concepts of psychotherapy when applied to the family. Dr. Michael Balint (England) summarizes the results of twenty years of his work, during which physicians have become oriented towards understanding psychosomatic symptoms in the light of emotional conflicts of individual patients.

The papers bring together essential psychoanalytic opinions as they prevail on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.