Editorial

In this issue, four original papers and one brief communication are presented. Four of the authors are Scandinavian psychoanalysts, and one of the authors, a Professor of Sociology, is from Germany.

Lars Christian Opdal from Norway has written the first paper with the title Erotization of the analytic situation. In this paper, erotized phenomena are understood as an expression of basic needs in an erotized form. The clinical picture of the phenomenon and its manifestation in the transference - countertransference relation is discussed and illustrated with a clinical example.

Johann August Schulein from Germany follows with a paper on the epistemological status of psychoanalysis, entitled Science and psychoanalysis. Misunderstandings and misconceptions of the scientific status of psychoanalysis from external critics as well as internal defenders are described, and the author tries to find a way out of this predicament elaborating on the concept of connotative theories. The paper was originally given as an oral presentation at the University of Copenhagen, May 2006 on the occasion of the anniversary of Freud's 150^th birthday.

Anneli Larmo from Finland proceeds with the paper Sibling rivalry and the structuring of the mind. This important and neglected issue is discussed with focus on sibling rivalry in the psychoanalytic situation, represented by the analyst's other patients. Clinical vignettes serve as illustrations.

Imre Scecsody from Sweden introduces the work and life of Sandor Ferenczi in the final paper Sandor Ferenczi - the first intersubjectivist. The author stresses Ferenczi's central role in the history of psychoanalysis and the paradox between his importance for the development of psychoanalytic therapy and the fact that many of his contributions are unknown, at least to a Scandinavian audience, because many of his publications have not been translated into any of the Scandinavian languages.

In the section Reports and Brief Communications, Henrik Enckell from Fi