The 1972 Fall Meetings of the Association will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, in the week beginning Monday, November 27, 1972, about 2 weeks earlier than has been customary in recent years.
Experienced Association observers predict a record breaking registration at this meeting.
The first meetings of the Preparatory Commissions of the National Conference on Psychoanalytic Education and Research (COPER) will take place on Monday. The Meeting of Members on Saturday, December 2nd at 8:30 a.m. will hold elections for President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer and Councilors-at-Large.
High on the list of issues to be discussed during the week will be problems of insurance coverage of therapy, confidentiality, A.M.A. approval of post-graduate training, and the question of meeting locations. Dr. Francis McLaughlin, Chairman of the Board on Professional Standards and Dr. James T. McLaughlin, Secretary, who have served since 1970, will preside over their final meeting of the Board on Wednesday, November 29th.
Dr. John Frosch, Editor of the Journal of the APsaA and Dr. Nathaniel Ross, Associate Editor, will be feted by the Editorial Board upon their retirement, and Council's choice of a new Editor will be announced.
The Scientific Program will begin on Thursday with 18 Discussion Groups, an Interdisciplinary Colloquium and 3 sections for candidates. Dr. Nathan P. Segel, Chairman of the Program Committee, introduced the latter innovation, having observed enthusiastic interest in participation by candidates.
On Friday, the Chairman and Secretary of the Board will be Chairman and Reporter of a panel “From the Work of the Board on Professional Standards”, and 4 Chairmen of major Board committees will participate. Other panels will be “Indications and Contra-Indications for Child Analysis: Current Views”; “Technique and Prognosis in the Treatment of Narcissism” and the last in a series of three panels, jointly sponsored by the Association for Child Psychoanalysis. Sunday afternoon will be given over to meetings of Interdisciplinary Colloquia, Seminars and a Discussion Group. Individual scientific papers will be scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Two cocktail parties are planned for the meeting — on Friday and Saturday evenings.