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The article reports that not many years ago, Rorschach's test was conceived largely as a diagnostic instrument, and it was common knowledge that one did not cure patients merely by diagnosing their disorder. The present paper offers the suggestion that certain of the so-called projective tests may be employed in such a manner that their use will have a distinct psychotherapeutic effect. This psychotherapeutic effect is to be considered as the primary purpose for which the particular projective technique is to be used, the relative value of this particular form of therapy is to be used.

A bibliography on the subject of personnel psychology is presented which includes the books "Manager Selection, Education and Training," by Williard E. Bennett, "Therapeutic Psychology: Fundamentals of Counseling and Psychotherapy," by Lawrence M. Brammer and "Personnel: The Human Problems of Management," by George Strauss and Leonard R. Sayles.

Focuses on the clinical presentation of the young man identified with the puer aeternus archytype. Use of dream as part of the therapeutic process; Discussion of the selected aspect of the dream in terms of the puer aeternus identification; Tentative use of interpretations and confrontation.

This article presents information on an announcement made by the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, published in the September 1, 1972 issue of the journal "Psychophysiology." Its Sixth Annual Meeting will be held between October 6, 1972 and October 8, 1972 at the New York Hilton Hotel, New York city.

The article discusses the study of therapist behavior. An important aspect of the operation of clinics which evaluate the probable response of patients to behavior therapy is the diagnostic interview of the patient by an experienced staff member. An attempt is made in such an interview to decide various questions, such as the nature of the disabilities present, the need for further examinations or referrals, the wisdom of the referral to this particular clinic, the probable response of the patient to behavior therapy, the indicated major areas to work on in behavior therapy, the therapist most likely to be effective, etc.

The article presents information on proceedings of several society of analytical psychology across the world. It includes proceedings of "Society of Analytical Psychology," at London , England. The major discussions at the society's analytical group include "What's wrong with the analytical group?" by D. Ogden, "What is analysis?" by C. Bosanquet, M. Fordham and R. Strauss, "Ethics of analysis and behaviour therapy," by A. Plaut and V. Meyer, "Envy and the Shadow," by J. Hubback, "Clinical aspects of timing in analysis," by D. Holt.

The article presents a case of a patient who felt untouched, in spite all his careful hard work and devoted work on his unconscious. The patient met the author with two large, well-filled notebooks to prove how faithfully he had worked on his unconscious. During psychoanalysis, the author found that this man's life reflected same passivity and lack of involvement that he showed towards the unconscious. He had a nasty temper and mean due to which he was disliked by others. He felt exaggerated concern over his disagreeable behavior.

The article reports on the behavior therapy and target symptoms of the patients. This study describes three cases treated by behavior therapy, where treatment aimed at the target symptom also brought about other changes, which had seemed unrelated to the presenting symptom. The remarkable aspect of the whole treatment procedure is that the patient has lost all interest in homosexual and transvestite activities, although no specific treatment was directed towards his sexual deviations. The patient himself was even more grateful for the disappearance of his sexual perversions than for his recovery from the traffic phobia.

The article presents information on a psychological research related to anxiety and self-acceptance. In many studies anxiety is often associated with inflexible thought. This study tested the suggested relationship between self acceptance and anxiety and compared the relationship of each with several measures of open-mindedness. The study concluded that anxiety, even when formed as a trait may be defined as a threat to the self.

An attempt was made to reconcile discrepant findings in the size constancy performance of poor premorbid, process, non-paranoid schizophrenic men. It was postulated that an impairment of basic cognitive skills, and particularly of conservation, differentiates schizophrenics and normals, and under-constant and over-constant non-paranoid schizophrenics, and that this and an associated primitive visual centration effect may lead to paradoxical over-constancy for some schizophrenics. The results confirm that schizophrenics may be both under- and over-constant, and that they exhibit significantly low levels in primitive cognitive operations. The latter abnormalities are particularly marked in over-constant schizophrenics, for whom there is strong evidence of centration with a distant standard. Contradictory findings of over- as well as under-constancy in non-paranoid schizophrenics may thus be a function, apart from other determinants, of differences in the availability of conserving operations, and differences in centration strategies, where the latter would be influenced by characteristics of the experimental display. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which determines the efficacy of covert positive reinforcement for treating obesity and its differential effects of treatment upon application. During the investigation process, 60 female students having ten or more pounds overweight have been randomly selected from several respondents who volunteered to undergo weight reduction program. The subjects were asked to fill out four questionnaires and attended an introductory session to describe the study regarding the comparison of two treatment procedures for weight reduction. The results indicated that the subjects treated with covert positive reinforcement have lost more weight than those assigned to the minimal treatment control condition.

The article presents a case study of a woman who complained of a fear of earthworms. The disorder seemed to be monosymptomatic and she was referred to the psychologist for behavior therapy. Discussion with the patient which might be construed as psychotherapy was avoided. Overtly the patient-therapist relationship involved an initial interview to determine a stimulus gradient, instructions for the deconditioning procedures, the therapist's presence during most of these procedures, receiving the patient's introspections about her anxiety, checking on her anxiety by measuring skin resistance in the laboratory, and encouragement in muscular relaxation in the final stages involving the close presence of large worms.

Announces the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy's 8th annual meeting to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from November 1 to 3, 1974. Venue of the convention; Contact information.

This article presents information on the 8th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy between November 1-3, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois.