Abstracts of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 062 645 CG 007 130 AUTHOR Rothgeb, Carrie Lee, Ed. TITLE Abstracts of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. INSTITUTION National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW)Chevy Chase, Md. National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information. SPONS AGENCY Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 71 NOTE 237p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$9.87 DESCRIPTORS *Abstracts; *Mental Health; Mental Health Programs; *Psychiatry IDENTIFIERS *Freud (Sigmund) ABSTRACT in order to make mental health-related knowledge available widely and in a form to encourage its use, the National Institute of Mental Health collaborated with the American Psychoanalytic Association in this pioneer effort to abstract the 23 volumes of the "Standard Edition of Freud." The volume is a comprehensive compilation of abstracts, keyed to all the psychoanalytic concepts found in the James Strachey edition of Freud. The subject index is designed as a guide for both the professional and the lay person.(TL) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG- INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY , NlatioriallCleartnghouse for Mental Health Information -79111111 i i` Abstracts prepared under Contract No. HSM-42-69-99 with Scientific Literature Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 , 2 1- CG 007130 0 ABSTRACTS of The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud Edited by 7, CARRIE LEE ROTHGEB, Chief Technical Information Section National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE Health Services and Mental Health Administration National Inst;tute of Mental Health 5600 Fishers Lane rIN Rockville, Maryland 20852 C.D 3 DHEW Publication No. (HSM) 72-9001 Printed 1971Reprinted 1972 I* For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $1.75 Stock Number 1724-0139 4 FOREWORD The mental health needs of our Nation are being met in a variety of waysone of them the important area of dissemination and integration of existing knowledge. We at the National Institute of Mental Health are convinced that those responsible for research and training in mental health, regardless of their theoretical persuasions, stand to benefit from theinfusion of new knowledgeto stimulate their critical processes and to contribute to the growing body of scientific knowledge through their fresh appraisals. Such benefits and contributions are enhanced and facilitated when interpreted and acted upon in the light of existing knowledge. An important aim of the Institute, through its National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information, is to make that knowledge available widely and in a form to encourage its use. In this spirit, the Clearinghouse collaborated with the American Psychoanalytic Association in a pioneer effort to abstract the Standard Edition of Freud. While we recognize that Freud's theoretical concepts are representative of but one school of thought in psychiatry, we are certain they are unique in the dialogues they have stimulated, in the research they have fostered, and in the contribution they have made to major therapeutic efforis. This, then, is one step toward var ultimate aim of providing access to knowledge that will promote far ranging investigation of ahost of philosophies and approaches. Abstracts of the Standard Edition of Freud is a comprehensive compilation of abstracts, keyed to all the psychoanalytic concepts found in the Standard Edition of Freud edited by James Stachey. The index is designed as a guide for both the professional and the lay person. We feel the abstracts will spur further inquiry to lead to more efficient investigation. This volume is symbolic of the NIMH effort, through the National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information to aid the communication process. In this, the twenty-fifth anniversary year of the National Mental Health Act, it is fitting not only that we look to future advances in the mental health sciences but also that we gain a greater perspective of past contributions. This work serves as a model of what can be done and what will be done with incrvoing frequency by the Institute and, just as importantly, by others. BERTRAM S. BROWN, M.D. Director 00 PREFACE The publication during the past 18 years of the definitiveEnglish language edition of the psychological writings of Sigmund Freud hasbeen a milestone achievement for psychoanalysis, for the behavioral sciences, and for the advancementof scientific thought and intellectual progress in general. These 23 volumes of the Standard Edition (it isexpected that a final 24th Index volume will be published shortly) with their camfuland fluent translation and the thoughtful and extensive synthesizing editorial notesby the late James Strachey and his coworkers have become a unique educational and research sourcefor the graduate psychoanalyst, for the advanced psychological practitioner andresearch worker, as well as for students and workers in the broad area of thebehavioral sciences. The present volume consisting of abstracts ofeach paper and editor's notes comprising the complete Standard Edition is anoutgrowth of the combined persistent interests and efforts of the Committee onIndexing of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Nationzl Clearinghouse for Mental HealthInformation (NIMH). The work of the Committee on Indexing in the preparationand quality control of these abstracts has been strongly supported and encouragedconsistently by the presiding officers, the ExecutiveCouncil, and theentire membership of the American Psychoanalytic Association. It must be understood and appreciated that any attempt toabstract the uniquely literate, closely reasoned writings of Sigmund Freud with theirclear, relevant (at times, vivid) clinical examples is an extremely difficult and challenging task.The revised translations of Freud's works in the Standard Editionposed major problems (see Standard Edition vol. I, General Preface, pp. xviii - xx) in terms of accuracyand meaning; the difficulties in abstracting from these translations areequally monumental. The fact that the abstracting has been attempted at all is an achievement,and a tribute to those who accepted the challenge, especially the National Clearinghousefor Mental Health Information and the professional abstracting service with which itworked. To the experienced and serious student of Freud's writings and concepts,there will certainly be seen gaps and areas of incompleteness in someof the abstracts, partly due to the intrinsic difficulties mentioned above, and partly to therequirements and rigors of an important and complex computerization project seeking to indexand abstract the current behavioral science literature (with the limitation of each abstract to amaximum of 350 words). During the course of the abstracting project, various additionsand revisions were suggested by the Committee on Indexing (aided by severaladvanced psychoanalytic candidates from the Division of Psychoanalytic Education, DownstateMedical Center, State University of New York, and of the New YorkPsychoanalytic Institute). As many as possible of these corrections have beenincorporated into the final text. Despite these limitations, the abstracts intheir present form should be of inestimable value to those individuals who are interested in aninitial understanding of the major concepts of psychoanalysis seen in a historical context asdeveloped by Sigmund Freud. While they will be of considerable assistance in termsof general reference and survey to the graduate psychoanalyst, theywill offer tremendous advantages and scope to all workers in the behavioral sciences. Here we maycertainly include psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists and psychiatric social workers, aswell as college, graduate, and medical students who are developing or continuing afurther and deeper interest and understanding of classical psychoanalysis. Among other incidental yet 1 important uses of these abstracts will be their contribution to the development and publication of an additional index to the Standard Edition. The publication of these abstracts on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the National Mental Health Act seems an unusually felicitous and appropriate way of honoring Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis, and the spirit of the legislative act that ushered in a national recognition of the significance of the solution of mental health problems affecting the people of the United States. BERNARD D. FINE, M.D., F.A.P.A. Chairtnan, Committee on Indexing American Psychoanalytic Association 7 vi EDITOR'S PREFACE Work was begun on the abstracting of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (James Strachey, ed., Hogarth Press, London) in order to make these abstracts available through the computer search system of the National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information. It soon became evident that their utility could be greatly enhanced by providing a printed volume of all abstracts and a subject index. This publication was, therefore, prepared to fill a pressing need regarding secondary reference to Freud's work. The accession number assigned to each abstract relates the Tyson and Strachey "Chronological Hand-list of Freud's Works" (International Journal of Psycho-analysis,