British object-relations theorists and self psychology: some critical reflections.

This survey of six major British object-relations theorists examines the ways in which their ideas anticipated self psychology. The work of Ian Suttie is first considered as a relatively undiscovered but significant member of this group. The work of W.

The doctor as a prescription for his patient.

In family practice, the doctor is called upon to respond psychotherapeutically to an enormous range of patient problems, and he is in an excellent position to do so. However, very few family doctors have had relevant and appropriate training for this task, for which traditional psychiatric teaching is inadequate. The Balint group is a training seminar whose aim is to enhance the physician's psychotherapeutic skills, in keeping with the unique demands and possibilities of family practice.

Psychodynamic changes in untreated neurotic patients. II. Apparently genuine improvements.

This work is part of a study of 45 neurotic patients who were seen for consultation at the Tavistock Clinic but who never received treatment, and who, by the time they were asked to come for follow-up, had never been interviewed by a psychiatrist more than twice in their whole lives. In a previous report, we described 13 patients who were at least "improved" on purely symptomatic criteria but whom we did not regard as improved on dynamic criteria. Here, we describe 11 patients who were judged to be improved on dynamic criteria.