Argentine
Psycho-Analytical Society (Report of) E. Pichon Riviere, Dr., : Secretary
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We have received the following report, which gives a full list of
papers read at meetings. Since this Branch Society was only recently
founded, the full report is published in its original form.
'Our activities during the years 1943 and 1944 have consisted of papers
read at meetings, courses of lectures and seminars, publications and
the establishment of the Muñoz Foundation. The statutes of
the Society were published in the Revista de Psicoanálisis,
the official organ of our Society, Vol. I, Part 4.
Papers
Read
1943
1. Dr. Angel Garma: 'The Genesis of Reality Testing.'
2. Dr. Enrique Pichon Riviere: 'Contribution to a Psycho-Analytical
Theory of Schizophrenia.'
3. Dr. Celes Ernesto Cárcamo: 'Impotence and Actual Neuroses.'
4. Dr. Arnaldo Rascovsky: 'Psychosomatic Considerations on the Sexual
Development of Children.'
5. Dr. Marie Langer: 'Analysis of a Case of Female Homosexuality.'
6. Dr. Celes Ernesto Cárcamo: 'Picture of the World in American
Aborigines.'
7. Dr. Enrique Pichon Riviere: 'The Dynamics of Epilepsy.'
8. Dr. Luis Rascovsky: 'Analysis of a Case of Fugue.'
9. Dr. Guillermo Ferrari Hardoy: 'Psychosomatic Investigation of
Coryza.'
10. Dr. Angel Garma: 'External Reality and the Instincts in Schizophrenia.'
1944
1. Professor Enrique Loedel Palumbo (by invitation): 'Psycho-Analysis
of some Metaphysical Terms.'
2. Dr. Luis Rascovsky: 'Analysis of a Case of Obsessional Neurosis.'
3. Mrs. Arminda A. de Pichon Riviere: 'Analysis of an Eleven-Year-Old
by the Use of Melanie Klein's Play Technique.'
Training
Activities
Number of Candidates: There are ten candidates in training, three
of whom are training in child analysis.
Lectures
and Seminars:
1943
Dr. A. Garma: Theoretical Seminar.-Dr. E. P. Riviere: Lectures
on Psycho-Analytical Psychiatry (held at the Hospicio de las Mercedes
(Mental Hospital).-Dr. A. Rascovsky: Introduction to Psychosomatic
Medicine (held at the Hospital de Niños (Children's Hospital)).
1944
Dr. A. Garma: Theoretical Seminar.-Dr. L. Rascovsky: Theoretical
Seminar.-Dr. C. E. Cárcamo: Seminar on Psycho-Analytical
Technique.-Dr. E. P. Riviere: Lectures on Psycho-Analytical Psychiatry
(held at the Hospicio de las Mercedes).-Dr. A. Rascovsky: Lectures
on Psychosomatic Medicine (held at the Hospital de Niños).
Publications
Revista de Psicoanálisis, published quarterly. Vols. I and
II have been completed.
Psychogenic Factors in Bronchial Asthma, by French and Alexander.
Spanish translation by Dr. A. Rascovsky.
Sadism and Masochism in Behaviour by Dr. A. Garma. In Spanish.
The Unknown Murderer by T. Reik. Spanish translation by Simón
Wencelblat.
The Sexual Cycle in Woman by T. Benedek and Rubinstein. Spanish
translation by Dr. A. Rascovsky (printing).
Institute
On December 7, 1943, the headquarters of the Argentine Psycho-Analytical
Society were inaugurated. They house the library and the offices
of the Editors of the Rivista de Psicoanálisis. Courses and
lectures are held there. In opening the Institute Dr. A. Garma,
the Society's President at the time, reviewed the work done in an
address later published in Vol. I, Part 3 of the Rivista.
Members
Cárcamo, Dr. Celes Ernesto, Callao 1565. 6° P. Dto. B.
Hardoy, Dr. Guillermo Ferrari, Rodriguez Peña 518.
Garma, Dr. Angel, Santa Fe 911. 4° P.
Langer, Dr. Marie, Arenales 3583. 2° P. Dto. B.
Riviere, Dr. Enrique Pichon, Santa Fe 1379. 9° P.
Rascovsky, Dr. Arnaldo, Santa Fe 2982. 4° P. Dto. G.
Associate
Member
Rascovsky, Dr. Luis, Larrea 934. 5° P.
Participation
in the First Congress of the Society of Neurology and Psychiatry
of Buenos Aires
The
Congress was held from November 12 to 20 and delegates from Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and from the city of Buenos Aires,
as well as from other cities in the interior of the Argentine Republic,
participated. At the opening meeting Dr. Pichon Riviere introduced
the Argentine Psycho-Analytical Society and stated the views of
psycho-analysis on the different medical disciplines. His address
was published in the Rivista, Vol. II, Part 3.
Papers
on psycho-analytical subjects read at the Congress were as follows:
Dr.
E. P. Riviere: 'Clinical Elements in the Prognosis of Schizophrenia.'
Dr. C. E. Cárcamo: 'The Contribution of Psycho-Analysis to
the Knowledge of Migraine.'
Dr. G. F. Hardoy: 'Psychodynamics of Stammering.'
Dr. A. Garma: 'Psychogenesis of Peptic Ulcer.'
Dr. Valentin Perez Pastorini (Uruguay): 'On the Value of Associative
Anamnesis in Psychosomatic Medicine.'
Dr. E. P. Riviere: 'Pathogenesis and Dynamics of Epilepsy.'
Drs. A. and L. Rascovsky: 'Psycho-Analytical Considerations on the
Precipitating Factor in 100 Cases of Child Epilepsy.'
Muñoz
Foundation
The Muñoz Foundation was instituted by Señor Francisco
Muñoz with the object of contributing to the advancement
of psycho-analysis. Its funds are used to subsidize the Rivista
de Psicoanálisis and the publication of books. Training loans
are granted to a few candidates to enable them to complete their
didactic analyses.'
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Transcripción literal del informe publicado: Pichon Rivière, E.
(1945) Argentine Psycho-Analytical Society. Bul. Int. Psychoanal.
Assn., 26:87-88.