Saving psychoanalysts: Ernest Jones and the Isakowers.

War and the Practice of Psychotherapy: The UK Experience 1939–1960

During the Second World War, it is argued, ‘‘the neuroses of battle’’ not only deepened an understanding of ‘‘psychopathological mechanisms’’, but also created opportunities for the practice of psychotherapy, while its perceived efficacy led to a broader acceptance within medicine and society once peace had returned. This recognition is contrasted with the aftermath of the First World War when ...

Ernest William Hey Groves

Attributional biases among clinicians: a comparison of psychoanalysts and behavior therapists.

We assessed the attributional style of psychoanalysts, behavior therapists, and nontherapists by using a mail survey. Respondents listed causal explanations for three hypothetical problems experienced by either themselves, their friends, or their clients. Results indicated that (a) psychoanalysts gave more dispositional explanations than situational explanations, whereas the reverse was true fo...

Excerpts from Ernest Jones’ Essay: THE OEDIPUS-COMPLEX AS AN EXPLANATION OF HAMLET'S MYSTERY: A STUDY IN MOTIVE

The Modified Lennard-Jones and Devonshire Equation of State

Lennard-Jones-Devonshire equation of state is an old but theoretical based EOS. The concept of the nearest neighboring molecules or coordination number is proposed to be a function of temperature and volume, whereas it is a constant in the original. The dilute gas and hard sphere limits of molecules are employed to determine this function. Improvement of this modification is demonstrated by pro...