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A compendium of results of psychotherapy with adults was published a few years ago by Eysenck (16). It included reports from 24 sources on more than 8,000 cases treated by an assortment of psychotherapeutic techniques. The average percentage of cases reported as improved (i.e., cured, improved, much improved, adjusted, well, etc.) is about 6S. 1 Eysenck's control or baseline data estimating the remission rate in the absence of formal psychotherapy come from two sources. Those of Landis (32) for hospitalized neurotics, and those of Denker ( 14) for neurotics treated at home by general practitioners, show similar remission rates of about 70% for a 2-year period. Comparing these figures with the average for the treated cases, Eysenck concluded, "... roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not" (16, p. 322). He concludes further that "the figures fail to support the hypothesis that psychotherapy, facilitates recovery from neurotic disorder" (16, p. 323).The difficulties attending an evaluation of psychotherapy have been detailed many times, most recently by Rosenzweig (47) in a 1 The data, however, are not quite as "remarkably stable from one investigation to another" as Eysenck appears to believe. The 19 reports of the results of eclectic therapy differ significantly among themselves when frequencies of improvement and nonimprovement are compared. A chi square is 38.11 with a p beyond the .01 level for 18 degrees of freedom. Eysenck's point is nonetheless basically reasonable; the range of per cent improvement of from 41 to 77 represents considerable stability when one considers the differences in population, chronology, treatment, classification, and terminology among the studies.

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SYNOPSIS IN INTERLINGUA OCCLUSION IN JUVENILES CON PARALYsE CEREBRAL.—Esseva studiate comparativemente le occlusion de 124 juveniles con paralyse cerebral e de 141 juveniles sin ille defecto physic. Le incidentia de bruxismo inter le juveniles con paralyse cerebral esseva 44 pro cento, i.e., un incidentia plus que duo vices plus alte que in le gruppo de controlo. Morsura antero-aperte esseva presente in ambe gruppos, sed iste condition esseva plus sever in le gruppo con paralyse cerebral. A base de iste studio, on pote concluder quo malocclusion e factores afficiente le occlusion negativemente non se trova plus frequentemente in juveniles con paralyse cerebral.

Nonprostitute women in the sadomasochism (S/M) subculture have been believed to be rare. A sample of 45 women from the S/M subculture of whom 34 were determined to be nonprostitutes was obtained. This sample is compared with a similar sample obtained by Breslow et al. (1985). Despite methodological differences between the present investigation and that of Breslow et al., interstudy similarities permit conclusions about women in the S/M subculture in addition to the fact that they occur with sufficient frequency to study. The women become aware of their orientation as young adults and most are satisfied with it. They tend to be better educated and less often married than the general population. A majority designate themselves as heterosexual but a substantial minority are bisexual. They tend more often to prefer the submissive role but preference for the dominant role or no preference are found with considerable frequency. Oral sex and bondage are favored activities.

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