Excerpt from Psychotherapy in the Soviet Union<br><br>The collection of papers that follows was read at the last conference on psychotherapy in the Soviet Union (moscow, There is a marked shift of emphasis in research since the preceding conference of the same kind, held in 1948. I. P. Pavlov's influence remains, true enough, as strong as ever. But increas ing attention is being paid now to the use of sugges tion, hypnosis, and speech therapy in general; in fact, almost all papers contained in the book have something to say concerning these methods of treat ment. Alcoholism is obviously on the increase and calls for a more vigorous and advanced study. Psycho analysis, previously much criticized, receives hardly any mention at all.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.