ABSTRACT
The Dutch Psychoanalytical Society was founded on 24 March 1917, as the seventh member Society of the International Psychoanalytical Association. Sigmund Freud sent his congratulations and best wishes for fruitful endeavours. The birth of the Society was not a sudden development. It had been preceded by several events, notably the first International Congress on Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychology and the Nursing of the Insane, held in Amsterdam in September 1907. The first paper presented to the newly founded Dutch Psychoanalytical Society was by J. H. van der Hoop and published in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. As the Netherlands had been neutral during the First World War, former enemies could meet there; and it was prosperous enough to stage the event. The Society's membership grew slowly during its first thirty years. From its founding, two subjects caused conflict within the Society. The first issue is lay analysis and the second issue is opposing the obligatory training analysis.
