ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the twentieth century, early case reports dealing with the psychotherapy of psychotic patients were presented by several psychoanalysts from different orientations, e.g. Jung, Maeder, Spielrein and the Swede Poul Bjerre (see Chapters 4 and 12). The most signi®cant pioneer in this area was, however, Freud's faithful student and fellow worker Paul Federn (1871±1950) from Vienna. For rather a long time he was also the only European psychoanalyst whose interest in the development of psychoanalytic treatment of psychoses appeared to be sustained.
