A session ofthe annual meeting ofthe A merican Psychiatric Association in Dallas, Tex. , on May 2, 1972 (a joint panel with the A merican A cademy of Psychoanalysis), was devoted to “ Changing Styles in Psychiatric Syndromes.” The participants were: John L. Schimel, M.D. , Associate Director, William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute, New York City, and Chairman ofthe Committee on Programs. A merican A cademy of Psychoanalysis. Leon Salzman, M. D. , Deputy Director, Bronx State Hospital, and Clinical Professor ofPsychiatry, Albert Einstein College ofMedicine, New York City. Paul Chodoff M. D. , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, D.C. Roy R. Grinker, Sr. , M. D. , Director, Institutefor Psychosomatic Research and Training, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, and Professor of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Otto A. Will, Jr., M.D., Medical Director, A usten Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Mass. Their papers are abstracted below.