[Participation of spouses of neurotic inpatients on the neurotic's views pertaining to their superiors and place of employment].

In a total of 72 sessions, 40 neurotic patients and their partners in marriage, who were interrogated separately, expressed their views of the superiors and employers of the patients. Statistical analyses showed that there was a great similarity between the comments made by the patients and their spouses. The basic psychodynamic process of identification was considered responsible for this. Six modes of identification with the neurotic partner were described. Also discussed by the author are the value and limits of "objective anamnesis". The need for including the entire family in the program of therapy is pointed out.