2001 Michael Balint Memorial Lecture

British Balint Society 14TH MICHAEL BALINT MEMORIAL LECTUREThe 14th Michael Balint memorial Lecture was given at the Royal College of general Practitioners on Tuesday 24 April 2001 by Dr John Salinsky who is a General practitioner and general secretary of the International Balint Federation. The lecture is given under the auspices of the Balint Society every second year.John Salinsky's title was: “BALINT GROUPS AND PSYCHO-ANALYSIS: WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS DONE FOR US?”. He began by recalling the origins of the Balint movement in the 1950s and noted that Michael Balint and his psycho-analyst colleagues wanted to off…