The text discusses the challenges faced by children in care and the efforts to reunite them with their families. It emphasizes the importance of planning and cooperation between various services, including the City’s Psychiatric Service, the Probation Service, and the Family Service Unit, in cases involving personality difficulties. The report is recommended for those interested in the work of Children’s Officers and the administration of the Children Act. The book "Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality" by W. Ronald D. Fairbairn is reviewed. It contains papers over 20 years, with postscripts clarifying the author's current views. The book is divided into three parts: theory of personality structure, clinical papers, and applied psycho-analysis. The author is praised for his keen observation and original thinking. Part 2 and 3 show less original views as they are based on earlier psycho-analytic thought. Part 3 includes an article on war neurosis, emphasizing separation anxiety and its interaction with traumatic experiences. In Part One, Fairbairn argues that libido is object-seeking, not pleasure-seeking, and refutes Freud's pleasure principle. He redefines emotional development, emphasizing the role of the ego in regulating relationships. He relates his theory of personality structure to modern physics, where energy and matter are inseparable. The author proposes a theory of endopsychic structure, including a central ego, an internal saboteur, and a libidinal ego. This theory is original and likely to provoke debate, but it is stimulating and should encourage further research. The author also applies his theory to group behavior, contributing to social psychiatry.The text discusses the challenges faced by children in care and the efforts to reunite them with their families. It emphasizes the importance of planning and cooperation between various services, including the City’s Psychiatric Service, the Probation Service, and the Family Service Unit, in cases involving personality difficulties. The report is recommended for those interested in the work of Children’s Officers and the administration of the Children Act. The book "Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality" by W. Ronald D. Fairbairn is reviewed. It contains papers over 20 years, with postscripts clarifying the author's current views. The book is divided into three parts: theory of personality structure, clinical papers, and applied psycho-analysis. The author is praised for his keen observation and original thinking. Part 2 and 3 show less original views as they are based on earlier psycho-analytic thought. Part 3 includes an article on war neurosis, emphasizing separation anxiety and its interaction with traumatic experiences. In Part One, Fairbairn argues that libido is object-seeking, not pleasure-seeking, and refutes Freud's pleasure principle. He redefines emotional development, emphasizing the role of the ego in regulating relationships. He relates his theory of personality structure to modern physics, where energy and matter are inseparable. The author proposes a theory of endopsychic structure, including a central ego, an internal saboteur, and a libidinal ego. This theory is original and likely to provoke debate, but it is stimulating and should encourage further research. The author also applies his theory to group behavior, contributing to social psychiatry.