The author and Editor of the journal, after giving a brief description of the main topic of this edition as expressed in the title and illustrating its focus on psychotherapeutic devices and new treatment requirements proceeds to summarise the specific content of each article linking them to the central theme. Particular attention goes to the anticipations of COIRAGS’s national congress.
Keywords: Epochal changes, COIRAGS’s national conference, Psychotherapeutic devices, Treatment needs, Group psychotherapy, Empirical research.