[2] At the onset of World War II he moved to a psychiatric unit in Glasgow, expecting a wave of mentally scarred soldiers.
He published a number of articles on psychoanalytic subjects, from object relations theory to group therapy, both singly and co-authored; as well as having an extensive private practice.
[6] His work in the United States played a significant part in opening up ego psychology to the object relations tradition.
[7] After his return to Edinburgh in 1968, he was instrumental in the formation in 1972 of the Scottish Institute of Human Relations, SIHR, which became a sister 'outpost' north of the border, of the Tavistock Clinic, London, and was sometimes referred to as the 'MacTavi'.
[8] The Scottish Institute had offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow and was finally dissolved in 2013 after over forty years of operation as a professional body.