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THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
SCIENTIFIC MEETING
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
8:15 p.m.
The Fear of Death & the Treatment of Dying Patients:
A Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist Updates our Concepts
Norman Straker, M.D.
Faculty, NYPSI
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Weill Cornell College of Medicine
Adjunct Lecturer, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Consultant, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Discussant: Jimmie Holland, M.D.
Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell College of Medicine
This presentation will demonstrate that the fear of dying is a far more common concern than is acknowledged in the psychoanalytic literature. Freud’s theories of anxiety have reinforced the denial of the fear of death. Several new concepts in the treatment of dying patients are recommended including: a more active approach by the analyst that 1) helps the patient “live with uncertainty,” 2) promotes optimal coping, by maintaining a common sense approach to defenses, 3) engages the patient in facing mortality and 4) accepts that the regressive transference occurs independent of the frequency of psychoanalytic visits.
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