The Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric Research Foundation
254 Kent Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
(610) 645-5524
3 April 2008
The Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric Research Foundation is pleased to invite all psychoanalytic candidates to attend the 39th Margaret S. Mahler Symposium on Child Development on Saturday, April 26, 2008. This year’s topic is: Dishonesty, Lying, and Inauthenticity: Developmental, Clinical, and Socio-Cultural Aspects.
The admission fee will be provided through the generosity of Dr. Michael Vergare and the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior of Jefferson Medical College along with a donation from Dr. Kenneth Chatelaine’s Estate. Dr. Chatelaine was particularly interested in the research on development by Dr. Mahler.
Registration and verification of candidacy will be necessary. For details, please see the flyer below. For questions, you my contact Mrs. Patricia Carr at: 856-354-9002 or patrizia.carr@att.net.
39TH ANNUAL MARGARET S. MAHLER SYMPOSIUM ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT
April 26, 2008, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Solis–Cohen Auditorium, Jefferson Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Co-sponsored by the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, The
Foundation of The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, and Thomas
Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Department of
Psychiatry and Human Behavior
DISHONESTY, LYING, AND INAUTHENTICITY:
Developmental, Clinical, and Socio-Cultural Aspects
PROGRAM
8:00 REGISTRATION – Continental Breakfast
8:30 ELISABETH KUNKEL, M.D. – Introduction
Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs,
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College
8:40 BERNARD FRIEDBERG, M.D. – Introduction
President, The Foundation of the Psychoanalytic
Center of Philadelphia
8:50 SALMAN AKHTAR, M.D. – Moderator
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson
Medical College; Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic
Center of Philadelphia
9:00 WHAT IT TAKES TO TELL A LIE
RUTH FISCHER, M.D. – Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine; Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of
Philadelphia
9:50 DISCUSSANT – GAIL EDELSOHN, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, Children’s Services, Department of
Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services, City of Philadelphia
10:10 AUTHENTICATION, IMPOSTURE, AND MALICIOUS LYING
LUCY LAFARGE, M.D., New York, NY
Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University Psychoanalytic
Center; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weil Cornell
Medical School, New York.
11:00 DISCUSSANT – HAROLD BLUM, M.D.
Executive Director, Sigmund Freud Achieves; Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New
York
11:20 DISCUSSION – by panelists, guests, and audience
12:00 LUNCHEON
1:30 LYING AND DECEITFULNESS IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS
MICHAEL STONE, M.D., New York, NY
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York
2:20 DISCUSSANT – DANIEL FREEMAN, M.D.
Faculty, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia; Associate Professor of
Psychiatry, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
2:40 DISCUSSION – by panelists, guests, and audience
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REGISTRATION FORM
39TH ANNUAL MARGARET S. MAHLER SYMPOSIUM ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Registration Fee – $145.00
Residents and Undergraduates – $75.00
NO REFUNDS AFTER APRIL 1, 2008
Make checks payable to: “TJU Department of Psychiatry” and send with
registration form to Melissa Nevin, 33 S. 9th Street, Suite 210-C,
Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Phone: 215-955-8421)
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The goal of the symposium is to discuss the ways in which human beings employ deceit and dishonesty in the service of defense, drive gratification, conscious and unconscious manipulativeness, narcissism, and sadomasochism. Attention will also be paid to constitutional, early childhood and current life variables that contribute to tendencies towards lying, deceptiveness, the resulting implicit or explicit cruelty. Previously published findings, data from empirical research, and clinical material from psychoanalysis and psychotherapy of children and adults will be presented to highlight the various theoretical and technical issues involved.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION/CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Medical Education (CME): This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The American Psychoanalytic Association and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for the physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Disclosure information is on record indicating that participating faculty members have no significant financial relationships to disclose.
Continuing Education for Psychologists (CE): The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
Continuing Education for Social Workers (CE): In accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated 12/23/06 [49 PA. CODE 47—49], the American Psychological Association (APA) is a pre-approved provider for social workers and clinical social workers in the State of Pennsylvania and the Psychoanalytic Center of
Philadelphia is approved to sponsor programs by the American Psychological Association.
BOOKS BASED UPON THE MARGARET S. MAHLER SYMPOSIA
• When the Body Speaks (1992)
• Thicker Than Blood (1999)
• Prevention in Mental Health (1993)
• Does God Help? (2000)
• Mahler and Kohut (1994)
Three Faces of Mourning (2001)
• The Birth of Hatred (1995)
Real and Imaginary Fathers (2004)
• The Internal Mother (1995)
The Language of Emotions (2005)
• Intimacy and Infidelity (1996)
Interpersonal Boundaries (2006)
• The Seasons of Life (1997)
Listening to Others (2007)
• The Colors of Childhood (1998)
• The Unbroken Soul (2008)