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Makari on the Anxieties in Today’s NYTimes
Makari’s brief but articulate and scholarly historical sweep about anxiety in today’s NYTimes Opinionator puts psychoanalysis back in play about the anxieties. After a short vignette, Makari runs through time to give a history of the anxieties, from Latin “anxietas,” through Catholic priest’s interventions, short-circuited by the Reformation, and the medicalization of this experience, beginning in 1621. Ultimately, Makari, thinking of his prospective patient, prepares himself for the “worry … a thread that led back to psychic burdens” and invites him into his office. Listen to how he invites us to think more carefully about our anxieties, including our relevance in today’s clinical practice.
N. Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor
Click Here to Read: In the Arcadian Woods By George Makari in the New York Times on April 16, 2012.