Dear Colleagues,
During this American holiday week, thoughts of democracy come to the forefront of one’s mind. As a theory and an approach to human beings, psychoanalysis reigns supreme in egalitarianism. I am therefore especially proud today to give you the latest offerings on the international psychoanalytic website, as we disseminate it to the world. Please note that for the sake of brevity I have eliminated repeat posts. Enjoy.
My current choices include:
1) We all celebrate the appointment of our new JAPA Editor, Bonnie E. Litowitz. Please note all her accomplishments. This is a well deserved honor and our gain.
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2) As always, I recommend the BOOKS, esp. the Letters of Sigmund Freud & Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis edited by E. James Lieberman and Robert Kramer. This is a very clear review of the book and a succinct portrait of the relationship between Freud and Rank as well as Rank’s clairvoyant perception of human relationships, exceeding that of the master.
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3) Equally clear are Nathan Szajnberg’s and Zvi Lothane’s comments on Eran Rolnik’s Review of Freud in Zion.
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4) I will always be grateful to Lewis Carroll for creating “Alice in Wonderland” who was my role model whenever the world seemed too “far out” to be logical. Please read this review.
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5) in her special paper written for our website, Jane Hall wrote: “The psychoanalyst and the jazz musician have something in common: the magic and spontaneity of improvisational interaction,”
Please read her very thoughtful paper on the art of listening in conducting our work of psychoanalysis.
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6) Teens and Antidepressants:
a)Judy Bolton-Fasman’s comments in the NYT are somewhat unclear, not completely accurate (whatever that is) but worth reading – the comments by readers are also quite perceptive;
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b) Katherine Sharpe’s comments on “the Medication Generation” are thoughtful.
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7) Please read Dan Littauer ‘s tribute to the late Richard Isay.
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8) The political/psychological question of the century of how a demagogue leader can sway the masses is (to some of us UNsurprisingly) masterfully tackled by Zvi Lothane in his paper on the “Mass Psychology of the Led and the Leaders: Masses & Mobs, democracy and Demagogues or how Prejudice of the Leader* this is a must read.
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9) Is brain imaging reproducible? some serious questions about the method exist.
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List of Contents:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. APsaA: New JAPA Editor Named
a) Children of the Internet generation by Bonnie E. Litowitz on this website. b) Only Connect by Bonnie Litowitz on this website.
c) Bonnie Litowiz*s Discussion of Leopold Nosek*s paper at the IPA Chicago Congress
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the selection of Bonnie Litowitz, Ph.D. as the next Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA). Dr. Litowitz was recommended by the JAPA Editor Search Committee and confirmed by the Executive Committee. Dr. Litowitz*s five-year term will *.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
II. Papers on InternationalPsychoanalysis.net
Below find a list of papers posted on InternationalPsychoanalysis.net from 2009 to the present. Those not published in any other venue are marked with *UN.*
Chase, H.E. (April 1911). Freud*s Theories of the Unconscious. The North Carolina High School Bulletin, April 1911, pp. 110-121 September 7th, 2009
Other/Wise, The Online Journal of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Volume 2, Fall 2009.
September 16th, 2009
UN Pearls From Tears: The Poetry of Irene Klepfisz by Arlene Kramer Richards from the IPTAR Arts Symposium on October 25, 2009. October 27th, 2009
UN International Conference: BODY, PSYCHOSIS AND THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, Introduction to the conference by Riccardo Lombardi: November 6th, 2009
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
III. S.F. Center for Psychoanalysis gets new home
by Meredith May on the SFGate website on July 1, 2012.
Alyson Barrett, library director, shelves a book during the final move-in day at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, June 21, 2012. The library recently relocated from Pacific Heights to its new Natoma street location and is one of the largest independent psychoanalytic collections west of the Mississippi River. Photo: Stephen Lam, Special To The Chronicle / SF
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
B. In the BOOKS Category:
IV. Review: The Letters of Sigmund Freud & Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis edited by E. James Lieberman and Robert Kramer
to read *The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank * by James Chapman from The Ernest Becker Foundation blog on July 2, 2012, which reviews The Letters of Sigmund Freud & Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis edited by E. James Lieberman and Robert Kramer
please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
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V. New York Times science writer Nicholas Wade reviews two new books on Jewish genetics
*The Secret Life of Jewish Genes* by Nicholas Wade from Moment Magazine*s July/August 2012 issue.
The books reviewed here are Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People by Harry Ostrer and The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA by Jeff Wheelwright.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
VI. Review: Freud in Zion, by Eran Rolnik: By Nathan Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor
I review Freud in Zion hesitantly, as I hope to transmit its intellectual heft, while maintaining its style of a historical thriller.
Why should I have been surprised at the scholarly yet engaging style of Rolnik, this Israeli psychoanalyst?
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________ VII. All hail Alice and her 150 years of quiet scepticism
To amuse the Liddell sisters, Lewis Carroll created an enduring host of pompous eccentrics * and one defiant little girl who is not taken in in The Independent on July 1, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
C. In the EDITORIALS Category:
VIII. The dangers of systematic thought in psychoanalytic work: a riff on listening by Jane S. Hall
by Jane S. Hall. This is a special op-ed article written specifically for this website.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
IX. When Teenagers Need Antidepressants
by Judy Bolton-Fasman from The New York Times blog *Motherlode* on July 3, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
D. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
X. Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness * from the inside
on the TEDGlobal 2012 website in June 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XI. Anderson Cooper*s Coming Out Rattles China*s Closet
By Didi Kirsten Tatlow on the IHT Rendevous section of the International Herald Tribune website on July 5, 2012,
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XII. How to Make Optimism Work for You
by Jane E. Brody from The New York Times blog *The Optimistic Life* on July 2, 2012.
to read Brody*s original column on optimism from May 2012 please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/
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XIII. The Medication Generation
A reflective account of life on meds beginning in adolescence:
* I do know that for me, taking medication was a very mixed experience. It melted my sadness and lifted my despair. But it also*..
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XIV. Families brace for mental health cuts. Will other states follow Wisconsin?
By Lauren Hasler on the Open Center MSNBC website on June 30. 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XV. Insight: Newsletter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association
on July 2012..
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XVI. 18 days of upheaval at U-Va
by Paul Schwartzman, Daniel de Vise, Anita Kumar and Jenna Johnson in the Washington Post on June 30, 2012
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
E. In the OBITUARIES Category:
XVII. The late Richard Isay: Who cured psychiatry of gay *cures* Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
by Dan Littauer from Gay Star News on July 1, 2012, which pays tribute to Dr .Richard A Isay, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst played an essential role in turning the profession away from a gay *cure* therapy, who died last week.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
F. In the PAPERS Category:
XVIII. Mass Psychology of the Led and the Leaders: Masses and Mobs, Democracy and Demagogues Or how Prejudice of the Leader becomes Mass Paranoia With Some Thoughts on the Current World Events by Zvi Lothane,M.D.
This paper was originally published in International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 15:183-192, 2006.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XIX. Review: Freud in Zion, by Eran Rolnik: By Zvi Lothane
to read Zvi Lothane*s review of Freud in Zion: History of Psychoanalysis in Jewish Palestine/Israel 1918-1948 by Eran J. Rolnik please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/
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G. In the PHOTOGRAPHY Category:
XX. Photography Friday: Justin Richards
Photography Friday: Justin Richards
Justin is an aspiring cinematographer, who shoots stills on the side. This image was taken with a Holga 120 medium format camera in Garrison, NY. If you would like to have your photography considered for internationalpsychoanalysis.net*s Photography Friday, please email your jpegs to Joel Seligmann, the Photography Editor.
to view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
H. In the POETRY Category:
XXI. To all our readers:
I know you*ll understand that even Poetry Monday needs a vacation. We*re on holiday for July and August and will be back in September with a new featured poet.
Meanwhile, however, we will continue to read submissions. So, do scroll down for our guidelines and consider sending us your best new poems. We read everything carefully and get back to you more quickly than most.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
I. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXII. Controversial science of brain imaging
by Mahir Ozdemir from Scientific American on July 5, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXIII. Can spanking cause mental illness?
by Dr. Jennifer Shu from CNN.com on July 2, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXIV. Premature birth may increase the risk for serious mental illness in adolescence and young adulthood, a recent study reports.
to read *Early Birth May Pose Higher Risk to the Mind* by Nicholas Bakalar from The New York Times on July 2, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXV. More Women Look Over the Counter for a Libido Fix
by Abby Ellin from The New York Times on July 2, 2012.
Since Ms. B. entered her mid-40s, she says, sex has been more about smoke and mirrors than thunder and lightning. She is rarely if ever interested enough to initiate it with her partner of 10 years, and she does not reach climax during the act.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXVI. Bankers and the neuroscience of greed
by Ian Robertson from The Gaurdian on July 2, 2012.
The unconstrained power of bankers acts like a drug on their brains* reward systems, creating insatiable appetites.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXVII. Competitors Form Partnership to Develop Autism Drugs
By Andrew Pollack in The New York Times on June 19, 2012.
to read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.com/ ___________________________________________________________________
The above posts represent an array of interesting historical and current papers and comments on the evolution of psychoanalysis as well as its status in the current climate of medications and brain imaging. After choosing those that suit your interest, please write your comments on the website for our colleagues around the globe.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde