Dear Colleagues,
As politics seem to be heating up,globally, nationally, locally and in our small world of psychoanalysis, our website reflects that conflicts, turmoils as well as the our work and research which goes on regardless of outside forces. With the fall foliage coming to full bloom, it is difficult to chose to read but I hope that the following posts will attract your interest.
My choices this week include:
1) I recommend the video interview in defense of the Humanities by Leon Wieseltier “No, Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers” on the New Republic Magazine website. Now more true than ever!
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2) Marilyn Monroe – forever the fascinating American actress- is the fascinating topic of Dr. Alma H. Bond’s talk on “what might have been if..”
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3) Please note the recently published Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis – to give us a greater perspective on our history and also on the contributions of Otto Rank.
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4) Also in the Books category, there is an excellent review of the “Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely.”
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5) Please note that we have a new category (deservedly devoted to children and childrearing ). Should be visited by all.
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6) The General News Category has too many posts for me to single out. Suffice it to say that in addition to the insurance issues regarding paying for mental health care, they are a trip down memory lane to a retrospective on the post WWII years from 1945 in Europe, Japan, Korea and the USA. Please take the journey! The juxtaposition of the difficulty in predicting violent behavior and the retrospective on WWII seems eerie.
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Below is the list of contents for the week:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. The Internet & your Adolescent with William H. Braun at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
CHILD & ADOLESCENT ANALYSIS DIVISION
DIALOGUES ON CHILDHOOD
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 8 *** 9:15 p.m.
The Internet & your Adolescent William H. Braun, Psy.D.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
II. Aby Warburg: Art, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis at the Helix Center
The Helix Center of NYPSI, la Fondation Agalma *** Gen**ve & the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York
invite you to Aby Warburg: Art, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis a symposium to be held on
Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th, 2013
at the Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium
of New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
247 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
III. Attachment of both Analyst and Analysand with Yikun Wu, Jun Tong, and Nathan Szajnberg at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 8 *** 10 p.m.
Attachment of both Analyst and Analysand: Match and Analytic Outcome in Chinese IPA Candidate Analysts and their Analysands
Yikun Wu, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, Visiting Scholar, Mills College
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
IV. Support Psychoanalysis and the Arts! with NYPSI
See Final Analysis Off-Broadway, and support NYPSI at the same time!
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is teaming up with Villa-Hauser Theatrical Development Fdn. on a ticket offer that lets you support NYPSI and enjoy an award-winning show.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
V. Transforming the Sadistic Superego in Psychosomatic Illness with Phyllis Sloate at WCSPP
To read please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
VI. Screening of The Trip to Bountiful at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
THE FRIENDS OF THE A. A. BRILL LIBRARY
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Thursday, October 17, 2013, 7 pm
Presents a screening of the 1985 film adaptation of Horton Foote***s beloved play******The Trip to Bountiful*** starring Geraldine Page followed by a psychoanalytic discussion with Muriel Gold Morris, M.D. about the film & her unique connection to Horton Foote ***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
VII. Popular Culture through the Lens at CFS
Contemporary Freudian Society
NY Division *** Scientific Program
Popular Culture through the Lens:
A Psychoanalytic Forum on Film and Media
Sunday, October 27, 2013
2:00 *** 5:00 pm
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Hatch Auditorium ***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
VIII. Training Analysis with Douglas Kirsner at IPTAR
TRAINING ANALYSIS: LESSONS FROM THE PAST NOT TO BE IGNORED
Professor Douglas Kirsner, Ph.D.
Deakin University, Melbourne
Author of Unfree Associations: Inside Psychoanalytic Instittutes, Jason Aronson, 2009
IPTAR WEST 140 West 97th Street New York, New York
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
B. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
IX. No, Science Doesn***t Have All the Answers
by Leon Wieseltier on the New Republic Magazine website on August 7, 2013.
To listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
X. ***A different person***: Personality change often brain injury***s hidden toll
by Bill Briggs on the NBC New Website on September 28, 2013,
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XI. Sufei and her father Peter Loewenberg in China
a) Sufei, Psychoanalyst Peter Loewenberg***s daughter, Visits Shanghai with her father to explore his early childhood home in China on the Sexy Beijing website.
b) Other Videos from Sufei on the Sexy Beijing website.
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C. In the BOOKS Category:
XII. Psychoanalyst Alma H. Bond, PhD. Dives into the Psyche of American Icon Marilyn Monroe
on the Newsday website on September 23, 2013.
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XIII. 8 Books To Help Raise A Family While Building A Business
by Todd Essig on the Forbes Magazine website on September 23, 2013.
Not all advice to parents is equally useful. A pamphlet of the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales, Circa 1935.
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XIV. Freud, Patricide, and the Birth of the Hero
A review of The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank; E. James Lieberman and Robert Kramer (Eds.); Gregory C. Richter (Trans.), reviewed by Simon Boag in PsycCritiques October 3, 2012, Vol. 57, Release 39, Article 6.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XV. Review of Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely
a) Review of Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely, edited by Arlene Kramer Richards, Lucille Spira, and Arthur A. Lynch, Reviewed by Edwin Fancher.
b) to Buy: Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely.
To read a) and access b) please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
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D. In the CHINA Category:
XVI. China Diary by Janet Bachant
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XVII. Being Gay In China
By Han Bingbin, Gan Tian, Shi Yingying and Xu Lin in China Daily on January 9, 2013.
In both Chinese history and literature, homosexuality was open and tolerated. Has social acceptance come full cycle as China increasingly engages the international community? Is there a place for same-sex relationships now? The China Daily Sunday team of Han Bingbin, Gan Tian, Shi Yingying and Xu Lin file the reports.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
E. In the CLAUDIA M.GOLD category:
XVIII. Claudia M. Gold: Keeping Your Child In Mind Blog on IP.net
Claudia M. Gold Posts on InternationalPsychoanalysis.net
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XIX. Child in Mind by Claudia M. Gold
Recent Posts by Claudia M Gold on her Child In Mind blog in the Boston Globe on September 23, 2013.
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F. IN the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XX. The id, ego and Freud
by Anusha Narain on The Hindu website on September 26, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XXI. Lacking Rules, Insurers Balk at Paying for Intensive Psychiatric Care
By Reed Abelson in The New York Times on September 27, 2013.
Cathy Morelli, is pictured with her daughter Melissa. Their insurer ultimately was forced to pay for the mental health care for Melissa that it initially denied.
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XXII. A History of Violence
by Steven Pinker on the new Republic Magazine website on March 19, 2007.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XXIII. Understanding anxiety and mental health stigma
On the one hand, anxiety is a serious and debilitating disorder. On the other, it can be a useful evolutionary response to threat. Understanding how anxiety works might help to destigmatise mental health issues by Pete Etchells on the Guardian website on September 27, 2013.
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XXIV. The Perfect Wife
Profiles: The Perfect Wife: How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage by Ariel Levy in The New Yorker on September 30, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XXV. Freud***s Yiddish Diagnosis
in the Yiddish Daily Forward. This article is in Yiddish.
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XXVI. Ricky Gervais*** Derek: A glimpse into the lives of caregivers
By Christine Schofelt on the World Socialist Web Site on September 26, 2013.
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XXVII. World War II: After the War
World War II: After the War on the Atlantic website.
German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, on December 1, 1945. The General, Commander of the 75th Army Corps, was sentenced to death by an United States Military Commission in Rome for having ordered the shooting of 15 unarmed American prisoners of war, in La Spezia, Italy, on March 26, 1944. (AP Photo)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
XXVIII. Today in labor history: Eisenhower orders troops to integrate Little Rock schools
on the People***s World Website on September 24 2013.
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XXIX. The best way to conquer fear? Sleep on it
By Maia Szalavitz on the CNN website on September 23, 2013.
Sleeping on a fearful experience may diminish its power, a new study says
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XXX. Denmark Forced by History To Revisit Heroic Tale of Jewish Rescue From Nazis
Rescue From Nazis Cracks Emerge in Baltic Nation***s Feel-Good Holocaust Story By Paul Berger in the Jewish Daily Forward on September 23, 2013.
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XXXI. Freud & His Couch: 5 Psychoanalysts, 2 Designers And 1 Architect Engage In A Little Free Association
By Brie Dyas on The Huffington Post website on May 06, 2013.
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XXXI. The New Administration: Aims for the IPA
Video (in 3 parts) of the Final Plenary Session from the recent IPA Prague Congress 2013. It was delivered by the new President, Stefano Bolognini and Vice President Alexandra Billinghurst, with an introduction from Juan Carlos Weissmann.
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XXXII. Signs May Be Evident in Hindsight, but Predicting Violent Behavior Is Tough
By Denise Grady in The New York Times on September 18, 2013.
Jeffrey W. Swanson, a professor of psychiatry, says that it is difficult to pick out people likely to commit violent acts.
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G. In the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Category:
XXXIII. Are Depression***s Causes Biological?
Letters to the Editor of The New York Times on September 15, 2013,
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H. In the OBITUARIES Category:
XXXIV. John Kennell, Advocate of Infant Bonding, Dies at 91
a) By Paul Vitello in The New York Times on September 21, 2013.
b) Dr. John H. Kennell, seated, around 1960. ***No one was paying attention to what the baby wanted,*** he said of his research.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
I. In the PHILOSOPHY THURSDAY Category:
XXXV. Philosophy Thursday: Wittgenstein
a) Wittgenstein and Freud: Philosophical Method vs. Psychoanalysis from the Practical Philosophy Journal of Society for Philosophy.
b) The Myth of Psychoanalysis: Wittgenstein Contra Freud
By Steve Hoenisch on the Criticism.con website on February 21, 2006.
c) Wittgenstein on the ***Charm*** of Psychoanalysis by Jeffrey L. Geller in the Philosophy Research Archives of Pembroke State University.
To read a), b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
J. In the PLAYS category:
XXXVI. Play: ***Signs of Life*** at Prague IPA Congress
a) Introduction to Prague Performance of ***Signs of Life*** by Batya R. Monder.
b) Discussant by Batya R. Monder, MSW, BCD of Signs of Life International Psychoanalytic Association Congress Prague, August 3, 2013.
c) Discussion by Ilany Kogan of Signs of Life, International Psychoanalytic Association Congress Prague, August 3, 2013.
To read a), b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
K. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXXVII. Fear memories can be overcome during sleep, researchers say
By Meeri Kim in The Washington Post on September 22, 2013.
Courtesy of Xu Liu and Steve Ramirez – The hippocampus of a mouse brain, after the making of a memory. The cells glowing in red contain the memory of a particular environment and have been genetically tricked to be capable of being turned on with just brief pulses of light.
To view & read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
Having reached the end of the posts for this week, please make sure that you comment on the website and share your views with all. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde