Movies Monday: Lion

Click Here to Read: Lion: Where is Home? A Lost Boy, Adoption, Two Mothers & Jalebi Clues by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen on her Characters on the Couch blog on November 2, 2017.

Click Here to Read:  Lion reviewed by Susan Wloszczyna on the Roger Ebert website on November 24, 2016

Click Here to Read: Lion Movie Review by Renuka Vyavahare in the Times of India website on February 23, 2017,

Click Here to Read: Film Review: ‘Lion’: Dev Patel stars as an Indian orphan who uses Google Earth to find his way back home in Garth Davis’ directorial debut By Peter Debruge on the Variety website on September 10, 2017. Continue reading Movies Monday: Lion

Statement of the APA President in Response to Texas Church Shootings

Calling it a ‘mental health problem’ distracts from finding real solutions to gun violence, Putente says
WASHINGTON – Following is the statement of APA President Antonio E. Puente, PhD, in response to the shootings at a Texas church that left at least 26 people dead and 20 others wounded, and President Trump’s assertion that the attack was a “mental health problem”:

“The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. A complex combination of risk factors, including a history of domestic violence, violent misdemeanor crimes and substance use disorders, increases the likelihood of people using a firearm against themselves or others.

“Firearm prohibitions for these high-risk groups have been shown to reduce gun violence. The suspect in this case, Devin Patrick Kelley, exhibited several of these red flags. Continue reading Statement of the APA President in Response to Texas Church Shootings

Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait, a Conversation with Curator Deborah Wye

Click Here to Read:  Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait, a Conversation with Curator Deborah Wye: Wye provides an expert overview not only of Bourgeois’s prints and artist’s books, but her work as a whole by Christopher Lyon on the HyperAllergic website on November 3, 2017.

Louise Bourgeois’ Maman, located outside the National Gallery of Canada. Personal photo by user:Radagast.