Newtown posts, NRA & gun control, APsaA’s position statement from Sasha Rolde at IP.net

Dear Colleagues,

It has been a long week of national soul searching an solution suggesting in response to the extraordinary massacre in Newtown, Ct. From those who propose the abolition of the NRA to others who wish to place armed guards in all schools, we are bombarded by extremes. The posts on the international psychoanalytic website are an attempt to bring to you a reasoned Continue reading Newtown posts, NRA & gun control, APsaA’s position statement from Sasha Rolde at IP.net

Facing Death Panel at APsaA

Discussion Group 86: “Facing Death” Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Patients
Chair Norman Straker, M.D. (New York, NY)
Presenter A Trained Senior Analyst

A senior analyst who miraculously recovered from sepsis and aplastic anemia, one year ago will describe the several weeks he spent in a Reverse Isolation Unit. Fully aware that there was no cure for his illness, he faced death several times, while extremely sick. He describes the psychological steps he took to manage his terror that he experienced about dying. His self- Continue reading Facing Death Panel at APsaA

Discussion Group on Loneliness and Alonenes at the APsaA Meeting

We invite you to our Jan. 17, 2013 Discussion Group on loneliness and aloneness at the Waldorf Astoria, NYC. The psychoanalytic literature provides many theories about loneliness. Dr. Arthur Lynch will present a clinical case of a psychoanalytic patient who suffered with painful loneliness. How Dr. Lynch recognized and understood his patient’s loneliness and the defenses that kept it in place, will be highlighted. The participants in the course of the discussion will Continue reading Discussion Group on Loneliness and Alonenes at the APsaA Meeting

Advances in Understanding and Treating Depression at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

SAVE THE DATE:
Innovations in Psychiatry Symposium: Advances in Understanding and Treating Depression, Friday, February 1, 2013, Goldwurm Auditorium

The inaugural Innovations in Psychiatry Symposium will be held in Goldwurm Auditorium at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Friday, February 1, 2013. It is entitled “Advances in Understanding and Treating Depression.” The program features presentations by Mount Sinai experts including Drs. Dennis Charney and Eric Nestler as well as distinguished faculty from other leading institutions — Drs. Maurizio Fava (MGH), Andrew Krystal (Duke) and Carlos Zarate (NIMH). Please save the date. We look forward to seeing you there! Continue reading Advances in Understanding and Treating Depression at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Newtown, child empathy, Dave Brubeck and Pearl Harbour from Sasha Rolde on IP.Net

Dear Colleagues:

At the end of the week, when I try to chose posts of interest to suggest to you, my usual composure was shattered by the “apocalyptic” events in Newtown, CT, – namely the shooting of 20 small children and 6 adults in an elementary school. Before I write my message to you, I therefore want to express my deepest sorrow and condolences to the families affected by these losses and to the the other students in that school as well as countless other children whose innocence was destroyed that day.
In the same vein, my personal choices and recommendations to you begin with this event:
Continue reading Newtown, child empathy, Dave Brubeck and Pearl Harbour from Sasha Rolde on IP.Net

Psychoanalysis, Analytic Institutes and the Influence of the European Unconscious With Jonathan Sklar at AIP

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
OF THE KAREN HORNEY PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER
Established in 1941
329 East 62nd Street — New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-8044 — www.aipnyc.org — aipkh@aol.com
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Our Work Continues
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SCIENTIFIC MEETING

Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Jonathan Sklar, M.D.

PSYCHOANALYSIS, ANALYTIC INSTITUTES AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNCONSCIOUS Continue reading Psychoanalysis, Analytic Institutes and the Influence of the European Unconscious With Jonathan Sklar at AIP

Lincoln, Mahler, Freud, and “compassion fatigue” from Sasha Rolde at InternationalPsychoanalysis.net

Dear Colleagues,

The international psychoanalysis website this week, as previously, reflects the world issues as well as informs us of current events and advances in our field. As previously, The Books and the Science News categories attracted me with especially interesting topics.

I will list some post that have caught my interest, avoid previously posted announcements and encourage you to peruse the rest of the post on the website.

1) An interesting program with Fred Bush presenting Ego Psychology in the Analytic Encounter at IPTAR is surely one not to miss.   This meeting already happened, but is worth reading about.
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Message from Prudence Gourquechon of APsaA

Dear colleagues,

APsaA’s advocacy arm–the Gender and Sexuality Committee, Committee on Advocacy Relations, Jim Pyles our legislative representative and Geralyn Lederman, Director of Public Information have all been closely following the progress on court challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and the California Proposition 8 with close attention. Our position statements have Continue reading Message from Prudence Gourquechon of APsaA