Lives in the Balance: Suicide and Suicidal Behavior at the Austen Riggs Center

Fall Working Conference: Lives in the Balance: Suicide and Suicidal Behavior at the Austen Riggs Center: 10/16 to 10/17

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Suicide produces significant trauma to families, communities, organizations, and clinicians. It is one of the major unsolved medical crises. Over the past 45 years the global suicide rate has increased by 60 percent, and no social, religious, or geographical group is immune. Despite intensive study, the scientific and clinical community faces major obstacles in accurately assessing, predicting, and intervening with high-risk individuals. Continue reading Lives in the Balance: Suicide and Suicidal Behavior at the Austen Riggs Center

Season 2, Episode 3 of Be’Tipul

Click Screen Below to View: Season 2, Episode 3 of Be’Tipul

Be’Tipul is the Original Israeli Version of In Treatment.

The first season and second seasons of the Israeli series on which the HBO Series In Treatment was based, Be’tipul, is available for purchase by contacting Tamar Schwartz at 718-728-7416 or by email at Psypsa@aol.com The series is Hebrew with English subtitles. The first season may not play on all DVD players and computers as it is in PAL format. The second season will play on all US players.

The Movies On My Mind: Touch of Evil by Orson Welles, reviewed by Harvey Roy Greenberg

Click Here To Read: The Movies On My Mind: Touch of Evil written and directed by Orson Welles; re-edited by Rick Schmidlin and Walter Murch, reviewed by Harvey Roy Greenberg. Touch of Evil and most of the other films cited in Dr. Greenberg’s review are available either through Netflix, Ebay, or Amazon.com, as well as special internet sites.  Dr. Harvey Roy Greenberg, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, publishes widely on cinema, media, and popular culture. Other reviews and essays can be found at his website, http://www.doctorgreenberg.net.  Dr. Greenberg welcomes comment, criticism, and further discussion, of his reviews.

Arthur F. Valenstein: “A Journey on the Train of Psychoanalysis”

Click Below To Listento Part 1 and Part 2 of Arthur F. Valenstein: “A Journey on the Train of Psychoanalysis” 48th Annual Freud Anniversary Lecture, April 28, 1998, at the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (introduction by Ted E. Becker). Please turn volume up to listen to this.

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Click Here To Read: Arthur Valenstein’s Page on the Sigourney Award Website.