Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties by Benedict Carey and Gardiner Harris
By Categories: Controversial

Click Here To Read: Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties by Benedict Carey and Gardiner Harris in the New York Times, July 12, 2008, 

Click Here to Read: Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration  

Click here To Read: Beyond Medication, Toward Rehabilitation: The Role of the Psychiatrist By Martin Willick

Letter from New York Psychoanalytic Society to Ernest Jones, 1937
By Categories: Psychoanalytic Archives

The following letter was probably written by Bertram Lewin, then President of the New York Psychoanalytic Society (the signature is illegible), to Ernest Jones, President of the IPA in 1937.

New York Psychoanalytic Society

June 17, 1937

Dr. Ernest Jones, President
International Psychoanalytic Association
81 Harley Street
London W. 1
England

Dear Mr. President,

At the meeting of June 1, 1937, the New York Psychoanalytic Society voted its unanimous objection to paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Proceedings of the International Training Commission (Zeitschrift, 1937, pages 193-194) and to chapter IV – in the 2nd version, chapter III – of the Proceedings of the International Psychoanalytic Association.  (Journal, 1937, page 100; Zeitschrift, 1937, page 188). Continue reading Letter from New York Psychoanalytic Society to Ernest Jones, 1937

Letter to the New York Times by Eugene Mahon
By Categories: Letters To Editors

To the Editor, 
                      Your article on psychiatry and the rich (July 7th, 2008: Age of Riches/ Therapists to the Elite) is deeply offensive to every person, rich and poor alike. It demeans the daring of poor people who seek help and rich people who seek help. It even demeans the daring of psychoanalysis as it reaches out to help human minds, rich and poor, to recover the self esteem neurosis ran off with. In my experience as a psychoanalyst the human mind transcends poverty and wealth. The conflicts of the poor are the conflicts of the rich, depth psychology , which began transplacental without a cent to its name on its complex journey toward the grave, being what it is. Any psychiatrist who does not know this basic existential truth should hang up his shingle!  One expects more from journalism than this caricature of the human mind and all its complexities. This article is a perverse literary achievement that manages to demean doctors and patients, wealthy citizens and poor citizens in one fell satirical swoop. Shame on you New York Times!
                                            Sincerely,
 
                                        Eugene J. Mahon MD

Poetry Monday: Jeff Friedman
By Categories: Poetry

Poetry Monday: Jeff Friedman

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Jeff Friedman 

POETRY MONDAY
July 7, 2008

If you don’t already know the poetry of Jeff Friedman, you will find his work a delightful discovery.  He is the author of four collections of poems, the most recent of which, Black Threads, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press in 2007.  His poems and translations have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, including American Poetry Review, Ontario Review and The New Republic.  A contributing editor to Natural Bridge, he is a core faculty member in the M..F.A program in Poetry Writing at New England College. Continue reading Poetry Monday: Jeff Friedman