Writer’s Wednesday: William Shakespeare

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Premature Birth: The Baby, The Doctor and the Psychoanalyst with Catherine Vanier at Après-Coup

Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association presents

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BOOK PRESENTATION

Premature Birth: The Baby, The Doctor and the Psychoanalyst
London, February 2015: Karnac Books,
The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library
Catherine Vanier

Moderator: Paola Mieli
Discussant: Zina Steinberg and Lissa Weinstein

Saturday, May 2, 2015
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The Masks of Conformity with Bruce Sklarew at CFS

The Masks of Conformity: Sadism, Bisexuality, and Oedipal Threats in Bertolucci’s the Conformist”
Presenter: Bruce H. Sklarew, MD
Friday, April 24, 2015, 7:30-10:00pm

We will view the film “The Conformist” and immediately following Dr. Sklarew will lead us in a discussion. Adapted from a novel by Alberto Moravia, Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Conformist” (1970) tells the story of Marcello (Jean Louis Trintignant) who as a young adolescent shoots his homosexual chauffeur during an attempted seduction. In 1938, he joins the Fascist party in a yearning for Continue reading The Masks of Conformity with Bruce Sklarew at CFS

The APA and Guantanamo: Actions, Not Words by Roy Eidelson and Dan Aalbers

The APA and Guantanamo: Actions, Not Words
Roy Eidelson and Dan Aalbers

Two years ago the American Psychological Association adopted its comprehensive “Policy Related to Psychologists’ Work in National Security Settings and Reaffirmation of the APA Position Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.” The stated rationale for this consolidation of previous ethics policies was that it would eliminate confusion and uncertainty. In turn, this heightened clarity would presumably facilitate greater adherence to APA policies and more effective enforcement of ethical violations.
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