The New Science of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

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Kandel challenges psychoanalysis to show it is an empirical science and is willing to study its clinical practice.
Kandel is a friend of analysis, an honest friend who will tell us what we may not want to hear.
==Nathan M. Szajnberg, MD

Click Here to Read:   The New Science of Mind and the Future of Knowledge by Eric Kandel on the Cell Press website.

This article originally appeared as Kandel, Eric (2013). The New Science of Mind and the Future of Knowledge. 546 Neuron 80:546-560 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.

Risk Calculator for Cholesterol Appears Flawed

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Click Here to Read:  Risk Calculator for Cholesterol Appears Flawed by Gina Kolata in The NewYork Times on October 17, 2013,

Click Here to Read: The Bottom Line? Often the Drug Companies’by Marcia Angell in The New York Times on October 17, 2013.

Dr. Nancy Cook and Dr. Paul M. Ridker of Harvard Medical School found that a new online calculator used to assess heart treatment options overestimated the risks that many people face.
MARK GRAHAM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Loneliness, ADHD, looted paintings and other suns from Sasha Rolde on IP.net

Dear Colleagues,

According to recent news and events, the state of healthcare in the USA as well as the rest of the world seems to need a improvement. Thus what is happening to psychoanalysis and what we are doing about it is in step with all the changes evident in the 21st century. Our website is trying very hard to keep you abreast of the latest developments and I hope that the posts this week will add to your understanding.
My choices this week are:

1) “The video, ‘The Innovation of Loneliness’, by Shimi Cohen, which explores how loneliness continues to run rampant in Western culture despite the Continue reading Loneliness, ADHD, looted paintings and other suns from Sasha Rolde on IP.net