Daniel N. Stern 1934-2012

Click Here to Read: Daniel Stern, Who Studied World of Babies, Dies at 78 By Douglas Martin in The  New York Times on November 18, 2012.

The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic  Training and Research mourn the passing of our esteemed colleague Daniel Stern, M.D.  Dr. Stern was an internationally recognized leader and major contributor to the field of developmental psychology.  His pioneering work on early affective mother-child was one of his leading activities.  He has edited and authored many important books and articles in the field, among them Interpersonal World of the Infant, First Relationship and Motherhood Continue reading Daniel N. Stern 1934-2012

Here’s How Brian Williams and Rock Center Got the Science Of So-Called ‘Internet Addiction’ Really, Really Wrong

Click Here to Read: Is Brian Williams ‘Addicted’ to Addiction? Here’s What You Really Need To Know About ‘Internet Addiction by Todd Essig on the Forbes magazine website on November 15, 2012.

Click Here to Read: Here’s How Brian Williams and Rock Center Got the Science Of So-Called ‘Internet Addiction’ Really, Really Wrong by Todd Essig on the Forbes magazine website on November 15, 2012.

Stekel, Freud, China, Petraeus and Gaza from Sasha Rolde On InternationalPsychoanalysis.net

Dear Colleagues,

Obviously world tranquility is illusory and evanescent. With the Gaza unrest this week, various resignations in leadership, to mention but a couple of the latest “storms”, our last week’s relief is a distant memory. The international psychoanalytic blog reflects these almost immediate shifts on the horizon. Some of the categories, such as the BOOKS, contain such wonderful material that they present me with a veritable quandary as to which post to chose. Therefore I want to direct your attention to a few of the posts, but hope that you will give at least a glance to all.

My choices are as follows: Continue reading Stekel, Freud, China, Petraeus and Gaza from Sasha Rolde On InternationalPsychoanalysis.net

Scenes From 21st-Century China

Click Here to View:  Scenes from 21st Century China,  42 Photographs on the Atlantic Monthly website in October  2012. 

A circle-shaped piece of landscape architecture in Fushun, Liaoning province, on September 13, 2012. The 157-meter high building named “Ring of Life” cost around a hundred million RMB ($16 million USD) and used 3,000 tons of steel, local media reported. (Reuters/China Daily)

Rockets Over Israel and Gaza

Click Here to View: Rockets Over Israel and Gaza, 39 Photos on The Atlantic Monthly website.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 14, 2012. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would “open the gates of hell”. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside