THE FRIENDS OF THE A. A. BRILL LIBRARY
of The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
invite you to a
Special Event
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:15 P.M.
The Auditorium of The New York Psychoanalytic Institute
247 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028
An Evening with Sylvia Brody, Ph.D.
Sylvia Brody, Ph.D., a most distinguished psychoanalyst and developmental researcher, came to prominence with her books documenting her observational, clinical, and theoretical studies on maternal behavior and child development. Among her contributions were Patterns of Mothering (1950), Anxiety and Ego Formation in Infancy (1970), Mothers, Fathers, and Children: Explorations in the Formation of Character in the First Seven Years (1978) and the follow-up study of the sample at eighteen years, Evolution of Character (1992). This body of work served to vividly demonstrate the significance of the child’s earliest experiences on emerging character structure and ego and superego functioning. In 2002, Dr. Brody published The Development of Anorexia Nervosa; a second edition came out in 2007.