Archive for June, 2011

Daddy, Why Is My School Falling Down?

Monday, June 27th, 2011








Click Here to Read:  Daddy, Why Is My School Falling Down? In by Kristen Lombardi Newsweek Magazine on June 27, 2011.

Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?

Monday, June 27th, 2011






Click Here to Read:  Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic? By Susan Cain in the New York Times on June 25, 2011.

The Pictures: Transference in the New Yorker

Monday, June 27th, 2011




Click Here to Read: The Pictures: Transference in the New Yorker Magazine on June 10, 2011.

Three Critics Pick The Best Books For Summer

Sunday, June 26th, 2011




Click Here to Read and Listen to:  Three Critics Pick The Best Books For Summer by Lynn Neary on the NPR website on June 25, 2011.

It’s Science, but Not Necessarily Right

Sunday, June 26th, 2011



Click Here To Read: It’s Science, but Not Necessarily Right By Carl Zsimmer in The New York Times on  June 25, 2011.

Saving Psychoanalysts: Ernest Jones and the Isakowers by Douglas Kirsner

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Click Here to Read: Paper by Douglas Kirsner: Saving Psychoanalysts: Ernest Jones and the Isakowers.

This paper originally appeard as Kirsner, D. (2007). Saving Psychoanalysts: Ernest Jones and the Isakowers. Psychoanalytic. Histsory  9:83-91 and zappears here with all requisite rights and permission.

Click Here to Read: Review of Charles B. Strozier’s Book: Heinz Kohut, The Making of a Psychoanalyst, Reviewed by Douglas Kirsner on this website.

Douglas Kirsner



Neurobiology Says Diversify Your Pleasures or Risk Addiction

Saturday, June 25th, 2011


Click Here to Read:  Neurobiology Says Diversify Your Pleasures or Risk Addiction by Todd Essig on the Forbes website on June 25, 2011.

Todd Essig

Treatment regimens for managing depression in family practice

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Click Here to Read:  Treatment regimens for managing depression in family practice by Adam Keller Ashton, Dale A. D’Mello, Bezalel Dantz, Jaye Hefner, F. George Leon, Gary A. Matson, C. Brendan Montano, James F. Pradko, Norman Sussman, Bertrand Winsberg on the bnet website in Journal of Family Practice in the December 2003 issue.

How to Land Your Kid in Therapy

Saturday, June 25th, 2011










Click Here to Read:  How to Land Your Kid in Therapy By Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic Magazine in the July/August 2011 Issue.

Marilyn Rifkin’s review of The Effect of Frequency and Duration on Psychoanalytic Outcome: A Moment in Time, a paper by Alan Frosch

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Cllick Here to Read: Marilyn Rifkin’s review of The Effect of Frequency and Duration on Psychoanalytic Outcome: A Moment in Time, a paper by Alan Frosch, paper published in Psychoanalytic Review (February 2011), on CIPS website.

René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle at the Tate Liverpool Gallery

Saturday, June 25th, 2011



René Magritte
The Pleasure Principle
24 June–16 October 2011

Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock
Liverpool, L3 4BB, UK (more…)

In Search of the Memory Molecule, Researchers Discover Key Protein Complex

Saturday, June 25th, 2011


Click Here to Read:  In Search of the Memory Molecule, Researchers Discover Key Protein Complex on the Sciece Daily website on June 22, 2011.

Understanding the Psychodynamics of Nonadherence

Friday, June 24th, 2011






Click Here to Read:  Understanding the Psychodynamics of Nonadherence By César A. Alfonso, MD in the Psychiatric Times on June 8, 2011.

The Computer Screen Shatters the Blank Screen — and Patients Benefit

Friday, June 24th, 2011


Click Here to Read:   The Computer Screen Shatters the Blank Screen — and Patients Benefit Electronic Medical Records can be a tool for patient empowerment by Jack Drescher on the Huffington Post website on June 24, 2011.

Rape in wartime: Listening to the victims

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Click Here to Read: Rape in wartime: Listening to the victims By Ashley Fantz, CNN website on June 24, 2011.

A Congolese woman tells a health worker how she was raped by three members of the military.



Psychoanalysis takes center stage in new trailer

Friday, June 24th, 2011


Click Here to Read: Psychoanalysis takes center stage in new trailer  By John Couture on  Video Eta website on June 22, 2011.

Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein

DSM Changes: 8 Mental Disorders That May Be Kicked Out Of The ‘Psychiatrist’s Bible’

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Click Here to Read:  DSM Changes: 8 Mental Disorders That May Be Kicked Out Of The ‘Psychiatrist’s Bible’ in The Huffington Post on June 23, 2011.

Chaz Bono

Treatment with the Patient in Mind: Finding Hope Amidst Confusing Anti-Depressant Studies

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Click Here to Read: Treatment with the Patient in Mind: Finding Hope Amidst Confusing Anti-Depressant Studies on the Forbes Magazine website on June 22, 2011.

Todd Essig

Some Historical Observations on the Origin of Psychoanalytic Curriculum by Jacob Arlow

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011






Click Here to Read: Some Historical Observations on the Origin of  Psychoanalytic Curriculum by Jacob Arlow.  This paper was previously unpublished.

Jacob Arlow

The Failure of American Schools

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Click Here to Read: The Failure of American Schools by Joel Klein in the Atlantic Monthly in the June 2011 issue. 

Above: Joel Klein in Brooklyn on the first day of school, two months before he resigned as chancellor