Archive for the 'General News' Category

Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?

Sunday, August 29th, 2010



Click Here to Read:  Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? By Pamela Paul in the New York Times on August 25, 2010.

Click Here to Read:  Preschooler Depression is the Real Deal by Jonathan Rottenberg in his Charting the Depths blog on the Psychology Today blogs on August 28, 2010.

He marched forward creating controversies, facing criticisms: Felicitation to Gananath Obeysekere as he turns 80

Sunday, August 29th, 2010









Click Here to Read: He marched forward creating controversies, facing  criticisms: Felicitation to Gananath Obeysekere as he turns 80 By R.S. Perinbanayagam on the Sunday Times website on August 29, 2010.

An Additional Letter Re: My Life in Therapy

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Click Here to Read: An Additional Letter Re: My Life in Therapy by Steven Kuchuck in the New York Times on August 26, 2010.

Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

 Click Here to Read: Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review By Patricia Cohen in the New York Times on  August 23, 2010.

Dan Cohen, director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, is among the academics who advocate a more open, Web-based approach to reviewing scholarly works.

Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010








Click Here to Read: Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain By Katherine Bouton in the New York Times on August 23, 2010.

Letters: My Life in Therapy

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Click Here to Read: Letters: My Life in Therapy in the New York Times on  August 18, 2010.

Click Here to Read:  My Life in Therapy By Daphne Merkin on this website.

Daphne Merkin

What Is It About 20-Somethings?

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Click Here to Read: What Is It About 20-Somethings? by Robin  Marantz Henig in the New York Times on August 18, 2010.

Israel’s Keenest Yeshiva Students: Catching Up With China’s Kaifeng Jewish Community

Friday, August 20th, 2010






Click Here to Read: Israel’s Keenest Yeshiva Students: Catching Up With China’s Kaifeng Jewish Community By Nathan Jeffay in the Jewish Daily Forward on August 20, 2010.

Freudian Flip: No More Augusts Off

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010






Click Here to Read: Freudian Flip: No More Augusts Off by Katherine Roman in the Wallstreet Journal.

Broadway’s New Desirée, Learning as She Goes Along

Monday, August 16th, 2010






Click Here to Read: Broadway’s New Desirée, Learning as She Goes Along by Charles McGrath in the New York Times on August 15, 2010.

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater: a folk hero in a down economy

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Click Here to Read:  JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater: a folk hero in a down economy by Janet Cho on the Cleveland.com website on August 11, 2010. 

Steven Slater

Good Grief

Sunday, August 15th, 2010








Click Here to Read: Good Grief,  OpEd by Allen Frances in the New York Times on August 14, 2010.

Roasted Peanuts

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Roasted Peanuts on the Blogspot.com website.

Why We Need a “Practical Psychoanalysis”

Sunday, August 15th, 2010




Click Here to Read: Why We Need a “Practical Psychoanalysis” by Michael Bader 0n the Huffington Post website on August 14, 2010.

Michael Bader

The Lives Of Therapists and the Limits of Analysis

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Click Here to Read:  The Lives Of Therapists and the Limits of Analysis by Tamara McClintock Greenberg on the Huffington Post website on August 9, 2010.

Confessions of a Psychoanalyst: Performance Anxiety and the Dread of Shame

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Confessions of a Psychoanalyst: Performance Anxiety and the Dread of Shame by Helen Davey on the Huffington Post website on August 9, 2010.

Sonambulism Down the Ages

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Sonnambulism Down the Ages by Dr Colin Brewer on the Andrew’s Opera website on August 2, 2010.

Click Here to View: A Clip from La Sonnambula on YouTube.

Great dynasties of the world: The Freuds

Sunday, August 8th, 2010




Click Here to Read:  Great dynasties of the world: The Freuds: Analyse this – the psychoanalyst’s family tree by Ian Sansom on the Guardian.uk.co website on July 7, 2010.

Father’s Genes: not so selfish after all?

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Father’s Genes: not so selfish after all? Paternal genes could be altruistic as well as selfish by Christopher Badcock Ph.D. on The Imprinted Brain: How genes set the balance between autism and psychosis blog on August 6, 2010.

Christopher Badcock Ph.D.

August: Time for an Unexamined Life

Friday, August 6th, 2010








Click Here to Read: Nocturnalist: August: Time for an Unexamined Life
By Sarah Maslin Nir in the New York Times on August 5, 2010.