International Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read:  Comments on Psychoanalysis and the Art of Misery by Chloe Madanes on  the Had Enough Therapy? blog on  December 29, 2013.

Click Here to Read: A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drugs By Allan  Sschwarz on December 29, 2013.

Stephen Hinshaw, a University of California, Berkeley, researcher in an influential 1990s study, said skills training should be a priority in A.D.H.D. cases

Click Here to Read:  Medicare to Cover More Mental Health Costs By Judith Graham in The New York Times on December 27, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience By John Markoff in The New York Times on December 28, 2013.

Kwabena Boahen holding a biologically inspired processor attached to a robotic arm in a laboratory at Stanford University.
ERIN LUBIN / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Click Here to Read: Essay:   The Arab Uprisings and Self-Determination – The Missed Opportunity on the Karl ReMarks blog on  December 16,  2013.

Click Here to Read:  Bipolar Disorder, ADHD and Man’s Soul by Frances Levy on the Huffington Post website on December 27, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  E.R. Costs for Mentally Ill Soar, and Hospitals Seek Better Way By Julie Creswell in The New York Times on December 25, 2013.

Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times

Michael Lyons, a paramedic, and his partner prepare to screen a man with a known history of mental illness in Wake County, N.C.

Click Here to Read: For the Mentally Ill, Finding Treatment Grows Harder: New health-care law may add to crunch for enough treatment by Gary Fields and Jennifer Corbett Dooren in the Wall Street Journal on December 20, 2013.

WSJ reporter Gary Fields discusses his series about the shortage of treatment for the mentally ill and its impact on families, communities and the criminal justice system.

Click Here to Read:  The Arc of Justice and the Long Run By Rebecca Solnit on the Reader Support News website on  December 14, 2013.

Click Here to Read:   It’s the Most Unknowable Time of the Year By Gary Shteyngart  in The New York Times on  December 24, 2013.

Click Here to Read: A New Focus on Depression By Richard A. Friedman, M.D. in The New York Times on December 23, 2013.

It’s still far too early in the aftermath of the lethal game which James Holmes played out in an Aurora, Colorado multiplex to get more than a shadow of a read about his motivation, his master narrative. Psychoanalysts possess a native madness to interpret – it’s in our blood. A few details have emerged about Holmes, but hardly enough to piece together a coherent picture of his inner life, or the external circumstances which might have precipitated his murderous scenario. (more…)

Click Here to Read: When the Right to Bear Arms Includes the Mentally Ill By Michael Luo and Mike McIntire in The New York Times on December 21, 2013.

Mr. Laird was killed in a confrontation with a schizophrenic man.

Click Here to Read:  The Last Bonaparte: The Extraordinary Life of Princess Marie Bonaparte on the Scandalous Women website on December January 20, 2011.

Click Here To Read:   Barack Obama Is Not George W. Bush By Jonathan Chait in New York magazine on December 20, 2013.

Click Here to Read: N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses By James Glanz and Andrew W. Lehren in The New York Times on December 20, 2013.

Satellite dishes in Cornwall, England, at an outpost of Britain’s General Communications Headquarters. The agency has worked closely with the United States.

Click Here to Read:  Noah’s Story: 60 Minutes Classic Family Struggles With A Brain-Damaged, Autistic Son on the CBS News 60 Minutes website in May 2000.

Noah Greenfield

Click Here to Read:  Letters to David Werman from Anna Freud.




David Werman Anna Freud

Click Here To Read:  Psychotherapy’s Image Problem By Brandon A. Gaudiano in The New York Times on  September 29, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  The evidence-based practice of psychotherapy: Facing the challenges that lie ahead☆ by Brandon A. Gaudiano & Ivan W. Miller  in Clinical Psychology Review Volume 33, Issue 7,  November 2013, Pages 813–824.