International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #4 Issue #1

By Tamar SchwartzApril 6, 2016July 10, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #4 Issue #1. The theme of the issue is Memoir and Psychoanalysis with a target paper by Merle Heidi Molofky, MFA, NCPsyA and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also Review of Donnelley M. (2023). Treatment Resistance in Therapy: A Patient’s Perspective. Ireviewed be J. Christopher Fowler and a Response to Dr. Fowler by Marshall Donnelley This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.

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YIVO studied a living Yiddish culture. What happened when that world was nearly destroyed?

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 12, 2026October 12, 2026 Arts, Literature, Politics

Click Here to Read or Listen to: YIVO studied a living Yiddish culture. What happened when that world was nearly destroyed? Kalman Weiser’s new history follows the institute from Vilna to New York, where it had to preserve a vanished world and cultivate a future By Andrew Silow-Carroll on the JTA website on October 11, 2026.

Scientists reveal the brain’s hidden role in building exercise endurance

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 12, 2026October 12, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Scientists reveal the brain’s hidden role in building exercise endurance by Karina Petrova on the Psy Post website on October 2, 2026.

Human brain against white background image: _DJ_ Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Does It Feel Like We Are Living in the Worst of Times?

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 12, 2026October 12, 2026 General, Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Why Does It Feel Like We Are Living in the Worst of Times? The psychology behind our belief that the world is getting worse by Gurnek Bains Ph.D. on his A Global Lens blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 8, 2026.

Dark Clouds of Factory Smoke Obscure Clark Avenue Bridge Image: Frank John Aleksandrowicz (1921–2014) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How to Find and Sustain Your Sense of Self in Relationships

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 12, 2026October 12, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: How to Find and Sustain Your Sense of Self in Relationships (revised): The importance of having awe moments by Kenneth Silvestri on his A Wider Lens substack on October 12, 2026.

Romeo and Juliet Image: Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853–1928) . Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How the Brain Shows Us Depression Is Not One Thing

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 12, 2026October 12, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: How the Brain Shows Us Depression Is Not One Thing: People with the same diagnosis can show opposite patterns of brain connectivity by Laura Bilbao Broch MSc on her Cell on the Self blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 8, 2026.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Human brain side view Image: Oliver Stollmann. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Our Tribal Minds Can Badly Distort Our Perception of Reality

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 11, 2026October 11, 2026 History, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Our Tribal Minds Can Badly Distort Our Perception of Reality: How ancient, evolved adaptations fuel modern political tension by Eric Haseltine Ph.D. on his Long Fuse, Big Bang blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 2, 2026.

Neanderthal Flintworkers, Le Moustier Cavern, Dordogne, France (cropped) mage: American Museum of Natural History. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Place Among the Fiddlers

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 9, 2026October 9, 2026 Arts

Click Here to Read: A Place Among the Fiddlers: In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out by David Alm on the Longreads website on October 1, 2026.

Jamming around the grounds at the 2012 Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax, Virginia on August 11, 2012. Image: Eli Christman from Richmond, VA, USA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.