International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #3 Issue # 2
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 Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #3 Issue #2.  The theme of the issue is Primary Femininity: Discussions on a Central Identity, with a target paper by Arlene Kramer Richards, Ed.D and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also a paper entitled Psychoanalytic History—Sketches The Power of Exclusion (An Ode to Sheldon Bach and Sándor Ferenczi) by Carolyn Ellman with commentary by Ph.D. with a response by Giselle Galdi. This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.
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The Perversions of Prisons and National Parks: Societal Psychopathology Abounds in Both Institutions
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Perversions of Prisons and National Parks: Societal Psychopathology Abounds in Both Institutions (Vol. 6; Issue 16) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind website on April 22, 2026,
Rocky Mountain National Park entrance sign.  Image: Billy Hathorn  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

‘A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years
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Click Here to Read: ‘A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years: An ambitious ‘refaunation’ project is bringing the much-loved birds and other lost species back to the city’s national park by Luke Taylor on The Guardian website on April 9, 2026.

Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) also known as the Blue-and-gold Macaw. Image Beatrice Murch.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Now Available from IPBooks.net: Motherhood, Childhood, Selfhood: Psychoanalytic Reflections by Mali Mann
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Click Here to Purchase: Motherhood, Childhood, Selfhood: Psychoanalytic Reflections by Mali Mann from IPBooks

In Motherhood, Childhood, and Selfhood, Mali Mann delves into psychoanalytic understandings of the complex dynamics of new motherhood and innovative ways of forming families. Reproductive technology raises questions about our notions of the pre-Oedipal mother, the Oedipal complex, and attachment patterns to primary caregivers. Represents the impact of immigration on motherhood; other women chose to become single mothers. Presents their complex experiences, driven by an interplay of intrapsychic, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors. Family formation through surrogacy in same-sex marriages and lesbian motherhood, Continue reading Now Available from IPBooks.net: Motherhood, Childhood, Selfhood: Psychoanalytic Reflections by Mali Mann