Freud and the Wolf-Man in Context with Harold P. Blum at AIP

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS: Established by Karen Horney in 1941 Continuing Education Program:  
FREUD AND THE WOLF-MAN IN CURRENT CONTEXT Presenter: Harold P. Blum, MD  Date & Time: Thursday, October 24, 2019 [8:00 PM – 10:00 PM] 
Contact Hours: 2 (for Licensed Social Workers)  Location: 329 East 62nd St (Bet. 1st & 2nd Avenues), NYC 10065  
Overview: Freud’s case of the Wolf-Man (“From the History of an Infantile Neurosis, Freud, 1918) remains of great historical and theoretical importance.  It introduced significant issues of the reconstruction of trauma, après coup, the infantile neurosis, the primal scene, and
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The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions at Austen Rriggs

Media Alert: For Immediate Release
National and International Leaders Address Mental Health Care Crisis and Explore Solutions at Austen Riggs Center Conference

Stockbridge, MA – August 15, 2019 – Increasing rates of suicide, depression, and PTSD, along with the opioid epidemic, underscore an unprecedented crisis in mental health care in the United States. This September, during a two-day international conference convened by the Austen Riggs Center, leading experts in the fields of mental health treatment, research, advocacy, and the law will present unique insights and solutions to these and other pressing issues. Presenters will challenge the status quo, which often uses a narrow biomedical lens to look at mental health problems and that prioritizes reimbursement for crisis stabilization over taking the critical time needed to address root causes of patient suffering.

What: The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions When: September 21-22, 2019 Where: Linde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA. Continue reading The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions at Austen Rriggs

Who Were the Neolithic People That Enabled the Rise of Ancient Egypt?

Click Here to Read and Listen to: Who Were the Neolithic People That Enabled the Rise of Ancient Egypt? By Jacek Kabacinski, Czekaj- Zastawny Agnieszka & Joel D. Irish on the Real Clear Science website on August 2, 2019.

Photo: Hanay. Dagon Museum, Downtown, Haifa, Israel The Museum is dedicated to the history of grain product. Sickle made of flint, Egypt, Naqada period, end of the fourth millennium BC.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.