Alas, poor Hamlet

Click Here to Read: Alas, poor Hamlet — now presumed to be overweight
Our obsession with obesity extends to Shakespeare — with a literal reading suggesting the Prince of Denmark was decidedly stout by Paul Levy on the Spectator website on August 3, 2019.

Portrait of Hamlet, oil on canvas, by Boston artist William Morris Hunt, executed about 1864.

The Legacy of Margaret Mahler at NYPSI

NYPSI’s 1037th Scientific Program Meeting:  The Legacy of Margaret Mahler: Its Relevance to Current Analytic Practice with Children and Adults with panelists: Patricia Nachman, Ph.D., Wendy Olesker, Ph.D., Fred Pine, Ph.D., and  Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. (moderator)

Panelists: Patricia Nachman, Ph.D., Wendy Olesker, Ph.D.,  Fred Pine, Ph.D., and Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. (moderator) Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 8:00 – 10:00 pm New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 247 East 82nd Street, NYC (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves) $30 – General Admission $20 – Student Admission (non-NYPSI) No charge for NYPSI members and students Register HERE, visit
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This panel will consider the usefulness today of the key contributions of Margaret Mahler and her co-workers John McDevitt, Manuel Furer, Ann Continue reading The Legacy of Margaret Mahler at NYPSI

The Austen Riggs Center Named a High Performing Hospital for Psychiatry by U.S. News & World Report  

For Immediate Release: The Austen Riggs Center Named a High Performing Hospital for Psychiatry by U.S. News & World Report  

Washington, D.C. – July 30, 2019 – The Austen Riggs Center has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report. Unique among the top honorees for its small size and integrated approach to treatment, the Austen Riggs Center is a therapeutic community, open psychiatric hospital, and center for education and research, promoting resilience and self-direction in adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems. Continue reading The Austen Riggs Center Named a High Performing Hospital for Psychiatry by U.S. News & World Report