Click Here to Read: The Erikson Institute Turns 30: Psychoanalysis meets the world at the Austen Riggs Center By Aaron M. Beatty in The American Psychoanalyst Magazine.
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Plastics in the Brain: What Science Is Revealing
Click Here to Read: Plastics in the Brain: What Science Is Revealing: Microplastics found in the brain raise concerns for mental and neural health by Burcin Ikiz Ph.D. on the Connecting Neurons blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 15, 2025.
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On (Always) Telling the Necessary Lies: The Inescapable Cultural Need to Fictionalize Our Worlds
A ‘digital twin’ of your brain could predict mental health issues, and slow cognitive decline
Click Here to Read: A ‘digital twin’ of your brain could predict mental health issues, and slow cognitive decline by Jon Andoni Duñabeitia on The Conservation website on October 14, 2025.
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Voices from ROOM: A Podcast for Analytic Action
The Techno-Perversion of Friendship: “Fake Friend” Apps Threaten Real Interpersonal Connections
Click Here to Read: The Techno-Perversion of Friendship: “Fake Friend” Apps Threaten Real Interpersonal Connections (Vol. 5; Issue 40) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind website on October 8, 2025.
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An Analyst’s Reflections on Her Treatments and Her Life with Beverly Kolsky, MSW
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“This really is the full motivation for my having written the memoir. I want people to know what the process is like; not only what the process is like but what the feelings are that don’t really make you think of psychoanalysis as a way of changing your life. We’re just living and hoping that things will change without really taking account of the fact that we could be living better lives and in a better way. I began to think of the ways of the world and the wickedness in it. Continue reading An Analyst’s Reflections on Her Treatments and Her Life with Beverly Kolsky, MSW