Editorial in Il Foglio Newpaper in Rome
By Categories: Politics

EDITORIAL IN IL FOGLIO, NEWSPAPER IN ROME . . . . . .

A beautiful editorial about Israel, written by Giulio Meotti, an incredible Italian with a real backbone in journalism. Explanation of why Israel is the
World’s Best Nation The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes his column twice weekly. With all the accusations hurled at us, it is good to see a “righteous Gentile” who appreciates the uniqueness of Israel in the family of nations. . . . . . . . . . . .

I don’t know of another nation on earth which, since its founding, over seventy years ago, had to sacrifice 23,000 soldiers. Continue reading Editorial in Il Foglio Newpaper in Rome

Trump’s ‘Chosen One’ Comment and Spat with Denmark Shows His ‘Psychotic-like State’
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read:  Trump’s ‘Chosen One’ Comment and Spat with Denmark Shows His ‘Psychotic-like State’ Says Doctor Who First Warned about President’s Mental Condition By Brendan Cole on the Newsweek website on August 22, 2019.

President Trump Talks Trade with the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Liu He, 2018. Photo: PAS China. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Why was Sigmund Freud so obsessed with Egypt?
By Categories: Arts, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Why was Sigmund Freud so obsessed with Egypt?
The rituals, the mummy wrappings, the hieroglyphs and the partly animal deities was like a thesaurus of the unconscious mind, as this new show at the Freud Museum demonstrates by Martin Gayford on the Spectator website.

Egyptian Sphynx Stature.  Photo: Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Freud and the Wolf-Man in Context with Harold P. Blum at AIP
By Categories: EVENTS

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

The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions at Austen Rriggs
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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