Click Here to Read: Cities of Ice: A dispatch from frozen Harbin, where Jews once flourished—and melted away By Dara Horn on the Tablet Magazine website on April 19, 2019.
New Harbin Synagogue. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Today’s Biggest Threat: The Polarized Mind
Click Here to Read: Today’s Biggest Threat: The Polarized Mind/ To counter it, we call for a mobilization of mindfulness practices and dialogue groups on the scale of a public works program for human civility By Kirk J. Schneider, Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi on the Scientific American website on April 16, 2019.
CT scan of patient with brain trauma. Author: Rehman T, Ali R, Tawil I, Yonas H. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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The real story of Sabina Spielrein or fantasies vs. facts of life by Henry Zvi Lothane
A meteor from another solar system may have hit Earth, and the implications are fascinating
Crashing the Consultation Room 2019 CIPS/NAPsaC Biennial Clinical Conference in New York
2019 CIPS/NAPsaC Biennial Conference
Dear Colleagues,Please join us at the historic Explorer’s Club in NYC as we present a distinguished panel including Sergio Nick, IPA Vice President and child analyst, who will address political turmoil following the recent presidential election in Brazil and its impact in the consulting room; Louis Brunet, NapsaC representative from Montreal and an expert on world terrorism, who will discuss destructivity and identity; and Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau from Boston, who has written widely on aggression and will present some thoughts on how to detect and address aggression in Continue reading Crashing the Consultation Room 2019 CIPS/NAPsaC Biennial Clinical Conference in New York
The False Procrustean Myth of the New York Psychoanalytic with Michael Porder, M.D at NYPSI
NYPSI’s 60th A.A. Brill Memorial Lecture: The False Procrustean Myth of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute Presenter & Honoree: Michael Porder, M.D. Additional Participants: Sander Abend, M.D.,Ted Jacobs, M.D., Albert Sax, M.D., and Martin Willick, M.D.Martin Willick to introduce the speaker
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | 8:00 – 10:00 pm New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 247 East 82nd Street, NYC (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves) General Admission: $20 Student Admission: $15 No charge for NYPSI members/students REGISTER
In this presentation, Dr. Porder will describe the dramatic changes in NYPSI’s psychoanalytic curriculum over the past 50 years. He will give Continue reading The False Procrustean Myth of the New York Psychoanalytic with Michael Porder, M.D at NYPSI
‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs
Click Here to Read: ‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs: In a study that upends assumptions about brain death, researchers brought some cells back to life — or something like it By Gina Kolata in the New York Times on April 17, 2019.
Culture of rat brain cells stained with antibody to MAP2 (green), Neurofilament (red) and DNA (blue) Image courtesy of EnCor Biotechnology. Image: Gerry Shaw. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
