Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait with Laurence Bergreen at NYPSI

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018July 6, 2018 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait

Laurence Bergreen, Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 8 pm, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
247 East 82nd Street, NYC (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves), $15 – General Admission, $10 – Student Admission
No charge for NYPSI members/students, Register HERE, visit nypsi.org or call 212.879.6900

NYPSI Works in Progress Seminar: Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait
This presentation is drawn from Laurence Bergreen’s most recent book, Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius (Simon & Schuster, 2016). Casanova’s life as a libertine, as well as his brilliant intellect and importance in European letters (he met both Voltaire and Mozart), will be discussed. The impact of two major traumas on his personal life will also be examined: first, the abandonment in early childhood by his mother, an actress and courtesan, and second, the early death of his father. Continue reading Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait with Laurence Bergreen at NYPSI

A Darkly Comic Animated Film Set on China’s Urban-Rural Fringe

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018June 14, 2018 Film

Click Here to Read: A Darkly Comic Animated Film Set on China’s Urban-Rural Fringe: Have a Nice Day is a stark, ruthless, and true-to-life movie about people living on the urban-rural fringe of China today by Mengna Daon the HyperAllergic website on January 26, 2018.

Trump sees ‘carnage’ from America’s drug boom

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018June 14, 2018 Politics

Click Here to Read: Trump sees ‘carnage’ from America’s drug boom. But major cities are getting safer By Nick Miroff in the Washington Post on January 28, 2018.

teenager-drug addicts: Cellar of the building in Saint-Petersburg where live teenager-drug addicts. Date 6 November 2003
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/kr4gin/405529152 Author: Flickr user Artem

France Is Great, But Their Kids Have ADHD Too

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018June 12, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: In reply to a bizarre post on psychiatry and parents David Rettew M.D. David Rettew M.D.on his ABCs of Child Psychiatry on the Psychology Today blogs on October 15, 2016.

Photo: Weaver J (2013) Sesame Street Provides Lessons about Natural Brain Development in Children. PLoS Biol 11(1): e1001463. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001463;

The Tragic Myth about ADHD

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 30, 2018June 14, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Tragic Myth about ADHD By Gerald Schoenewolf, Ph.D. on his Psychoanalysis Now blog on Psych Central website.

by Psyc3330 w11. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Leo Hurwitz Filmography Tuesday: This Island

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 30, 2018June 14, 2018 Film

Click Here to Read: This Island 1970: Seeing With Our Hearts by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen on her Characters on the Couch blog on January 28, 2018.

Movies Monday: Wormwood

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 29, 2018June 14, 2018 Film

Click Here to Read: The Bitter Secret of ‘Wormwood’ by Tamsin Shaw in the New York Review of Books on January 18, 2018.

Click Here to Read: Wormwood by Brian Tallerico on the Roger Ebert website on December 15, 2017.

Click Here to Read: ‘Wormwood’ Confirms That Errol Morris Is Our Great Cinematic Sleuth By A.O. Scott in The New York Times on December 14, 2017.

Click Here to Read: Wormwood Is an Amazing Story About a CIA Murder Mystery by Matt Zoller Seitz on the Vulture website on December 14, 2017. Continue reading Movies Monday: Wormwood