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Two Reviews of Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Click Here to Read: Two views: Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Edited by Robert Whitaker, Reviewed Bernadette Grosjean, M.D on the Psychiatric Services journal  62:438, April 2011.

Click Here to Read: Two views: Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Edited by Robert Whitaker, reviewed by Rory P. Houghtalen, M.D in the Psychiatric ServicesJ Journal 62:438-a-439, April 2011.

 Click Here to View: Video of Robert Whitaker discussing his book on the CSpan Video Library website.

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On The Couch for More Creativity – Part 1

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Click Here to Read: On The Couch for More Creativity – Part 1 By Douglas Eby on Douglas Eby’s The Creative Mind blog on the Psycb Central website.

Marge Simpson

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Alfred M. Freedman, MD, 1917-2011

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011








Click Here to Read:   Alfred M. Freedman, MD, 1917-2011  By Max Fink, MD | on the Psychiatric News website on June 27, 2011

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Dreaming and Development: Early, Mid, and Late Phase shifts in Associative and Interpretive processes by Nathan Szajnberg

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Ckick Here to Read: Dreaming and Development: Early, Mid, and Late Phase shifts in Associative and Interpretive processes by Nathan Szajnberg.

An earlier version of this paper was presented to was presented to the Israeli Psychonalytic Society, March 2009. This paper was previously unpublished.

Click Here to Read: Cultural Theory and Psychoanalytic Tradition by David James Fisher Reviewed by Nathan Szajnberg on this website. 

Click here to Read:  Clarity and Ambiguity in Psychoanalytic Practice by Nathan Szajnberg on this website.

Click Here to Read: The Transference Refracted Through the Lens of Attachment by Nathan Szajnberg on this website.

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Little Practice Can Change the Brain in a Lasting Way

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011







Click Here to Read:  A Little Practice Can Change the Brain in a Lasting Way  on the Newswise website on June 27, 2011.

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Anxious searchers miss multiple objects

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011


A person scanning baggage or X-rays stands a better chance of seeing everything they're searching for if they aren't feeling anxious, according to a new laboratory experiment.

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What gamers want: Researchers develop tool to predict player behavior

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011


Researchers have developed a new method that can accurately predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games. The tool could be used by the game industry to develop new game content, or to help steer players to the parts of a game they will enjoy most.

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Recognizing Defenses in the Drawings and Play of Children in Therapy by Daniel Benventiste

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Click Here to Read: Recognizing
Defenses in the Drawings and Play of Children in Therapy by Daniel Benventiste.

This paper originally appearsed as: Benveniste, D. (2005) Recognizing Defenses in the Drawings and Play of Children in Therapy. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Volume 22, Number 3, Summer 2005 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.

Click Here to Read: The Importance of Play in Adulthood: A Dialogue with Joan M. Erikson by Daniel Benveniste on this website.

Click Here to Read:  Erik Erikson in the San Francisco Bay Area by Daniel Benveniste on previous Daniel Benveniste posts on this website.

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The Consequence of Unnatural Selection

Monday, June 27th, 2011


Click Here To Read:  The Consequence of Unnatural Selection: 160 Million Missing Girls  Why are wildly skewed sex ratios getting even worse? Marcy Darnovsky on the Genetic Crossroads blog on the Psychology Today blogs website on June 25, 2011.

Marcy Darnovsky

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Daddy, Why Is My School Falling Down?

Monday, June 27th, 2011








Click Here to Read:  Daddy, Why Is My School Falling Down? In by Kristen Lombardi Newsweek Magazine on June 27, 2011.

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