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The Program Committee sponsored a number of enlivening and well-attended events this year. The first Scientific Meeting featured Neil Altman, Ph.D., and Rachael Peltz, Ph.D., presenting their paper on the societal uses of the manic defense; discussants were Philip Cushman, Ph.D.; Ruth Fallenbaum, Ph.D.; Maureen Katz, M.D.; and Stephen Seligman, D.M.H. This program was extremely well attended. Later in January, Era Loewenstein, Ph.D., read a stimulating paper on the function of dreaming in primitive patients. We were honored to have David Rosenfeld, M.D., as discussant. This meeting inaugurated a series on psychosis and primitive states of mind. The second paper of this series, on the use of language in schizophrenia, was presented in March by Michael Robbins, M.D., and discussed by Mardy Ireland, Ph.D. Finally, in June, Homay King, C. Phil., presented her award-winning paper on a Lacanian perspective on Antonioni's film “The Passenger.” Kaja Silverman, Ph.D., was the discussant.
On May 6, 2000, Ron Britton, F.R.C. Psych., delivered the Annual Lecture of 2000, “Hyper-Subjectivity and Hyper-Objectivity in Narcissistic Disorders” (which you can read in this issue of fort da). A large audience was captivated by Britton's clarity of thought and the simplicity by which he expressed complex and meaningful ideas. Enid Young, Ph.D., and Jim Grotstein, M.D., provided exhilarating discussions, and Suzanne Pallak, Ph.D., presented a clinical case which Britton discussed with eloquence, insight, and clinical acumen.
We are looking forward to a talk in November by Sam Gerson, Ph.D., on “Hysteria and Humiliation,” to be discussed by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D. In the winter of 2001, talks by Mary Main, Ph.D., and Peter Carnochan, Ph.D., are planned.
These events would not be possible without the tireless efforts of the committee members: Cary Dakin, MFT; Sunny Kuegle, M.A.; Bronwen Lemmon, M.S.; Patricia Marra, MFT; Ken Meyer, Psy.D.; and Marjorie Schlenoff, MSW, CSW. I wish to than