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The Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research, Inc. (CPR) held its 15th annual conference on February 3, 2008, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC. The CPR represents 15 Baltimore-Washington area organizations working toward strengthening the bridge between psychoanalytic concepts and evidence-based clinical practice. The conference featured Henri Parens, M.D., professor of psychiatry at the Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst in the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He presented his extensive work with children and parents toward understanding and preventing experience derived emotional disorders in children, with an emphasis on early childhood aggression. Following Parens's presentation, a discussant panel provided thoughtful elaboration on related topics. Finally, audience questions and comments provided for a thorough discussion. During the conference, attendees also completed a pretest and posttest before and after Parens completed an overview of a workshop series that he has developed to optimize parenting with respect to minimizing undesirable childhood aggression. The pretest and posttest were then analyzed and aimed to evaluate changes in the audience's ability to discern growth promoting versus growth-disturbing child-rearing practices as a consequence of Parens's presentation.
Parens began the conference by elaborating on the initial context for his developing interest in childhood aggression. Starting in 1970, Parens