The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis announces a conference on “Transference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy,” to be held November 1-2, 1980 at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Chicago. Merton M. Gill, M.D. and Harold P. Blum, M.D. will be guest speakers, Morris A. Sklansky, M.D., discussant. There will be 12 small group workshops on various topics related to the theme of the conference. For more information contact: The Institute for Psychoanalysis/180 North Michigan Avenue/Chicago, Illinois 60601/(312) 726-6300.
The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society announces an all day symposium on “Empathy and Countertransference” to be held November 8, 1980 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Detroit. Ernest S. Wolf, M.D. (Chicago), Theodore Shapiro, M.D. (New York), Frank Parcells, M.D. (Grosse Pointe), Peter Blos, Jr., M.D. (Ann Arbor), and James W. Kern, M.D. (Ann Arbor) will be the panelists. For more information contact: The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society/16310 West Twelve Mile Road/Suite 204/Southfield, Michigan 48076.
The American Psychoanalytic Association will sponsor its fifth Workshop for Mental Health Professionals on Saturday and Sunday, November 22 and 23, 1980. The topic will be “Special Problems in the Psychotherapy of Depression.” The morning panels will be moderated by Rebecca Z. Solomon, M.D. and will include presentations by Doctors Stuart S. Asch, Stanley H. Cath, Otto F. Kernberg, Malkah T. Notman, Milton Viederman and Vamik D. Volkan. Small Group Workshops, elaborating on the morning panel topics, will be held both afternoons. The Workshop, to be held at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York, has been organized by David S. Werman, M.D., Chairman, Subcommittee on Programs for Mental Health Profesionals.
The American Association of Psychiatrists from India is planning a trip to India to join the Annual Meeting of the Indian Psychiatric Society, to be held at Ahmedabad from December 28th to 31st, 1980. Those interested in joining the meeting, presenting papers or visiting other psychiatric institutes in North or South India, should address themselves to: S. Varma, M.D./Secty AAPI-Box 54/80-45 Winchester Blvd./Queens Village, N.Y. 11427/Telephone (212) 343-0623.
Beth Israel Medical Center announces a one day seminar on “The Ego-Psychological Approach to Borderline and Narcissistic Patients,” to be led by Gertrude and Rubin Blanck, authors of Ego Psychology: Theory and Practice and Ego Psychology II: Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology. A clinical workshop will allow for the elaboration of treatment techniques. Clinical vignettes of presenting complaints or diagnostic problems will be submitted by participants. The seminar will be held at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel on January 24, 1981. For information and application blanks apply to: Post-Graduate Medical Education Office/Beth Israel Medical Center/10 Nathan D. Perlman Place/New York, N.Y. 10003/Telephone (212) 420-2849.
The Lenox Hill Hospital Psychotherapy Program announces that Jacob Arlow, M.D., has been elected the recipient of the First Annual Honored Clinician Award. The Award entails a cash prize of $1,000 in support of the clinical researches of the recipient. It is designed to support outstanding practitioners in the area of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and clinical psychoanalysis. Dr. Arlow will speak on “The Therapeutic Process: A Case Presentation,” on Saturday, September 27, 1980, at 9:30 A.M., at the Lenox Hill Hospital.
The Lenox Hill Program welcomes recommendations for future Honored Clinician Awards. To suggest nominees, please address: Dr. Marvin Kaplan/Director of Education/The Lenox Hill Hospital Psychotherapy Program/100 East 77 Street/New York, N.Y. 10021.
The Board of Trustees of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis has reappointed George H. Pollock, M.D., as Director for an additional five-year term, effective July 1, 1981. Dr. Pollock first assumed this position January 1, 1971.
Harvard Medical School and its Department of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts is pleased to announce the beginning of a campaign to endow a Chair in Human Development in Honor of Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson. The purpose of Human Development is to build upon the importance of the contributions of the Eriksons to human development, health care, and social and community psychiatry.
For further information please contact: Daniel C. Tosteson, M.D./Dean/Harvard Medical School/25 Shattuck Street/Boston, MA, USA 02115/Lee B. Macht, M.D./Chairman, Department of Psychiatry/The Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School/ or John E. Mack, M.D./Professor of Psychiatry/Harvard Medical School at The Cambridge Hospital/1493 Cambridge Street/Cambridge, MA, USA 02139.
Dr. Arcangelo D'Amore, Chairman of the Committee on History and Archives, announces that the Central Office of the American Psychoanalytic Association has two 16mm historical films available for rental: (1) SIGMUND FREUD, HIS FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES, 1928-1929. This 20 minute film was taken by Philip R. Lehrman, M.D., in Vienna, Berlin, and Paris. Dr. Lehrman added a commentary, (2) FREUD: 1930-1939. This 24 minute film contains footage taken by Mark Brunswick and Marie Bonaparte. An introduction and commentary has been provided by Anna Freud. Titles in English and French antedate the addition of the sound track. The fee is $25, with $4 shipping charge, per rental.