The Second World Congress on Infant Psychiatry will be held March 29 through April 1, 1983 in Cannes, France. Interested individuals are invited to submit papers for consideration to Justin D. Call, M.D., Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCI Medical Center, 101 City Drive South, Orange, CA. 92668.
Eleanor Galenson, M.D. and Herman Roiphe, M.D. announce the establishment of the Galenson/Roiphe Infant Center, P.C. at 130 E. 25th St., New York, New York 10028. The Infant Center provides evaluation and treatment of developmental disturbances in infants from birth through three years of age, and represents an extension of their work with infants and parents into the private sector.
The Social Issues Committee wishes to do some clinical psychoanalytic research on social activism. Any member who has completed the analysis of someone who was either in thought or deed deeply involved in social issues is invited to attend a meeting of the Social Issues Committee to informally discuss their clinical material. If the response warrants, a series of workshops or study groups will be planned.
Those interested may write to J. Alexis Burland, M.D., 15 Colwyn Lane, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa. 19004.
The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine are sponsoring an interdisciplinary colloquium on “Truth and Its Limits: Public and Private Domains,” to be held on Saturday, April 24, 1982.
The morning session will deal with the nature of truth, lies, and silence, from the philosophical and psychoanalytic point of view. The afternoon session will deal with three specific cases of lying: 1) in medicine, 2) in public life, and 3) in personal relationships.
The format of both sessions will be a panel, consisting of a moderator and three presenters. Participants include, Drs. Sissela Bok, Arnold M. Cooper, Richard Druss, Willard Gaylin, Robert Michels, Ethel S. Person, Calvin F. Settlage, and Mr. Daniel Yankelovich.
The San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute and Society are sponsoring a two-day symposium on “Transference and Countertransference” to be held on February 5-7, 1982, at Vacation Village San Diego. Speakers will be Drs. Paul DeWald, Merton Gill, and Allan D. Rosenblatt. For further information, contact The San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute, 817 Silverado, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Dr. Harold P. Blum, Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, announces the receipt of a $2,500 gift for the Journal from the Harris Foundation. This generous gift is deeply appreciated and will be used for a special Journal project. The continuing support of the Journal is a welcome message of interest and support of analytic scholarship and creativity.
The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis announces the establishment of the Heinz Kohut Memorial Fund. Donations to this fund will make possible the posthumous publication of Kohut's works in the manner he had stipulated before his death. After these expenses have been met, donations will go to establish a Heinz Kohut Scholarship for young scholars in the humanities to train at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis as research candidates. Contributions should be designated for the Heinz Kohut Memorial Fund and sent to the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, c/o Dr. Charles Kligerman, 180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
The Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Foundation announces the creation of two psychoanalytic fellowships, each for $50,000.00, available to analysts, eligible for Training and Supervising Analyst appointment, who permanently move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Participation with Dr. William Offenkrantz, a Geographic Rule Training Analyst from the Chicago Institute, would be expected in the development of a psychoanalytic training program that currently has nine accepted candidates and two formal applicants. Those interested may write to William Offenkrantz, M.D., Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Foundation, 2015 E. Newport Avenue, Suite 201, Milwaukee, WI. 53211.