The Cambridge Hospital Department of Psychiatry announces the formation of the Erik Erikson Life Study and Services Center, established to develop and foster the applied concepts of Erik Erikson in psychotherapy, human developmental psychology, and life history. The Center, scheduled to open this September will conduct clinical programs, research, and teaching activities. Courses offered will focus on each stage in the life cycle. The Erikson Center will be headed by the Erik and Joan Erikson Professor of Human Development at the Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Hospital Department of Psychiatry. Individuals who would like additional information about the Erikson Center or the Erikson Professorship should contact Myron L. Belfer, M.D. through the Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 or at 617-498-1219.
The Canadian Psychoanalytic Society announces that it will host the Congres Des Psychanalystes De Langue Francaise in Montreal September 1-4, 1982. For the first time in its history, this Congress will be held in North America. The theme of the Congress will be “The Perversions.” The first report will be made by André Lussier of the Société Psychanalytique de Montréal and the second by Ilse and Robert Barande of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society. For more information, please write to the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, 7000 Côte des Neiges, Montreal Q.C., Canada H3S 2C1.
The American Psychoanalytic Association announces its sixth Workshop for Mental Health Professionals, to be held on November 20 and 21, 1982, at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York. The subject will be “The Relevance of Infant Observational Research for Clinical Work with Children, Adolescents & Adults.” Introductory remarks will be by Dr. Arnold Rothstein. Dr. Daniel Stern will speak on “A Review of the Findings of Infant Observational Research.” Subsequent panels, chaired by Drs. Peter Neubauer and Morton Reiser, will include Drs. Samuel Abrams, Selma Kramer, Samuel Ritvo, Charles Brenner, James McLaughlin, and Joseph Lichtenberg. A final session with all panelists will be chaired by Dr. Albert Solnit with Dr. Robert Michels as discussant.
The Publications Committee of the International Psycho-Analytical Association is trying to assess the usefulness of the system of abstracts implemented by the IPA. Currently, the IPA receives abstracts from the main psychoanalytic journals, translates them into the official IPA languages, and circulates them to all the journals for publications. The Committee is considering replacing the abstract with a shorter statement about the subject and the main thesis of the author. Members are invited to convey their views on this proposal to the Publications Committee of the IPA, 49 Croftdown Road, London, NW5, U.K.
Analysts with experience of reanalyzing patients who have had analysis as a child or adolescent, and the corresponding child analysts, are invited to respond if interested in participating in and presenting clinical material to a Discussion Group on this topic. Drs. Samuel Ritvo and Robert L. Tyson will co-chair this project, proposed to begin in December, 1982. Please write Robert L. Tyson, M.D., 737 Pearl Street, Suite #208, La Jolla, CA 92037, regarding the clinical data which might be available for discussion. Data from the child analysis would be ideal but not essential.
The Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Topeka Psychoanalytic Society announce the celebration on October 8, 9, and 10, 1982, of the fortieth anniversary of the Institute's founding. Featured speakers will include Dr. Karl Menninger, Dr. John D. Sutherland, Dr. Lewis L. Robbins, and Dr. Robert S. Wallerstein. There will be a variety of workshops offered. Included will be the opportunity to tour the extensive new facilities of The Menninger Foundation.
The Psychoanalytic Association of Seattle announces that submittals are now being accepted for the 1982 competitions for the Fritz Schmidl Memorial Prize and the Edward D. Hoedemaker Memorial Prize. The Schmidl Prize of $500 is awarded for the best paper reflecting broad interest in applied psychoanalysis. The Hoedemaker Prize of $ 1,000 is awarded for the best clinical case study of a patient whose problems are primarily preoedipal. The method of treatment may be psychoanalysis or psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. Details on format for submittals, for which the deadline at the Association is July 30, 1982, may be obtained from the Psychoanalytic Association of Seattle, 4029 East Madison, Seattle, WA 98112.
The International Psycho-Analytical Association's Conference of Training Analysts will be held July 22 and 23, 1983, at the Hotel Melia Castilla in Madrid. The Conference is open to any active training analyst up to the maximum member of 400 that can be accommodated. Registrations will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. All active training analysts in North America will receive registration forms later this year.