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2009 News Archive

Press Releases

Date Title
October Four APsaA Members Bring Home Sigourney Award
September Jake Lynn Takes on Public Affairs Duties for American Psychoanalytic Association
June In spite of upward turns of the economy, patients still experiencing anxiety and depressions
April Psychoanalysts coin New Psychological "STDs" 
April Psychoanalysts condemn use of torture in any form
April 100th Anniversary of Freud's Visit to America
February Psychoanalysts Approve Position Statement "The Inner War Comes Home"
February Psychoanalysts Laud Members of Congress for Inclusion of Privacy Protections in Stimulus Bill

 

APsaA and Psychoanalysis in the News

December 29 - Kerry Sulkowicz discusses the psychological goals of government-backed incentive programs in 2009 and whether they really worked in the Arizona Republic.

December 27 - Kenneth Settel comments on the media circus surrounding Tiger Woods in a letter to the editor in The New York Times.

December 20 – Kerry Sulkowicz, MD appears in The New York Times article "As a New Manager, Get to Know Your Team".

December 6 - Stephen Sonnenberg co-authored an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman.

November 19 - APsaA Honorary Member Jonathan Shedler has an article appearing in a forthcoming edition of American Psychologist titled "The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy".

November 19 - Letter to the Editor by Mark Smaller, Ph.D. in The New York Times: "For Children of the Recession, the Economy Hits Home."

November 19 - Mark Smaller, Ph.D. featured in: "Duck! Its the Holidays" in the New York Times.

November 18 - APsaA member Judith Broder was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" with regard to a personnel file evaluation of Major Hasan of the Ft. Hood massacre.

November 10 – Will Braun was featured in two articles on iVillage.com discussing the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street: "How Growing Up on the 'Street' Affects Us " and "What Your Favorite 'Sesame Street' Character Says About You."

November 8 - Stephen Sonnenberg was quoted in the Week in Review section of The New York Times discussing the Fort Hood, TX massacre.

November 6 - Nancy Sherman was quoted in Newsweek discussing the Fort Hood, TX massacre.

October 30 - Robert Pyles was profiled in an article in the Boston Business Journal.

APsaA President Prudence L. Gourguechon offers her perspective on vintage sofas in the New York Times article "Making Shabby Chic, Again".

Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed  "A dose of common sense", Sept. 30, 2009 by APsaA member Lawrence Blum

APsaA member and University of Southern California law professor Elyn Saks wins MacArthur grant. - Los Angeles Times

Robert Paul, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University and APsaA member comments on the centenary of the historic visit to the U.S. by Freud - Psychiatric News

New York Times Op-ed by APsaA member Leon Hoffman on Sigmund Freud's visit to America 100 years ago.

Leo Rangell's latest column in The Huffington Post: Understanding Conversation and the Ubiquitous Human Potpourri of Conflicted Opinions.

The Human Condition: Cash, Clunkers, and Broken Hearts: Claudia Kalb on Clunker Grief (APsaA members Susan Vaughan and Mark Smaller are quoted)

Psychoanalysis hits the streets: "Well-Behaved Street-Corner Sculpture" - a letter to the editor of The New York Times by APsaA member Mark D. Smaller.

Curious Why Shopping Carts Aren't Put Back? (includes opinion by APsaA member Robert L. Pyles) - www.wbztv.com

Where Can the Doctor Go Who's guided All the Others Go for Help? (APsaA members Dan Buie and Rachel Seidel quoted) - The New York Times

"When the Mind is a Casualty of War" (see letters by APsaA members Robert L. Pyles and William H. Braun) - The New York Times

Little League Trade (opinion by APsaA member Kerry Sulkowicz) - The New York Times

After economy recovers, fears may linger (by APsaA member Gail Saltz) - msnbc.com

The Impossible Profession (letter to the Editor by APsaA member Mark Smaller) - The New York Times

"Helping Children Through a Parent's Deployment" by APsaA member Marie Rudden- Exceptional Parent

APsaA member Deborah Peel MD discusses medical privacy in the military -
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

"On Being Susan Boyle," by APsaA member Elizabeth Tillinghast-
The Huffington Post

How do you feel about that? Drinks with Shrinks
The New Yorker

What's Up with all The Rude People? WBZ-TV

Breast Feeding past Infancy: comments by APsaA member Will Braun

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