At its annual meeting in May in New York City, the American Psychiatric Association is going to award Hannah Decker… Read more The Making of DSM III
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Philosophical Issues Psychiatry: The Nature and Sources of Historical Change
Conference at the University of Copenhagen, 9-11 May 2013 Speakers: German Berrios, Emilie Bovet, John Dupre, Eric Engstrom, Ian Hacking,… Read more Philosophical Issues Psychiatry: The Nature and Sources of Historical Change
Grief Exclusion and DSM V
A recent report in the popular press cites Kenneth Kendler and Arthur Kleinman on the pathologization of grief.
Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
An Opinion Piece in today’s NY Times on Shyness and DSM by Susan Cain argues that shyness has evolutionary advantages… Read more Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
Dangerous Method
David Cronenberg has made a movie about Freud, Jung, Otto Gross and Sabina Spielrein. The trailer has just been released:… Read more Dangerous Method
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