Psychoanalysts to convene winter 2003 meeting

On Wednesday, January 22 from noon- 1:30 p.m., there will be a "Press Briefing with Psychoanalysts on Current Events and Issues of Contemporary Concern".

Other important sessions include "Terrorism: New Psychoanalytic Views"; "Aggression: What is it? What Causes It?"; and a public forum on "Integrity and Self-Deception in Corporate America". There will also be a special symposium "Analyze This and That: A Conversation with Harold Ramis". Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D- RI) will receive the Presidential Award and will address APsaA's members about current legislative issues on the Hill in mental health care.

In discussion group entitled "Lacanian Approaches to Severe Psychopathology", a presentation will be made about a schizophrenic young woman who was successfully treated using only psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

These are but a few of the many session topics that also include infant mental health, dreams, culture, and the arts.

To access a list of sessions open to the press at the Winter 2003 Meeting, visit http://www.apsa-co.org/ctf/pubinfo/newsrelease.html, or contact Dottie Jeffries, Director of Public Affairs, at djeffries@apsa.org.

Founded in 1911, APsaA is a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States. The Association is composed of Affiliate Societies and Training Institutes in many cities and has approximately 3,500 individual members. APsaA is a Regional Association of the International Psychoanalytical Association.