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with the Academy Journal: Psychodynamic Psychiatry” which
will introduce members to the new Academy Journal, including
instructions and coaching on how to publish articles in the Journal.
This workshop will be chaired by Richard Friedman, M.D.,
Jennifer Downey, M.D., César Alfonso, M.D. and Joseph Silvio,
M.D. In the meantime, that same day at noon, Kim Best will be
chairing the Residents’ Luncheon in which psychiatry resident
Heather Forouhar-Graff M.D. will present “The Nocebo Effect.”
Saturday afternoon will consist of a three hour panel, concurrently
with three successive paper sessions on education, taking
place in the adjacent room. The panel, “Update in HIV and AIDS
Psychiatry” will be chaired by Mary Ann Cohen, M.D. and will
encompass five distinguished presenters who will provide a
comprehensive and up-to-date focus on these conditions. In the
other room, Joseph Silvio, M.D. and Peter Collori, M.D. will
present on “Rediscovering Psychodynamics in Modern Residency
Programs: Experiential Training for PGY-I and Beyond,”
followed another presentation focusing on psychiatric education
titled: “Experientally Engaging Psychiatric Trainees in
Reflection, Psychotherapy and Organizational Dynamics Using
Balint Style Group Facilitation: The Dudley Model” by Faisal
Shafi Shaikh, MRCPsych of the United Kingdom. The Faculty
of the Psychoanalytic Institute of New York Medical College
will sponsor the third and final presentation of the afternoon
titled: “Dilemmas in Clinical Practice” and consisting of work
with patients done by residents and with contributions by Scott
Schwartz, M.D. A rich discussion by Doug Ingram, M.D., Joe
Silvio, M.D., Sherry Katz-Bearnot, M.D., Myron Glucksman,
M.D. and Silvia Olarte, M.D. will follow.
The closing of the meeting will take place with the Presidential
Address. Academy President César Alfonso, M.D. has
chosen Debra Katz, M.D. of the University of Kentucky to
deliver the presentation titled: “Inspiring Interest in Psychodynamic
Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis: National Survey Data
and Implications for the Future.”
There is a term in Latin that is used in judicial circles to define
a situation that is so clear and of such common agreement, that
it requires no argument. It’s “Res Ipsa Loquitur,” meaning: “the
thing speaks for itself.” This is the most fitting description of
the level of quality of our upcoming Annual Meeting. We hope
to see you all in Philadelphia.
13th Joint Meeting with OPIFER
by Joan Tolchin, M.D., Immediate Past President
The Academy held its Thirteenth
Joint Meeting with OPIFER (Organizzazione
di Psicoanalisti Italiani-
Federazione e Registro) in Rome,
November 12-13, 2011. The theme
of the meeting was “Psychoanalytic
Training Today: In the Footsteps
of Silvano Arieti, Honoring the
Memory of Jules Bemporad.”
Dr. Bemporad was a respected
and inspiring Past President of the
Academy as well as a Past Editor of its Journal who passed
away in June 2011 after a long illness. At the meeting, Dr.
Marco Bacciagaluppi, a founder and Past President of OPIFER
and an Academy Fellow, spoke movingly about Dr. Bemporad
who had also played an instrumental role in helping to establish
the liaison with OPIFER and the yearly joint meetings in Italy.
(This speech is listed on page ##.)
The American Keynote Speaker was Dr. John T. Walkup,
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director, Division
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He spoke on “Challenges
of Teaching Psychodynamics in Modern Psychiatry Training
Programs.” Dr. Walkup described the vast amount of information
and expertise the current psychiatric resident needs to master, the
increased patient load and bureaucratic paper work the resident
faces. Learning psychodynamic principles and treatment is time
consuming work that must be carefully balanced with the other
requirements of the training. Dr. Walkup has been encouraged
by the high caliber of residents his program attracts and their
ability to integrate psychodynamic theory and treatment into
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their therapeutic armamentarium.
Academy Fellow Dr. Erminia Scarcella presented an excellent
paper on “Training in Jungian Analytic Psychology: A Quick
Overview.” Dr. Scarcella reviewed the history of the development
of Jungian training programs in the United States and other
places in the world. She then focused on what current Jungian
training involves in the USA.
Dr. James Eaton, also an Academy Fellow, spoke on “Using
a Consultation-Liaison Service to Begin Teaching Principles
of Psychodynamics and Countertransference.” His talk was a
rich and thoughtful discussion of clinical work he had done as
a resident on the Consultation-Liaison Service of a large city
hospital. His consultation to the urology service involved not
only helping the patient, but also helping the staff deal with a
medical crisis and significant counter-transference issues.
There were also many interesting talks by our Italian colleagues.
Of note, was the Italian Keynote presentation by Dr.
Gianni Guasto, “Towards a Lay Psychoanalytic Training.” Dr.
Guasto became an Academy Fellow after he attended the Twelfth
Joint Meeting in Genoa and has also published in our Journal.
The meeting venue was the Centro di Formazione “Polo
Didattico” situated in the Piazza Oderico da Podenone and this
meeting marked the first time that the Academy had held its
Joint Meeting in Rome. We are grateful to OPIFER’s President,
Dr. Pietro Andujar, and his able Meeting Planning Committee
that contributed an enormous amount of work in arranging all
of the meeting details, including the venue, the audiovisual
equipment, and a delightful and gracious opening reception. The
meeting was extremely collegial with both formal and informal
opportunities to exchange thoughts and ideas.
Holding our Joint Meeting the weekend of November 12-13,