Cronenberg Interview
For a revealing interview with Cronenberg about his work on A Dangerous Method, follow this link (Filmcomment):
http://www.filmlinc.com/film-comment/entry/david-cronenberg-interviewed
Month January 2012
10 Ways to Desire
From the classical steam engine analogy of Freud’s early neurological musings to second selves in virtual networks, not forgetting the engineer’s solution-orientated approach …
What is your desire?
http://io9.com/5873408/10-ways-of-semi-scientifically-quantifying-desire/
Psychoanalysis, differently
After The Worst Ennemies of Psychoanalysis and The Best Friends of Psychoanalysis Prado de Oliveira turns to the Hungarian psychoanalyst Sándor Ferenczi (1873-1933). Prado considers Ferenczi to be the most paradoxical disciple of Freud for being both close and critical, loyal and original (originality often being considered as a flaw in psychoanalytic institutions), methodical and ebullient. Not only in theory. Ferenczi is maybe best known for his experimental practice, described in his clinical diaries.
Effectiveness of Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
In 2008, Falk Leichsenring, DSc, and Sven Rabung, PhD, published a meta-analysis on the “Effectiveness of Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy” in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, 2008; 300(13): 1551-1565, doi:10.1001/jama.300.13.1551).
The authors start their enquiry by questioning the controversial status of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic treatment in mainstream psychiatry. Although proof for efficiency of short-term psychodynamic therapy has already been acquired for specific disorders, long-term therapy seemed unable to provide anything better than disputed proof.