Other Groups To Meet in Toronto

Psychoanalytic Academy

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry will commemorate its 50th anniversary with special sessions and events at its meeting in Toronto May 18 to 21. The meeting will take place just before the opening of APA's 2006 annual meeting.

“The academy welcomes the participation of clinicians, medical students, and psychiatry residents who wish to expand their knowledge of the `talking cure' in a collegial and intellectually stimulating atmosphere,” said academy trustee and meeting co-chair Gerald Perman, M.D.

Among the highlights will be presentations by two of the academy's founders, Marianne Eckardt, M.D., and Milt Zaphiropoulos, M.D., who will reflect on the group's five-decade history.

In addition, Richard Friedman, M.D., will discuss the past, present, and future of psychodynamic psychotherapy, while Stuart Yudofsky, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Baylor University, will talk about“ connections between psychodynamics and neurobiology” and where these connections will lead. Jack Drescher, M.D., will deliver a special lecture titled “Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis: The Past 50 Years.”

On Saturday, May 20, there will be a gala dinner with musical accompaniment by several of the academy's talented members.

Information about the meeting is posted at<www.aapsa.org> or available by e-mail at [email protected].▪