| | | APSA17-304 | | Scientific Paper 4: Psychoanalytic Field Theory and the Clinical Relevance of the Mind/Body Problem Speakers: Chair: Martin A. Silverman, M.D. (Maplewood, NJ)
Author: Montana Katz, Ph.D., L.P. (New York, NY)
Discussant: Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D. (Bethesda, MD)
This paper addresses how psychoanalytic field theory models approach mind/body concepts and how this impacts clinical technique. Questions about the relationship, integration or reduction of the body and mind are approached theoretically by philosophers. For psychoanalysts the issues are saliently clinical. Field theory as developed by Baranger and Baranger, Ferro, and Levenson portray an evolution of field theory models that began employing a mind/body distinction, to offering techniques to bridge the divide between mind and body, and finally to a holistic model and technique. Performance art, a clinical example, and focus on specific clinical techniques are offered to support the discussion. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $18.00 | | $18.00 | |
| | | APSA20-402 | | Empirical Research in Psychoanalytic Theory: Escaping Grünbaum’s Circularity Criticism Speakers: Chair: Robert Galatzer-Levy, M.D., Presenter: Ariane Bazan, Ph.D. | | MP3 | | $25.00 | | $25.00 | |
| | | APSA17-204 | | Scientific Paper Prize for Psychoanalytic Research Speakers: Chair: Barbara Milrod, M.D. (New York, NY)
Presenters &
Prize Winners: John Porcerelli, M.D., ABPP (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Alissa Huth-Bocks, Ph.D. (Ypsilanti, MI)
Title: “Defense Mechanisms of Pregnant Mothers Predict Attachment Security, Social/Emotional Competence, and Behavior Problems in Their Toddlers”
Discussant: Catherine Monk, Ph.D. (New York, NY)
This annual prize is awarded to the paper published in the previous year (2015) that is deemed by the Scientific Paper Prize Committee to have the greatest scientific value to the field of psychoanalysis. This presentation of a paper authored by John H. Porcerelli, Ph.D., ABPP, Alissa Huth-Bocks, Ph.D., Steven K. Huprich, Ph.D., and Laura Richardson, Ph.D., will describe a longitudinal study that examined the relationship between defenses in pregnant women and their toddlers’ attachment security, social-emotional, and behavioral adjustment. Eighty-four women were prospectively studied from pregnancy through two-years after birth. Statistical analyses revealed that mothers’ defenses were associated with toddler outcomes. Mature defenses were associated with greater toddler attachment security, social-emotional competence, and fewer behavior problems, and immature defenses were associated with lower levels of attachment security and social-emotional competence. Findings suggest that defenses in parents preparing for and parenting toddlers influences the parent-child attachment relationship and social-emotional adjustment. Possible mechanisms for these associations may include parental attunement and mentalization. Defensive functioning during times of increased stress (prenatal-to-postnatal period) may be important for understanding parental influences on the child. Audio CDs: 2 | | Audio CD | | $30.00 | | $30.00 | |
