This is the latest Doctors in Dialogue about “Street Psychiatry” and helping the unhoused mentally ill.
Doctors in Dialogue is a project of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), a psychiatric think tank that has been around for 80 years.
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Posts by Jack Drescher, MD
This is the April 10 recording of the IPA Journal Club featuring Austin Ratner, MD. Worth a watch and worth sharing.
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Transgender Psychiatrists Follow in the Footsteps of Dr. Anonymous
This article in the Psychiatric News features transgender psychiatrists explaining to colleagues what is going on in their lives and in patients’ lives. Definitely worth a read and sharing.
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This is my latest post on Substack. You can read more about it at the link. And do consider become a follower or free subscriber.
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Honored to take on this role for the next six months.
Grand Rounds at AUB tomorrow. Sadly cannot be there in person.
IPA Journal Club: April 20: Austin Ratner, MD discusses his paper on "The Psychoanalyst's Resistance to the Task of Proof."
You can register at this link:
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You can download Dr. Ratner's paper at this link:
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This is the latest installment of International Psychoanalytical Association's Journal Club.
Guest authors are Vittorio Lingiardi, MD & Nancy McWilliams, PhD and a discussion of their recently published Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-3). Worth a view and worth sharing.
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“I Told the Bot, Not My Therapist” is the latest blog post from the Committee on Technology and Psychiatry of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP).
Definitely worth a read and worth sharing
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A pleasure to meet again with Father David to discuss mental health issues on Friar Time TV
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Please join us for the next episode of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) Journal Club
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Download the PDM-3 Chapter Introduction to be discussed:
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This is the latest blog post from the Psychopathology Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)
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This is my latest post on Substack. Worth a read and please feel free to share. And even subscribe for free
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This is both live in Manhattan and on Zoom
Registration is free for either at this link:
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The January 16 episode of the International Psychoanalytical Association Journal Club is now online featuring Dr. Salman Akhtar discussing his paper: "Deadness, Psychoanalytic Reflections."
Worth a view and feel free to share
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My latest Substack post features important historical perspectives on American psychiatry from Lawrence Hartmann, MD, a past President of the American Psychiatric Association.
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#psychiatry #homosexuality #diagnosis
Salman Akhtar, MD will be returning to the IPA Journal Club which will meet online on January 16, 2026.
You can register for this event at this link
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You can read the paper at this link
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This is the recording of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) Journal Club featuring Ann D'Ercole PhD discussing the relationship between Sandor Ferenczi and his patient Clara Thompson and their famous "kiss."
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This is the latest blog post from the Committee on Work and Organizations of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)
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The Committee on Arts and Humanities in Psychiatry of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) has just completed their final video on Psychiatry in the 17th and 18th centuries. All six (6) of their videos can be viewed at this YouTube link.
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This is the latest Doctors in Dialogue on Substack from the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP).
Gail Saltz and I reflect on three decades of bringing mental health conversations to mainstream audiences — and why it’s more important than ever.
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Congratulations to The Sigourney Award-2025 recipients: Dana Amir, PhD (Israel); Calibán, Latin American Journal of Psychoanalysis (Uruguay); Siri Hustvedt, PhD (USA); and ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action (USA). (Alphabetical order, top left clockwise) Details: www.sigourneyaward.org.
I was recently interviewed by Rosario Coco, President of Gaynet, as part of a training course for Italian journalists
The interview, in Q&A form, was videotaped in Italian and a transcript of the English translation is in this Substack post.
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My latest substack post is about the Neopolitan Femminielli; worth a read
#napoli #italy #femminielli #gender diversity
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The next International Psychoanalytical Association Journal Club featuring Ann D'Ercole, PhD will be on December 19.
The registration link is
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After registering, a link to download the paper will be provided.
Nancy Chodorow, PhD passed away on October 14. I had the pleasure of working with her on an IPA Committee. She also was an early guest of the IPA Journal Club on the 40th anniversary of The Reproduction of Mothering.
May she rest in peace and may her memory be a blessing.
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“The Psychological Pull of Authoritarianism and Autocracy” is the latest blog post from the psychiatric think tank, Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP). Worth a read.
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This is my most recent post on Substack. Have a look and please subscribe
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The September 26, 2025, IPA Journal Club with Dionne Powell, MD, is available for online viewing.
Powell, D.R. (2018). Race, African Americans, and psychoanalysis: Collective silence in the therapeutic conversation. J. American Psychoanalytic Association, 66(6):1021-1049.
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