Humor and Psyche: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Psychoanalytic perspectives on racial profiling.

Jeffrey Goldberg's comments in "The Color of Suspicion"' are comprehensive, factual, and an indictment of the racist practice of profiling. I found it fascinating and revealing to read that racial profiling had its genesis in practices by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's behavioral science unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration's encouragement of state officials to profile drug couri...

Intensive care psychiatric nursing--psychoanalytic perspectives.

Based on unobtrusive observations, a parallel is drawn between general and psychiatric intensive care nursing. The correlation between bedside skills and the incidence of physical contact between nurse and patient in each setting is considered. The phenomenon of physical attacks by patients on carers and the process of restraint in the psychiatric intensive care unit (ICU) is then examined. It ...

Uncommon misery: modern psychoanalytic perspectives on infertility.

Mind-brain and body in the self: psychoanalytic perspectives.

In attempting to think about the nature of the self in psychoanalysis, exploration of the issues involved leads inevitably to consideration of the mind–body relation and its implications for understanding the self. In previous reflections, I have discussed the varieties of mind–body relation proposed by various theorists (Meissner, 2003b) as well as the vagaries of thinking about the mind–body ...

Interpreting the inner world of ADHD children: psychoanalytic perspectives

ADHD is increasingly seen as associated with cerebral dysfunction and caused by it. This development is concomitant with an emphasis on medication, behavioural treatments, and parent training programmes. In contrast, psychoanalytic therapy has receded into the background and is often viewed as inefficient or even noxious. This paper argues that such views are based on a misunderstanding of the ...