BPSI Member Don Lipsitt, MD, published his new manuscript Insights from a Sixty-Four Year Case of Anorexia Nervosa this past April. For more information or to purchase this work, please click here. About the Book This volume offers rare insight into an enduring case of anorexia nervosa in a female patient and details the approaches to treatment taken by psychotherapists throughout the 64 year period 1938-2002. Through discussion and analysis of...

Recently John Martin-Joy, MD, and his book Diagnosing From A Distance were quoted in a New York Times obituary for editor Warren Boroson. To view the article, please click here. Boroson, along with with Ralph Ginzburg, created a provocative article and survey of psychiatrists about Barry Goldwater’s mental health.   “‘I think he, with Ginzburg, was important in trying to push forward the frontiers of free speech on behalf of...

BPSI Member Fred Busch, PhD, is set to release his latest work on March 15th; Psychoanalysis at the Crossroads: An International Perspective. Preorders of the book can be made here. About the Book In this clear and thoughtful book, an international group of distinguished authors explore the central issues and future directions facing psychoanalytic theory and practice. The book explores four main questions in the development of psychoanalysis:...

The field of narrative medicine recognizes that stories articulate the language of the body. Rita Charon, the founder of the field of narrative medicine, brought both patient and practitioner to a fuller recognition of stories as a source of medical insight and intervention: stories that may take shape in words but originate through bodily drives. Drawing lessons from psychoanalysis about “attention, drives, and relationships,” she reminded us...

BPSI Member Andrea Celenza’s newest manuscript Transference, Love Being: Essential Essays from the Field was released in 2022 and will be featured in BPSI’s Meet the Author event this October. Click the link here to purchase this book. Book Description Through a series of expansive essays, Transference, Love, Being explores the centrality of love in psychoanalytic practice. Starting with the immersion of the analyst, this...

We are happy to announce the publication of Beyond the Binary: Essays on Gender, a manuscript edited by BPSI Member Shari Thurer, ScD, in collaboration with the Library Committee. This is the fourth publication sponsored by the Library Committee of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and the first published by Phoenix. Click here to purchase a copy! About the Book:  The increase in the number of non-binary children and...