| | | APSA17-300 | | Plenary Address: “What About Curiosity?” Speakers: Chair: Lee Jaffe, Ph.D., President-Elect (La Jolla, CA)
Introducer: Ira Brenner, M.D. (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
Speaker: Salman Akhtar, M.D. (Ardmore, PA)
This presentation will trace the origin of human curiosity to the interplay between hard-wired evolutionary imperatives and epigenetically unfolding psychosexual drives and relational scenarios of formative years. It will also address the forms and expressions of curiosity that are normative (e.g. developmental), and ubiquitous (e.g. existential), as well as those which are morbid in either quantitative (e.g. too much, too little), or qualitative (e.g. false, transgressive, prurient) sense. The intricate relationship between curiosity and creativity will also be discussed. Finally, the implications of such formations to the analytic situation (from both sides of the couch, and in between) shall be elucidated. | | MP3 | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
| | | APSA17-306 | | Psychoanalysis & Health Care Policy – What to Expect From the New President & Administration Speakers: Chair: Herbert S. Gross, M.D. (Rockville, MD)
Presenter: Peggy Tighe, J.D. (Washington, DC)
The presentation will be in three parts, 1) The presenter will provide substantive policy insight and a vision of how the White House and its agencies will prioritize and advance policy objectives; 2) She will offer an analysis of key issues of interest to the profession including the politics and policy implications supporting or undermining each issue, including how Congress is expected to react to each; 3) and will conclude with an interactive session where participants can weigh in with issues of greatest concern for further APsaA consideration. | | MP3 | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
