Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Freud goes to China
As the Western world strays more and more from Freudian therapy, China discovers his method and psychotherapy process. This Washington Post article echoes one of our films, Oedipus in China, about the recent rise of psychotherapy in a society where personal feelings should not be discussed.Labels: Asia, oedipus in china, psychology, psychotherapy
Friday, September 11, 2009
Psychological Repercussions of September 11th Attacks
The New York Times reports on the work of therapists and mental health specialists who dealt with the trauma and the methods of treatments that followed the terrorist attacks.THE HIDDEN FACE OF FEAR tells us the stories of several New Yorkers who were treated after September 11th, and how scientists can now link memory, fear and trauma to particular parts of the brain in order to cure patients. Labels: 9/11, neuroscience, psychology, trauma
And the Pursuit of Happiness...
In its April issue, The New York Review of Books examines the latest (and numerous) books on happiness as well as articles and essays on the subject.
In HOW HAPPY CAN YOU BE?, filmmaker Line Hatland, who admits to not being as happy as she'd like to be, seeks answers to this question by interviewing and showing the work of some of the world's leading researchers on happiness, or "objective well being," including psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and neuroscientists. Labels: anthropology, happiness, health, philosophy, psychology, science
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