http://www.robertwhitemd.com/blog Comment on JAPA papers Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:37:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   In the Netcast discussion of masculinity that took place in the month of June of 2007, there was a partially derailment by an angry split that became prominent in the last week of the discussion.  I believe the same phenomenon has shown up on the Open Line and other discussions ... http://www.robertwhitemd.com/blog/?p=6   Among the important reasons why psychoanalysis has suffered, many think that the lack of integration of empirical and clinical observations has prevented psychoanalysis from joining the mainstream helping professions.   This article, “Minding the Gap,” addresses the conflicting, at times, diametrically opposing views, of clinician and empirical scientist. To my mind, this ... http://www.robertwhitemd.com/blog/?p=5 6/13/06 Mitchell Wilson, in his article entitled “Nothing could be further from the truth”: The role of lack in the analytic process (JAPA 54/2, 2006), examines the paradox that falling short, getting over-involved, making mistakes often furthers analytic work.  Wilson correctly notes that much analytic work is characterized by presence, by ... http://www.robertwhitemd.com/blog/?p=3