PPRS 2012 Meeting

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
12-1:30 pm Research Presentation:
“In the real world, is dynamic psychotherapy a more cost-effective treatment for borderline personality disorder than dialectical behavior therapy?”
Presenter:  Robert Gregory, M.D.
Discussant:  Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD

4:30-6:30 pm Research in Psychoanalysis Discussion Group
“Bridging the Gap: The Relevance of Research for Psychoanalytic Practice and the Significance of Practice for Research”
Chair: Robert J. Waldinger, M.D.
Presenter: Jeremy Safran, Ph.D.
Discussant: Morris Eagle, Ph.D.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
12-1:30 pm Research Symposium
“Parental Mentalizing in Action: Verbal and Embodied Parental Mentalizing in Theory and Clinical Practice”
Chair:  Robert J. Waldinger, M.D.
Presenters: Dana Shai, Ph.D, Arietta Slade, Ph.D., Nancy Suchman, Ph.D.
Discussant: Mary Target, Ph.D.

2:30-3:30 Research Presentation
“Seeing Red:  Assessing unconscious processes of emotional regulation with the Rorschach”
Presenter: Johanna C. Malone, PhD
Discussant: Adam C. Conklin, PhD

3:30-5:00 pm Research Symposium
“Listening to Patients’ Repetitions: A Marker of Inertia or Change in Psychotherapy?”
Presenters: Sibel Halfon, MA ,  Lissa Weinstein, PhD
Discussant: To be announced

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
10:00 – 11:45 Research Symposium
“Still Alive & Well: An Overview of the Current Empirical and Clinical Status of Defenses Mechanisms”
Presenters:  Phebe Cramer, PhD, Sergio Paradiso, MD, PhD, John H. Porcerelli, PhD, ABPP
Discussant: Jack Novick, PhD

1:00 – 3:00  Research Symposium
“Placebo Effects in Psychoanalytic Treatments”
Presenters: Bret R Rutherford, MD, Andrew Gerber, MD, PhD, Steven P. Roose, MD
Discussant: Robert Michels, MD

3:30 – 5:00 Research Symposium
“Disturbances of Self-Awareness in Schizophrenia: Neuroscientific Findings and their Relevance for Psychodynamic Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Psychosis”
Chair: Benjamin K. Brent, M.D.
Co-Chair: Christopher R. Morse, Ph.D.
Presenter: Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D.
Discussant: Eric R. Marcus, M.D.

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The Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Research Society (PPRS) formed in June 2009 is an organization with the goal of providing a fellowship of scholars for the furtherance of psychoanalytic research and scholarship. This Society has been formed in association with the American Psychoanalytic Association as a separate corporation with its own structure of governance and in independent membership. PPRS is a unique organization with its focus on empirical research and scholarly pursuits concerning psychoanalytic concepts and treatment.