Monday, March 27, 2006
8:15 pm
New York Psychoanalytic Society Auditorium
247 East 82nd Street, NYC

Presenter: John Munder Ross, PhD
Chair and Introduction: Harold P. Blum, MD
Discussant: Richard M. Gottlieb, MD

Jointly Sponsored by the
Psychoanalytic Association of New York
Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine
New York Psychoanalytic Society

Educational Objective:
Newly derestricted interviews of Max and Herbert Graf reveal the severe pathology of Little Hans' mother, and her mistreatment of her husband and daughter, who eventually committed suicide as an adult. Reread in this context, the text of "A Phobia in a Five Year Old" provides ample evidence of Frau Graf's sexual seduction and emotional manipulation of her son, which exacerbated his age expectable castration and separation anxiety, and her beating of her infant daughter. The boy's phobic symptoms can be deconstructed as a communication of the traumatic abuse taking place in his home, the subliminal, indeed unconscious injunctions conveyed in this behavior, and thus the ways in which parents can act to make their children's inevitable oedipal conflicts pathogenic.

Program Committee Chairpersons
Richard M. Gottlieb, MD (NYPS), Henry Schwartz, MD (APM),
Marvin Nierenberg, MD (PANY), and Marina Mirkin, MD (PANY)

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The American Psychoanalytic Association and the Psychoanalytic Association of New York. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Disclosure information is on record indicating that participating faculty members have no significant financial relationships to disclose.