International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #4 Issue #1

By Tamar SchwartzApril 6, 2016July 10, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #4 Issue #1. The theme of the issue is Memoir and Psychoanalysis with a target paper by Merle Heidi Molofky, MFA, NCPsyA and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also Review of Donnelley M. (2023). Treatment Resistance in Therapy: A Patient’s Perspective. Ireviewed be J. Christopher Fowler and a Response to Dr. Fowler by Marshall Donnelley This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.

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The AI Relationship Illusion

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: The AI Relationship Illusion: Why our Brains Instinctively Treat Chatbots Like People & Why that Should Concern Us (Vol. 6; Issue 31) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on Psyche and Society website on August 5, 2026.

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Piles of Mushrooms Are Rotting in This Colorado Town to Help Curb Forest Fires

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Science

Click Here to Read: Piles of Mushrooms Are Rotting in This Colorado Town to Help Curb Forest Fires Meet the Colorado community members using fungi to combat fires in their neighborhoods By Olivia Young in the Sierra Magazine on August 5, 2026

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The Telemachus Complex

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Film, Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Telemachus Complex: Shame, inheritance, and paternal authority in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” By Kyle Sossamon on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on August 06, 2026.

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The Doomsday Orgy Wasn’t Really About Sex: How Humor Transforms Helplessness into Defiance

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Doomsday Orgy Wasn’t Really About Sex: How Humor Transforms Helplessness into Defiance (Vol. 6; Issue 30) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Psyche Meets Society website on July 29, 2026.

Designed to be Love

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Designed to be Loved: The articles: Designed to be Loved by Heather deCastro, LCSW; Deferring the Fourth Narcissistic Blow? by Irene Argenti and Todd Essig, PhD; and Who’s Doing the Thinking When the AI Scribe Writes? by Valerie Frankfeldt, PhD in the American Psychoanayst Substack Newsletter CAI Currents on July 28, 2026.

The Divided Self of Elliott Smith: Biographer Jamie Fisher on creativity, psychoanalysis, and the need for connection

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 30, 2026July 30, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Divided Self of Elliott Smith: Biographer Jamie Fisher on creativity, psychoanalysis, and the need for connection By Lucas McGranahan on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on July 30, 2026.

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Scientists identify five key factors linked to happiness across 66 countries

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 25, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Scientists identify five key factors linked to happiness across 66 countries by Eric W. Dolan on the PsyPost website on July 24, 2026

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