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Mark L. Ruffalo

@marklruffalo

Psychoanalysis, psychopathology, history of psychiatry; faculty in psychiatry at @UCFMed and @TuftsMedSchool; clinical interest in BPD and psychosis; LCSW

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The beautiful Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, founded in 1931 by William B. Terhune, founder of the psychiatry department at Yale, as a "medical and psychotherapeutic unit to diagnose and treat functional nervous disorders."

The beautiful Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, founded in 1931 by William B. Terhune, founder of the psychiatry department at Yale, as a "medical and psychotherapeutic unit to diagnose and treat functional nervous disorders."
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The psychoanalysts who have had the greatest impact on contemporary practice are those who subjected their ideas to empirical study and inquiry. Figures like Kernberg and Gunderson exemplify this shift, moving beyond dogmatic acceptance of theory to helping build a psychoanalytic

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Mark L. Ruffalo Don’t sleep on Daniel N Stern. & Beatrice Beebe. Major impact on clinical theory/practice & work based on empirical research that challenged developmental theory dogma.

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Classic 1986 paper by Robert Wallerstein, former president of IPA, defending psychoanalysis as an empirical science. He quotes Arlow: "Our confidence in our work will have to rely not on the memories of bygone heroes [never a happy basis or even a possible basis for a

Classic 1986 paper by Robert Wallerstein, former president of <a href="/IPAonline/">IPA</a>, defending psychoanalysis as an empirical science. He quotes Arlow:

"Our confidence in our work will have to rely not on the memories of bygone heroes [never a happy basis or even a possible basis for a
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Introducing the Association for the Psychoanalytic Study of Psychopathology, an organization dedicated to the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of mental disorders. Join us here: apspsychopathology.org/home

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Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Upcoming Journal Club! with access to an article and discussion with the author. With Diana Diamond and Frank Yeomans 13 June, 2025 ipa.world/IPA/Dev/Events… #psychology #therapy #narcissism

Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Upcoming Journal Club!

with access to an article and discussion with the author.
With Diana Diamond and Frank Yeomans

13 June, 2025
ipa.world/IPA/Dev/Events…

#psychology #therapy #narcissism
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"Understanding the psychodynamics of madness is essential to the therapy of most patients, including those who are not diagnosed as mad in the literal sense" (Michael Eigen).

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"In people with a potential for psychotic breakdown, there is a marked incapacity to stand aside from their psychological problems and regard them dispassionately." - Nancy McWilliams

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"Kernberg emphasizes his 'double identity' as a psychiatrist rooted in both classical German descriptive psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This 'double identity' has continued throughout his career and has marked his ongoing efforts to link psychoanalysis to psychiatric diagnosis."

"Kernberg emphasizes his 'double identity' as a psychiatrist rooted in both classical German descriptive psychiatry and psychoanalysis. This 'double identity' has continued throughout his career and has marked his ongoing efforts to link psychoanalysis to psychiatric diagnosis."
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Depressive Personality Style with Jonathan Shedler is live! I role-play a 40 year old therapist who grew up being his parents' therapist and in multiple contexts and engages in self-directed criticism and punishment. Please comment thoughts, reflections, pensiveness here!

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Eclecticism (anarchy) versus pluralism in psychiatric conceptualization: "See, concludes the novice looking for a rationale for continuing to believe whatever psychological theory appeals to him, everything is not just biology (Muller, 2008). Well, that is true, but one has to

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What was the genius of Leston Havens? Havens was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at Harvard who advocated for pluralism rather than eclecticism. Confusion in psychiatry, argued Havens, stems from applying only one method to all aspects of the field (dogmatism) or from applying

What was the genius of Leston Havens? Havens was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at Harvard who advocated for pluralism rather than eclecticism.

Confusion in psychiatry, argued Havens, stems from applying only one method to all aspects of the field (dogmatism) or from applying