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The Meyerhoff Lecture: Neurobiological Correlates of Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theory
The Meyerhoff Lecture: A special complimentary lecture hosted by Sheppard Pratt & University of Maryland
This presentation will be broadcast live online on May 14, 2020 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM.
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Psychodynamic concepts require significant modifications in the light of present day knowledge of neurobiological developments. This presentation will describe the neurobiological structures that constitute the basis of the development of internalized object relations, that is, dyadic units of self-representations and object representations linked by specific affect. These dyadic units are considered the essential “building blocks” of psychic experiences, the concrete content of unconscious phantasy, and the structure elements of intrapsychic experience. Self and object representations are cognitive cortical functions activated by affective systems originating in limbic structures. This presentation will describe the corresponding integration of affective memory at conscious and unconscious levels. The crystallization of conflicts between positive affective and negative affective internalized object relations will be outlined in the description of normal and pathological stages of psychic development. Neurobiological development, in short, originates psychological structure that, in turn, will fundamentally affect the personality structure and pathology.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors and other mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives
1. Relate Freudian drive theory to affect systems.
2. Differentiate prefrontal areas related to self and object differentiation.
3. Contrast phases of conscious and unconscious development memory.
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Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., F.A.P.A., is Director of the Personality Disorders Institute at The New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Kernberg is a Past-President of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is also Training and Supervising Analyst of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. In the past, Dr. Kernberg served as Director of the C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Supervising and Training Analyst of the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Project of the Menninger Foundation. Later, he was Director of the General Clinical Service of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. From 1976 to 1995 he was Associate Chairman and Medical Director of The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division. He was Book Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association from 1977-1993. He was awarded the l972 Heinz Hartmann Award of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, the l975 Edward A. Strecker Award from the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, the l98l George E. Daniels Merit Award of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine, the l982 William F. Schonfeld Memorial Award of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, the 1986 Van Gieson Award from the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the 1987 and 1996 Teacher of the Year Award from The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, and the 1990 Mary S. Sigourney Award for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of 13 books and co-author of 12 others, including: Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism; Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies; Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques and their Applications; The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression; Psychoanalytic Education at the Crossroads; and, most recently, Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism.
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Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., F.A.P.A., reports having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. He will not discuss any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, or off-label uses in this presentation.
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- 1.00 Category I credits for Social Workers
- 1.00 Psychologists
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