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Losing the Thread: The Youth Mental Health Crisis from a Psychoanalytic Lens
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Youth in the United States today are increasingly unwell. The youth mental health crisis that began long before the pandemic of 2020 has been the subject of much epidemiological speculation. Often missing from these considerations are structural dynamics related to unconscious functioning. In presenting a novel exploration of the crisis, this talk will begin with Émile Durkheim’s landmark study Suicide, highlighting the sociological theories at its core. Then, the talk will continue its journey through Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan by placing Freud’s mythology in conversation with Lacan’s revision of his work, noting connecting points with and divergences from Durkheim’s ideas.
After developing these psychoanalytic constructions of the causes of the crisis, discussion will then approach temptations and pitfalls in considering clinical and societal interventions in the crisis. Attendees will be invited to engage in a generative exchange of their ideas on the topic, including possible interventions.
Presented by Carl Waitz, PsyD
Wednesday October 9, 2024 from 7:00-9:00 pm
Will be held on Zoom. CEs: 2
After developing these psychoanalytic constructions of the causes of the crisis, discussion will then approach temptations and pitfalls in considering clinical and societal interventions in the crisis. Attendees will be invited to engage in a generative exchange of their ideas on the topic, including possible interventions.
Presented by Carl Waitz, PsyD
Wednesday October 9, 2024 from 7:00-9:00 pm
Will be held on Zoom. CEs: 2
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