The panel ‘Contemporary Perspectives on Psychoanalysis’ is the major European event for the Centenary of the IPA. It will take place in London in conjunction with the annual EPF Conference. The panel will take place 100 years to the month in which the IPA was founded in March 1910.

Chaired by Charles Hanly, the speakers are: David Bell, London - “Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry: a conceptual mapping”; Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Frankfurt -“Psychoanalysis as ‘a special science of the unconscious’ (Freud) at the IPA centenary” and René Roussillon, Lyon - “Une conception de la sexualité aujourd’hui: le langage du sexuel / A perspective on sexuality today - the language of the sexual”.

The list of speakers replaces those listed in Bulletin 2. Simultaneous interpretation is available throughout the panel.

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The IPA Membership is being asked to vote online for the proposal to replace the office of Secretary General with an office of Vice-President, who shall be elected by the members as part of a presidential team made up of the President and Vice-President. If adopted, this proposal will come into force for the next elections in 2011. Members will be able to vote on line from 12 Noon on Friday 19 March to 12 Midnight (GMT) on Sunday 25 April 2010.

For further information about this proposed amendment and how to vote go to the IPA’s website: click here

Secretary of Tourism of Mexico City, Alejando Rojas Díaz Durán, has written to President Charles Hanly to detail measures in place to assure the safety and security of all Congress delegates.

Click here for a full text of the letter.

The time to visit this megacity — about 20 million people live in the metropolitan area — has rarely been better: Click here for recent news on Mexico City

The main papers from the recent Sandler Conference are now available. Please click here for access.

A recent article by Jonathan Shedler (USA) brings to wider attention empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy when compared to other psychotherapies.

Click here for the link to the article, published in the February/March American Psychologist.

Some recent items of interest in the news on psychoanalysis and psychotherapy:

Thinking out loud, Semrad treated mentally ill with respect as human beings