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Psychoanalytic theory and practice.
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Insights into the Race Issue
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I have since I wrote this discovered that Donald I. Templer discusses
these problems in Mankind Quarterly, 'The Comparison of Mean IQ in
Muslim and Non-Muslim Countries', Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 50,
No. 3 (Spring 2010), pp. 188-209.
[link]
It is becoming more and more evident that a racial consciousness is... more »
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Breivik & autism
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Concerning the ongoing trial in Norway of Breivik and the Utöya mass murder. The debate is ongoing about the mental condition of Breivik. Some say he is psychotic while some say that he is both sane and evil. I propose that he and certain other shooters, in Sweden and in the US, suffer from an autistic syndrome. Autistic people are often very... more »
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Astrological therapy
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Astrology has proved useful in therapy. This therapeutic technique has existed for many decades, but I don't know if it is ever mentioned in psychological journals. As such, it is an archaic form of counceling, but combined with modern psychology the astrological signs and planets, as they provide hooks for projection, are useful as they... more »
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The petition against the DSM-5
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There is an "Open Letter to the DSM-5", but it is unsatisfactory.
[link]
The problem is that the document is divided into several points.
Although one is inclined to agree with certain points, one could
differ in others. If that's the case, then one cannot underwrite this... more »
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Critique of an Intrinsic/Natural Narcissism
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"Critique of an Intrinsic/Natural Narcissism"
~ The notion that narcissism is at the root at human psychology is faulty ~
"Self psychology", a post-Freudian variant, teaches that 'narcissism' is fundamental to human psychology. Wikipedia says:
"In contrast to traditional psychoanalysis, which focuses on drives... more »
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Repressed memories
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Recent research at Lund University, Sweden, has verified the psychoanalytic tenet of the capacity to repress memories. "Ny forskning om minnen ger Freud r tt" ("New memory research has proven Freud right") [link] EEG-equipment was used in the research, to measure brain waves. Gerd... more »
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