Arts & Affairs

An Intergenerational Examination of the Impact of the Rural African Village Library in Uganda

Conducted by: Geoff Goodman & Valeda Dent Goodman
New York Freudian Society, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

Researchers traveled to rural Uganda to conduct this study, designed to test an intergenerational model of the mediational pathways of adult library usage on children’s learning readiness following the establishment of a rural village library.

Dr. Ruth Lax passed away in her home the morning of January 31, 2010. She was a training and supervisory analyst as well as a member of the faculties of both IPTAR and the NY Freudian Society. In addition, she belonged to 17 other professional organizations. She had recently retired from her practice in New York City. The author of several books, Dr. Lax also published numerous articles in psychoanalytic journals.
 

 Ruth Stein
1947-2010

The entire psychoanalytic community was shocked and saddened at the news of Dr. Ruth Stein’s sudden death in NYC on January 17, 2010. Dr. Stein had been attending APsaA’s 2010 National Meeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC, where she was awarded the JAPA Prize for her paper, “The Otherness of Sexuality: Excess”, first published in JAPA in 2008. Tragically, she suffered a massive stroke shortly after she received this honor. At the end of one of the sessions, she suddenly lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital. She died two days later.

Albert is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society as well as PCC and has been a major influence supporting a Kleinian approach in Los Angeles. He took up hypnosis soon after he became a physician and made a significant contribution to that field before he became a psychoanalyst. He moved to Los Angeles in the late sixties at the same time as Wilfred Bion and had a close relationship with him. He also retained his connections to England and the British Society making frequent visits there. He has written many papers and reviews.

Abby was an actress before she discovered psychology. She began acting as a child and was "the last person to contest the (starring) role in National Velvet". "Unfortunately, I did not have violet eyes", she quips. Abby states that she gained her first exposure to psychoanalysis while she was in a play with the renowned actress Tallelulah Bankhead. Apparently, it was common back then for actors and many other artists to enter into psychoanalysis and Tallelulah was not shy about giving the cast daily updates on her own analytic progress.

For Mark, psychoanalysis is a fundamental part of his life. Indeed, he always wanted to be a psychoanalyst, he says. He was 10 or 11 years old when he was treated in his first analysis, and from that time forward, he was "hooked".

Ernie started his career in psychology in 1953. Since then he has not only practiced but has also impacted the very fields of psychology and psychoanalysis themselves. Early in his career he wrote the first national mental health consultation program for Headstart. In the 1970's he served as President of the California Psychological Association.