"Betrayal underlies all psychic trauma, whether sexual abuse or profound neglect, violence or treachery, extramarital affair or embezzlement. When we betray others, we violate their confidence in us. When others ...

As it becomes a more biologically oriented specialty, psychiatry is at risk of forgetting relevant psychoanalytic insights, such as the meaning of the psychiatrist's countertransference to the patient.

I challenge the traditional attribution of the 1589 "Arte of English Poesie" to George Puttenham. The psychological and methodological obstacles one must overcome in making such a case mirror those faced in challenging the ...