Past DeWitt Wallace Institute Events

Review past events at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for Psychiatry.

2025

Maria Farland

Sylvia Plath and the 1950s Critique of Psychiatry

November 5, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Maria Farland, Ph.D., Fordham University

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Deborah L. Cabaniss, MD

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Arnold Cooper Memorial Lecture

November 5, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm | Uris Auditorium

Lecture Title: "Thoughts on Teaching Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" Deborah L. Cabaniss, MD Professor Emerita of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

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Children

Screen Addiction Impacts on Youth Mental Health

November 3, 2025
4:00pm to 5:00pm

Research studies, including from faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, shows that youth who engage in maladaptive or addictive use of social media or mobile phones are at greater risk of emotional or behavioral issues, including suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. Join us for a virtual discussion on the research surrounding patterns of compulsive or “addictive” use, and how these patterns can include feeling unable to stop using a device, experiencing distress when not using it or using it to escape from problems. This session will also cover what warning signs to look for, how to talk about it, when to seek help, and other important issues.

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Adelaide S. Robb, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds

October 29, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm

Lecture Title: "Evidence Based Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder" Adelaide S. Robb, MD Distinguished Endowed Professor and Chair Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Children’s National Hospital The George Washington University School of Medicine

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Imagination and Film

October 15, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Yair Qedar, director of Outsider Freud

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Zachary Samalin

The Child and Its Institutions: Thinking with Susan Isaacs, from Malting House to the Controversial Discussions

October 1, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Zachary Samalin New York University

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Hannah Zeavin

Matrix, Environment, Atmosphere: How Mother Became a Medium

September 17, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Hannah Zeavin, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

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SAFE Program / Academy for Behavioral Health & Continuing Education Event: Building Parent-Teen Connection While Navigating Substance Use

September 10, 2025
6:00pm to 7:00pm

This talk will focus on helping parents and caregivers build connection with their teens who may be struggling with substance use. The presenters will provide an overview and demonstration of validation, a positive parenting strategy known to increase openness and decrease escalation. Parents will also hear concrete language and tips they can put into use in their own home. In the second half of the talk, presenters will talk through two case examples. In the discussion, audience members will hear clinician input on how to respond to substance use while maintaining a strong parent/child bond. Time will be given for questions. Registration to the live online lecture is free and can be done here: https://weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_guXx_sVXTqiRv7niIVgIvA#... CE credit needs to be purchased separately. To register and purchase optional CE credit for the event, visit https://psychiatry.weill.cornell.edu/education/continuing-education/buil...

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Dr. Laura Hirshbein

The Many Faces of American Social Psychiatry, 1946-1982

September 3, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Laura Hirshbein, M.D., Ph.D. University of Michigan

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Mark Solms, Ph.D.

The Foundations of Psychoanalysis in Freud’s Neuroscientific Works

May 7, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm

Mark Solms, Ph.D. University of Cape Town

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