Past DeWitt Wallace Institute Events

Join our free community education event led by Dr. Bernadine Han, a psychoanalyst and addiction psychiatrist, exploring how psychodynamic theory helps us understand addiction as a response to emotional pain, trauma and unmet needs, and how this perspective can deepen empathy and support recovery. What you’ll learn: Core psychodynamic concepts relevant to addiction, including emotional regulation and the self-medication hypothesisHow substance use can serve as an adaptation to psychological distress, trauma or unmet needsWays a psychodynamic perspective can deepen empathy and inform compassionate approaches to recovery

Chair’s Year-End Summary Francis S. Lee, MD, PhD Chair and Psychiatrist-in-Chief Weill Cornell Medicine *Please note that identical lecture materials will be presented on both dates. Please only attend the session that is most convenient to you.*

Lecture Title: "New perspectives on negative symptoms in schizophrenia" Gregory P. Strauss, PhD Franklin Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Georgia

This presentation examines the emerging trend of looksmaxxing and its clinical implications on male adolescents. It reviews the timeline of looksmaxxing, dating back to the 2010s, and explores the influence of social media platforms on the growth and reach of the movement. The presentation will review terminology used within looksmaxxing communities and explore how the trend impacts youth across different racial identities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Finally, the presentation will identify psychological warning signs for clinicians working with youth who are either exposed to, or actively engaging in, looksmaxxing content. 1 CE credit available to WCM Department of Psychiatry full time and voluntary faculty Psychologists, Social Workers and LMHCs, who sign in with their full name, attend the entire lecture and complete a survey which will be emailed following the completion of the lecture.