Review past events at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for Psychiatry.
2025
Imagination and Nationalism
February 5, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm“Imagination and Nationalism” Richard Slotkin, Ph.D., Wesleyan University in conversation with George J. Makari, M.D.
SAFE Program Webinar: What Families Should Know About Vaping
January 22, 2025
6:00pm to 7:00pmSubstance use among adolescents and young adults has been declining, except for one: nicotine. In the U.S., Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), or vaping, are being used at unprecedented rates, with nearly 2 in 5 12th-grade students reporting past-year use. Join Dr. Ipp and Dr. Avery, specialists in adolescent medicine and addiction, for an informative discussion and Q&A session about this growing trend. Families, parents, and community members will gain valuable insights on the impact of vaping, how to recognize signs of use, and strategies for supporting young people in making healthier choices.
A Clinical History of Psychiatry and Serious Mental Illness
January 15, 2025
1:15pm to 2:45pm“A Clinical History of Psychiatry and Serious Mental Illness” Joel Braslow, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University Medical Center
2024
"Is Love a Natural Force? Conservation of Energy and the Origins of Psychoanalysis"
December 18, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmLeonardo Niro, Ph.D. University of Essex
Trauma and Healing in the Land of Hope: Migration and African American Mental Health in World War I-Era Chicago
November 20, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmMartin Summers, Ph.D. Boston College
Sylvia Plath and the 1950s Critique of Psychiatry
November 6, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmMaria Farland, Ph.D. Fordham University
Maria Farland, Ph.D., "Sylvia Plath and the 1950s Critique of Psychiatry"
November 6, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmMaria Farland, Ph.D.
Fordham University
In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life
October 16, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmRegina Kunzel, Ph.D. Yale University
Regina Kunzel, Ph.D., "In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life"
October 16, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmRegina Kunzel, Ph.D.
Yale University
Translation and the Imagination
October 2, 2024
1:15pm to 2:45pmDamion Searls, Ph.D., translator and scholar in conversation with George J. Makari, M.D., Director of the DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy, and the Arts
