The Othering of Psychoanalysis: Symposium, given at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Conference, decided to make “othering” the theme of its annual conference this year. Read papers by PsiAN, looking at the treatment of psychoanalytic thought and therapies through that lens.

PsiAN’s comments on the American Psychiatric draft practice guideline for Schizophrenia.

HIPS Film Screening: PsiAN hosts a free film screening of the documentary Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness, executive-produced by Ken Burns.

NBC posted a story claiming that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the “gold standard” of psychotherapy treatment. PsiAN responds, showing research studies and the experience of clinicians the world over know that CBT is NOT more effective, and that talk therapies of depth, insight and relationship have been shown repeatedly to be equally effective.

Jonathan Shedler was interviewed recently in conjunction with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) conference “Psychoanalytic Therapy Now 2018.” Jonathan is a PsiAN advisor.

PsiAN is concerned about the abrupt closure of the Argosy schools and its psychology and counseling graduate programs.

In a nationwide class action suit, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has found that United Behavioral Health (“UBH/Optum”), the country’s largest managed behavioral healthcare organization, illegally denied mental health and substance use coverage based on flawed medical necessity criteria.

An article, published by TherapyRoute one of our Strategic Partners, provides an overview of the founding of PsiAN and outlines the top issues we’ve taken on to date.

Governor Pritzker of Illinois presented his first budget address since taking office, and we appreciate his focus on increased mental health spending, and are hopeful that the budget is a harbinger of a positive trend. However, Illinois does not only need increased mental health and substance abuse funding but increased access to individualized mental health care of depth, dedication, duration and relationship.

Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente have gone on strike, because they, as trained and licensed mental health professionals, “want more authority to apply their professional judgment to how often they see their patients and whether individual or group therapy is indicated.” See PsiAN’s letter in support of high-quality mental health care.

Help PsiAN preserve patients' right to choose from among the many forms of effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)!