Psychoanalytic Grand Rounds at Stanford 2011 - 2012

Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 2213
401 Quarry Road
6:15-7:30PM

For more information contact: Maureen Ruffell, M.D. 650-329-8834

Description:
Maurice Sendak, one of America's most creative and beloved children's books authors and illustrators has dedicated his prolific artistic career to discovering who he was as a child and how the young child within him formed and informed his life and art. The presentation will illustrate Sendak's life-long commitment to facing his fear of death and breakdown. This talk will illustrate these themes in what Sendak considers to be his Trilogy: the three books, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There. This talk will describe how Sendak was able to transform some profoundly incomprehensible and painful early experiences into his art with playfulness and exuberance. Familiarity with Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen will enhance your participation in the discussion.

Course Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to describe how Maurice Sendak was impacted by the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, Charlie.
2. Participants will be able to articulate how Maurice Sendak worked through this trauma and the fear of breakdown in his book Outside over there.
3. Participants will be able to describe at least three specific literary and artistic illustrations of early traumatic experiences that Maurice Sendak grappled with and suggest how Sendak attempted to cope and master them in his Trilogy: Where the wild things are, In the night kitchen and Outside over there.

The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

PHYSICIANS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 credits as listed for each individual program, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number PCE623, for 1.25 CE credits on an hour for hour basis.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CME credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements and are now able to directly submit their verification letters at the end of each renewal cycle using the MCEP credit reporting form that can be found on the internet at: http://www.cpapsych.org/associations/6414/files/mcepaa/files/MCEP_Reporting_Form.pdf

REGISTERED NURSES: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 02677, on an hour for hour basis.

SFCP is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SFCP maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

Commercial Support: None

Faculty Disclosure: The following moderators and planning committee members have disclosed NO financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with commercial companies who have provided products or services, relating presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity: Maureen Ruffell Smith, M.D. and Era A. Loewenstein, Ph.D.. All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Updated Standards for Commercial Support.