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The Riggs Blog is a mix of news about clinical work, research and educational activities from the Austen Riggs Center, as well as a source for information beyond our walls that we find interesting and thought-provoking. Senior clinical experts, researchers, and editors review all clinical content on this blog before it is published.
This video series is taken from our Centennial Conference and features excerpts from many of the presentations – check back often or bookmark the Riggs Blog to see new videos.
“There is an excessive focus on the biomedical at the expense of the biopsychosocial. . . . there are false assumptions that genes equal disease, that patients have single disorders that respond to single evidence-based treatments, that pills are the best treatment that we have.” states Dr. Plakun.
During a visit to the Austen Riggs Center, Dr. Aron Janssen spoke with us about his gender identity work, current research, and advice for parents on topics of gender and sexuality.
Read the winter 2018-19 issue of the Austen Riggs Center’s newsletter, ARC News, featuring stories on creativity and human development.
As we approach the end of 2018, we thought we’d look back over some of our more popular blogs and blog series from this year.
Here are five of the most popular blogs from July through December of this year.
As we approach the end of 2018, we thought we’d look back over some of our more popular blogs and blog series from this year.
Below are five of the most popular blogs from January to June of this year:
During a visit to the Austen Riggs Center earlier this year, Doug Gentile, PhD, spoke with us about a number of topics ranging from video game addiction, monitoring children’s media use, and the effects of media violence.
The Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center is pleased to announce an upcoming Film Forum screening on Thursday, December 13 at 7:15 p.m. The theme for the fall series, which features one film per month in October, November, and December, is “Neurotic Relationships.”
Austen Riggs Center staff member Barbara Keegan writes about why she donates to Riggs in support of suicide research.
Katie Lewis, PhD, research psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center, has received the competitive Young Investigator Innovation Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for her study: “Impact of Interpersonal Experiences on Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.” Dr. Lewis’ study was one of fewer than ten chosen out of 175 applications.
The Austen Riggs Center’s Board of Trustees announced today the appointment of Eric M. Plakun, MD, as medical director/CEO.
Season 2 features an unrelentingly grim teenage environment, in which every teenager is a perpetrator, a victim, or both–in which teens routinely contemplate suicide, engage in exploitative sexual relationships, and attempts to change for the better lead to disaster. While the many depictions of the difficulties that beset the teens in this series reflect issues commonly portrayed in the media, such as opiate addiction, gun violence, bullying, rape, and suicide, there remains a significant difficulty in that 13 Reasons Why seeks to inform teens and their families about these issues, yet persistently treats these issues in highly problematic ways.
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