tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post7286789303574187731..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: A Few Words About SexGeorge Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-38232721203147648192014-09-08T19:00:04.904-05:002014-09-08T19:00:04.904-05:00I love that quote. I think I'll steal it and ...I love that quote. I think I'll steal it and update it with "Scores" or "Spearmint Rhino". Not as classy, but people will know what you mean.<br /><br />Central Europe and Paris during the Weimar era was a time when people were curious about sex and felt the could talk about it openly. The open kinkiness of the Cabaret scene is well described in many movies and literature. It was in this setting that Viennese intellectuals discussed what everyone else was discussing and acting out. They were not divorced from the culture in which they lived. I'm afraid in modern residency setting, talking about sex like a 1935 Vienna psychoanalyst or even a 1960 St. Louis ob/gyn such as Masters might generate a harassment suit. James O'Brien, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994350319492582321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-77190441541861847722014-09-06T19:18:27.957-05:002014-09-06T19:18:27.957-05:00In 1984 a calligrapher friend made a little poster...In 1984 a calligrapher friend made a little poster for me that quotes Anglican bishop Mervyn Stockwood:<br /><br />"A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies Bergére and looks at the audience."<br /><br />I also studied Kohut and Kernberg in my residency, and I agree "there were more enlightened conversations about [sexual] issues in early 20th century Vienna, than I have seen anywhere during my professional career. The public discourse is abysmal." And I too have never seen a case of Intermittent Explosive Disorder that wasn't better explained as a sign of another problem.Steven Reidbord MDhttp://blog.stevenreidbordmd.comnoreply@blogger.com