Sage Psychology & Psychiatry

The revolutionary impact of Freud’s empirically derived and intuitively developed psychoanalysis generally obscures his early attempts to ground his invention in a secure neuroscientific framework. In the June issue of the Australasian Psychiatry podcast I speak with Dr George Halasz, child psychiatrist, about how rapid advances in neuroscientific understanding over the last thirty years is starting to change psychoanalytic theory and practice. Using his background in trauma therapy as an example,

Juliet Wakefield talks to PWQ Editor Jan Yoder about her article, co-authored with Nick Hopkins and Ronni M. Greenwood, 'Thanks, But No Thanks: Women’s Avoidance of Help-Seeking in the Context of a Dependency-Related Stereotype.'

Author Rose Barlow discusses her article, co-authored with Kathryn Becker-Blease, 'Caring for Our Students in Courses With Potentially Threatening Content'.

Author Tawanda Greer discusses her article with Thema Bryan-Davis, President of the Society for the Psychology of Women, and PWQ Editor Jan Yoder.

Laura Crane interviews guest editors Dr Li-Ching Lee and Dr Cathy Rice about the Special Issue on Global Autism Research. Date of posting: July 2017 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361317704603

In the August podcast, I talk with Professor Sandy McFarlane, current director of the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, about his work with the United Nations after the Iraq invasion of Kuwait recording and responding to the trauma of modern warfare with its systematised brutalisation of an entire population. Professor McFarlane identifies current gaps in treatment and support of patients with traumatic illness, with a growing awareness of the importance of trauma

Robyn Steward interviews guest editors, Will Mandy and Meng-Chuan Lai about their special issue on women and girls on the autism spectrum. Date of posting: July 2017

Relationship Matters Podcast 67: Circumnavigating the cost of support: Variations in cortisol as a function of self-efficacy and support visibility: Dr Erin Crockett talks about her study into the visibility of support and its impact on cortisol and stress levels in people with high and low self-efficacy