Justin A. Frank(born February 25, 1943, in Los Angeles, CA) is an American author who practices and teachespsychoanalysisin Washington, DC. Frank is a frequent contributor toThe Huffington Poston topics as diverse as politics, film, and theater.[1]He is a former clinical professor of psychiatry at theGeorge Washington University Medical Center.[1]

Justin A. Frank
Born(1943-02-26)February 26, 1943(age 81)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materHarvard Medical School
Scientific career
InstitutionsGeorge Washington University

Frank completed his psychiatric residency at theHarvard Medical Schooland became the chief resident at theCambridge Hospital.Frank was awarded the DuPont-Warren Fellowship byMassachusetts General Hospital.Frank is also theco-directorof the Metropolitan Center for Object Relations in New York.[2]

Frank employs the principles of applied psychoanalysis to put together the kind of psychological profile used in his books about U.S. presidents:Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President,which was extensively quoted from byFidel Castroin his annual speech in 2004,[3][4][5][6]andObama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.[7][8][9][10][11]In 2018, he publishedTrump on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.

References

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  1. ^ab "Justin Frank".Huffingtonpost.RetrievedNov 9,2012.
  2. ^ Sandy, Psy.D., Debby (Aug 9, 2011)."Interview with Justin Frank".Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS).RetrievedNov 9,2012.
  3. ^ Lloyd Vries (2004-07-24)."Castro Blasts Bush On Sex Charges".CBS News.Retrieved2016-04-11.Quoting extensively from the book "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President" by Dr. Justin A. Frank, Castro suggested that Mr. Bush's accusations against Cuba's socialist government may be rooted in his untreated alcoholic past.
  4. ^ Mary Murray (2004-07-27)."Castro responds to Bush's prostitution charges".NBC News.Archived fromthe originalon February 18, 2014.Retrieved2016-04-11.Castro quoted Frank, who delves into Bush's professed bout with alcoholism and argues that his history of untreated alcohol abuse could impair his judgment.
  5. ^ "Castro to Bush: Cuba's no sex haven".Sydney Morning Herald.2004-07-27.Retrieved2016-04-11.He questioned Bush's mental capacities, quoting from the "Bush on the couch" book to describe the US president as a past alcoholic.
  6. ^ Castro Ruz, Fidel(July 26, 2004)."Speech delivered by Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba".Portal Cuba.RetrievedNov 10,2012.
  7. ^ Laura Miller (2004-06-20)."The Inner W".Salon magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 2004-06-19.Retrieved2016-04-11.
  8. ^Don Sloan (2003-10-03)."Book Review – Bush on the Couch, by Justin Frank".Political Affairs.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-27.Retrieved2016-04-11.
  9. ^ Irwin Savodnik (2004-09-18)."Shrinking the President: A mind is a dangerous thing to psychoanalyze".The Weekly Standard.Archived fromthe originalon 2004-09-23.Retrieved2016-04-11.
  10. ^ Justin A. Frank (2004).Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.New York: Regan Books/HarperCollins.ISBN9780061739781.
  11. ^ Justin A. Frank (October 18, 2011).Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster.ISBN978-1451620641.bush on couch.