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 | |
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Born | February 26, 1943 |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | George 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
edit- ^ab "Justin Frank".Huffingtonpost.RetrievedNov 9,2012.
- ^ Sandy, Psy.D., Debby (Aug 9, 2011)."Interview with Justin Frank".Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS).RetrievedNov 9,2012.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
- ^ Castro Ruz, Fidel(July 26, 2004)."Speech delivered by Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba".Portal Cuba.RetrievedNov 10,2012.
- ^ Laura Miller (2004-06-20)."The Inner W".Salon magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 2004-06-19.Retrieved2016-04-11.
- ^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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Justin A. Frank (2004).Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.New York: Regan Books/HarperCollins.ISBN9780061739781.
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Justin A. Frank (October 18, 2011).Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster.ISBN978-1451620641.
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