Activity ID
13889Expires
July 18, 2028Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
2Fee
$50 for APsA members, $75.00 for non-membersCME Provider: American Psychoanalytic Association
Description of CME Course
In 1974, Ernest Becker was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for “The Denial of Death”. Fifty years later, we will highlight its keen interdisciplinary contributions and theories it has spawned (Terror Management Theory) in synthesizing ideas from philosophy, anthropology, and religion, recasting classical psychoanalytic principles within an existentialist framework. Becker suggests that death is not only a wellspring of human activity but also the source of our greatest repression, rather than sexuality. Becker’s analysis of Rank and Kierkegaard brings these two giants of psychology back into the mainstream and shows how relevant their ideas are to clinical work. This session is designed to refocus the problem of death, finitude, and psychoanalytic theory to provide more clinical entry points to understand and deepen our work with patients.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Psychiatry and Neurology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
After attending this session, learners will be able to:
1. Examine the various ways that, both consciously and unconsciously, death is, according to Becker, a wellspring of human activity
2. Summarize how Becker’s recasting of some basic psychoanalytic principles via an existentialist framework revitalizes psychoanalytic theory.
Keywords
Psychoanalysis
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Outpatient
