Activity ID
13890Expires
July 18, 2028Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
0Fee
$50 for APsA members, $75.00 for non-membersCME Provider: American Psychoanalytic Association
Description of CME Course
In an era that is increasingly conscious of race and diversity, analysts and therapists are seeking to identify their own biases in understanding other cultures. Freud (depth psychology) and Gandhi (psychosocial/mutual understanding) will be contrasted and explored in the context of current global and local rises in othering, multifocal fundamentalisms, “post-truth” politics and reactionary ascendancies. Erikson’s work on Gandhi in the 1960s will be re-evaluated critically as an example of Western interest in South Asia, highlighting his strengths in cross-cultural thought and his limitations as a Western thinker. A clinical case featuring themes of cross-cultural understanding and misunderstanding, including transference, will be presented. This session is designed to explore psychoanalytically informed efforts at cross-cultural understanding in the context of South Asia and the West.
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. Summarize Freudian and Gandhian perspectives for individual and social change and ways of reducing othering.
2. Describe one dilemma of cross-cultural psychoanalytic/psychodynamic work, using either a clinical case or Erik Erikson’s work on Gandhi as an example.
Keywords
Psychoanalysis
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
