ABSTRACT
A word about developmental psychoanalysis—the theme of this joint programme. As a discipline, psychoanalysis began at the interface of mind and brain and has always been about those most basic questions of biology and psychology: loving, hating, what brings us together as lovers, parents, and friends and what pulls psychoanalysts apart in conflict and hatred. Basic developmental neuroscience and psychology has also of late turned to these basic questions of affiliation: of how it is that as humans psychoanalystsus most basic concerns are about finding, establishing, preserving, and mourning their relationships. The Child Study Center is one of the Yale School of Medicine's most valued departments. It is nationally and internationally recognized for leadership in the scholarship and research in children's mental health. It trains the future clinical and investigative leaders in the field and sets much of the research agenda for child psychiatry and related disciplines.
