Michael D. Robbins Explained

Michael D. Robbins
Occupation:Author, Psychoanalyst
Education:Amherst College, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, M.D.

Michael D. Robbins is an American author, psychoanalyst, and former professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Francisco.[1] His psychoanalytic research has focused on how the mind works in western and non-western cultures, particularly with regard to schizophrenia and other psychoses, language, creativity, conscious and unconscious mental processes.[2]

Biography

Robbins graduated from Amherst College Summa Cum Laude in 1955.[3] He received his medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Robbins completed his residency at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and an internship at the University of Rochester Medical School.[4] Additionally, he graduated from and is a member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.[5]

Robbins joined Harvard Medical School where he became an assistant professor and later a clinical professor of Psychiatry. He was attending psychiatrist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts where he was in charge of wards and then became director of the admissions and brief treatment service. He later became clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco[1] and was on the faculty of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California.[6] [7]

He is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association,[8] and the American Psychoanalytic Association.[9] He was on the board of directors of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis[10] and the International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses (ISPS).[11] [12]

In 1983, Robbins received the Felix and Helene Deutsch Prize presented by the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute for his paper, "Toward a New Mind Model for the Primitive Personalities."[13]

Selected bibliography

Books

Michael Robbins (September 8, 2023). What Makes Humans Unique: Evolution and the Two Structures of Mind. Routledge. ISBN 1032564911Michael Robbins (2023). The Human Difference: Evolution, Civilization – and Destruction. Routledge. ISBN 1032569441Michael Robbins (June 12, 2023). Traveling On: Fifty Years of Poetry and Sculpture. IP books. ISBN 1956864466

Book chapters

Articles

Notes and References

  1. Book: Psychosis and Emotion: The role of emotions in understanding psychosis, therapy and recovery. Andrew I. Gumley, Alf Gillham, Kathy Taylor, Matthias Schwannauer. July 18, 2013. Routledge.
  2. Book: Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts. Burness Moore, Bernard Fine. 9780300047011. January 26, 1990. Yale University Press.
  3. Web site: Short Takes. Katherine Duke. Amherst College.
  4. Web site: Dr. Michael Robbins. US News.
  5. Web site: Hanns Sachs Library and Archives Newsletter. June 2007. 7. Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
  6. Web site: Conceiving of Personality. Yale University Press.
  7. Book: Issues in Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Louis S. Berger. 2002. Trafford Publishing.
  8. Web site: Roster. International Psychoanalytical Association.
  9. Web site: Find An Analyst. American Psychoanalytic Association.
  10. Web site: 'In good times and in bad': boundary relations of psychoanalysis in post-war USA. Jose Brunner, Orna Ophir. Sage Publishing.
  11. Web site: ISPS US Newsletter. 2001. ISPS.
  12. Web site: ISPS US Newsletter. 2000. ISPS.
  13. Web site: Experiences of Schizophrenia. Guilford Press.

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