Dr. Slattery conducts talks and lectures at various venues on a periodic basis. The
information below relates to certain events.
information below relates to certain events.
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ROBERT F. SLATTERY, M.D.
Jung Society of Michigan: Past Event
Title: Reconciling Opposites: "The Symbolic Meaning of Medication"
Title: Reconciling Opposites: "The Symbolic Meaning of Medication"
DESCRIPTION:
Many of us have or will become seriously depressed, anxious or psychiatrically ill in
some way. If our symptoms are serious enough, we will often seek help in the form
of Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, and others. These
medications often work well, with few side effects. None of these medications were
available in Jung’s time. Yet there may be a parallel in his work, for he wrote that
meaningful suffering was bearable, and meaningless suffering unbearable.
At present the ways medications work is beyond our full understanding. The ancients
represented such things as gods with powers greater than individual mortals did. Can
some of these metaphors from the past help us find a more meaningful attitude to
modern medications than that available to us from everyday medical practitioners?
In his talk, Dr. Slattery will follow Dr. Jung’s lead and try to make use of fairy tales,
myths, examples from literature and the dreams of patients on medication to find
ways to look at modern medications not only concretely, but symbolically as well.
Many of us have or will become seriously depressed, anxious or psychiatrically ill in
some way. If our symptoms are serious enough, we will often seek help in the form
of Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, and others. These
medications often work well, with few side effects. None of these medications were
available in Jung’s time. Yet there may be a parallel in his work, for he wrote that
meaningful suffering was bearable, and meaningless suffering unbearable.
At present the ways medications work is beyond our full understanding. The ancients
represented such things as gods with powers greater than individual mortals did. Can
some of these metaphors from the past help us find a more meaningful attitude to
modern medications than that available to us from everyday medical practitioners?
In his talk, Dr. Slattery will follow Dr. Jung’s lead and try to make use of fairy tales,
myths, examples from literature and the dreams of patients on medication to find
ways to look at modern medications not only concretely, but symbolically as well.
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