By Vamik D. Volkan, MD, DLFAPA
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Virginia
Papers
- Volkan, V. D (2023). Political leaders’ personalities, socio-political processes and the invasion of Ukraine”, in Why War in Ukraine and in Europe. Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Resiliency, ed. L. Giuseppe Leo, pages: 51-11. Lecce, Italy: Frenis Zero Publishing House.
- Volkan, V. D. (2023). Massive traumas, their societal and political consequences, and collective healing, In We Don’t Speak Fear: Large-Group Identity, Social Conflict, and Collective Trauma, editors: V. D. Volkan, R. Scholz, and M. G. Fromm, pages: 3-24. UK: Phoenix Publishing House.
- Volkan, V. D. (2023). Social well being and large group psychology. In Psychological Medicine ed. by Rudolf Gregurek. Dubrovnik, Croatia
Presentations
- Guest speaker at: Freudian Group of Tehran, Iran (on Line) Title of the presentation: Intertwining of External and Internal Events and Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma. February 24, 2023.
- Guest speaker at the Asociación Iberoamericana para la Investigación del Abuso Psicológico. Sevilla, Spain (on-line). Title of the presentation: Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism.
- The Anne & Ramon Alonso Plenary Address: Large group identity issues, political leader-followers interactions and social well-being. The American Group Psychotherapy Association meeting, New York. March 10, 2023.
