Justin A. Frank

Justin A. Frank
Residence Washington D.C.
Citizenship United States
Institutions George Washington University
Alma mater Harvard Medical School

Justin A. Frank M.D. is an author who practices and teaches psychoanalysis in Washington, DC where he is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center.[1]

Frank completed his psychiatric residency At the Harvard Medical School and became the Chief Resident at the Cambridge Hospital. Frank was awarded the DuPont-Warren Fellowship by Massachusetts General Hospital. Frank is also the co-director of the Metropolitan Center for Object Relations in New York.[2]

Frank employs the principles of applied psychoanalysis to put together the kind of psychological profile used in his books about the Presidents: Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President and Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.[3][4][5][6][7] Frank is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post on topics as diverse as politics, film, and theater.[1]

Frank's book Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President was extensively quoted from by Fidel Castro in his annual speech in 2004.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Justin Frank". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved Nov 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ Sandy, Psy.D., Debby (Aug 9, 2011). "Interview with Justin Frank". Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS). Retrieved Nov 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ Laura Miller (2004-06-20). "The Inner W". Salon magazine. Archived from the original on 2004-06-19. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  4. ↑ Don Sloan (2003-10-03). "Book Review – Bush on the Couch, by Justin Frank". Political Affairs. Archived from the original on 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  5. ↑ Irwin Savodnik (2004-09-18). "Shrinking the President: A mind is a dangerous thing to psychoanalyze". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 2004-09-23. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  6. ↑ Justin A. Frank (2004). Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President. New York: Regan Books/HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061739781.
  7. ↑ Justin A. Frank (October 18, 2011). Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President. New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1451620641.
  8. ↑ Lloyd Vries (2004-07-24). "Castro Blasts Bush On Sex Charges". CBS News. Retrieved 2016-04-11. Quoting extensively from the book "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President" by Dr. Justin A. Frank, Castro suggested that Mr. Bush's accusations against Cuba's socialist government may be rooted in his untreated alcoholic past.
  9. ↑ Mary Murray (2004-07-27). "Castro responds to Bush's prostitution charges". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-11. Castro quoted Frank, who delves into Bush’s professed bout with alcoholism and argues that his history of untreated alcohol abuse could impair his judgment.
  10. ↑ "Castro to Bush: Cuba's no sex haven". Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-07-27. Retrieved 2016-04-11. He questioned Bush's mental capacities, quoting from the "Bush on the couch" book to describe the US president as a past alcoholic.
  11. ↑ Castro Ruz, Fidel (July 26, 2004). "Speech delivered by Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba". Portal Cuba. Retrieved Nov 10, 2012.


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