Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D.

A symposium and reception to honor the contributions of Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and psychology, were held on April 13 at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association’s Division 39 (Division on Psychoanalysis). Paul Wachtel, distinguished professor of psychology, and Diana Diamond, associate professor of psychology, both at the City University of New York, and former students of Blatt, made presentations at the symposium. The events were sponsored by institutions and organizations with which Blatt has been affiliated during his career, including the Yale Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology; the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Mass.; The Sigmund Freud Center for Psychoanalytic Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; The Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis; The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; The Society for Personality Assessment; The Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and the Sections on Clinical Research and Clinical Practice of the APA’s Division 39.