Orna Ophir

Clinical psychologist Orna Ophir, an adjunct professor with a PhD in the history of science, delves into the tumultuous relationship between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in post-war America. She explores how the treatment of psychosis led to a schism between these once-close fields. The discussion touches on the historical evolution of mental health care, the discomfort American analysts felt amid neo-Semitic ideas, and the need for psychoanalysts to confront deeper anxieties around death and violence.