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Allan Compton, M.D., Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Scientific Publications

(1960) The Duffy blood group system in transfusion reactions. Blood: The Journal of Hematology, 15: 186-191.

(1972) A study of the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety. I. The development of Freud's theory of anxiety. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 20: 3-44.

(1972) A study of the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety. II. Developments in the theory of anxiety since 1926. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 20: 341-394.

(1975) Aspects of Psychoanalytic Intervention. Monograph Series of the Kris Study Group, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, Vol. IV, New York: International Universities Press.

(1980) Developments in the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety, 1926-1980. In Kutash, I.L. and Schlesinger, L.B. eds, Handbook of Stress and Anxiety. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, pp.6-30.

(1980) A study of the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety. III. A preliminary reformulation of the anxiety response. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 28: 739-773

(1981) On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. I. The beginnings of Freud's drive theory. Psychoanal. Quart., 50: 190-218.

(1981) On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. II. The sexual drives and the ego drives. Psychoanal. Quart., 50: 219-237.

(1981) On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. III. The complications of libido and narcissism. Psychoanal. Quart., 50: 345-362.

(1981) On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. IV. The third theory of instinctual drives and psychic structure. Psychoanal. Quart., 50: 363-392.

(1983) The current status of the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. I. Drive concept, classification and development. Psychoanal. Quart., 52: 364-401.

(1983) The current status of the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. II. The relation of the drive concept to structures, regulatory principles and objects. Psychoanal. Quart., 52: 402-426.

(1985) The development of the drive object concept in Freud's work, 1905-1915. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 33: 93-115.

(1985) The concept of identification in the work of Freud, Ferenczi and Abraham. A review and commentary. Psychoanal. Quart., 54:200-233.

(1986) Freud: Objects and structure, 1915-1938. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 34: 561-590.

(1986) The beginnings of the object concept in psychoanalysis. In A.D. Richards and M.S. Willick, eds., Psychoanalysis: The Science of Mental Conflict. New York: Analytic Press, 177-189.

(1986) Neglected psychoanalytic classics. "On the origin of perversions", by Hans Sachs. A new translation. Psychoanal. Quart., 55: 474-492.

(1987) Objects and attitudes. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 35: 609-628.

(1990) "Psychoanalytic process". Psychoanal. Quart, 59: 585-598.

(1992) The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part I. Freud's theories of phobias and anxiety. Psychoanal. Quart., 61: 206-229.

(1992) The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part II. Infantile phobias. Psychoanal. Quart., 61: 230-253.

(1992) The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part III. Agoraphobia and other phobias of adults. Psychoanal. Quart., 61: 401-425.

(1992) The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part IV. General theory of phobias and anxiety. Psychoanal. Quart., 61: 426-446

(1995) Objects and Relationships. In B.E. Moore and B.D. Fine, eds., Psychoanalysis: The Major Concepts. New Haven: Yale, 1995.

(1998) A study of anxious thought: Rationale and design. J Amer. Psychoanal Assn, 1998.

(2002) Anxiety and Defense. Structural Theory. in The Freud Encyclopedia, E. Erwin, ed. New York, Routledge.

International Papers and Lectures

Distinguished Speaker, New York Freudian Society, 1985

El Proceso Psicoanalítico. Sociedad Psicoanalítica Peruana, Lima, Peru, November, 1988.

Psicoanálisis, Posmodernismo y Cultura. Asociacion Psicoanalitica Mexicana, Guadalajara, Mexico, November, 2001.

Education

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. A.B. magna cum laude, . Phi Beta Kappa

Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York. Research Fellowship in Neuropharmacology, six months.

Internship: St. Luke's Hospital, New York, New York. Mixed surgical.

Residencies:

Second (Cornell) Surgical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York (including four months pathology).

Psychiatry Service, New York Veterans Administration Hospital, New York, New York, January (including four months neurology).

Psychiatry Department, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein Medical College, Bronx, New York,; Chief Resident in Psychiatry,1963-1964.

Psychoanalytic Training: New York Psychoanalytic Institute, New York, New York Graduate, July, 1967. Loewenstein Section, Kris Study Group.

Teaching

University of California, Los Angeles. Clinical Professor, 1993-present. Seminars and supervision of residents clinical work, 1969- present. Director of Psychotherapy, Adult Out-Patient Clinic, 1985-1989.

Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute. Analyzing and Supervising Instructor, 1985-present. Assistant Director of Education, 1990-1994.

Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Instructor, 1970-1990.

National Panels

Panel, "Effects on Adults of Object Loss in the First Five Years of Life", with Justin Call, Martha Wolfenstein, Irving Kauffman, Peter Neubauer, American Psychoanalytic Association.

Chair, Panel, "A Re-evaluation of the Concept 'Object'" in Psychoanalysis," with Leo Rangell, David Sachs, Dale Boesky, Sander Abend, Daniel Goldberg. American Psychoanalytic Association.

Panel, "Psychic Change in Psychoanalysis", American Psychoanalytic Assn., with Charles Brenner, Herbert Schlessinger, Robert Michaels.

Panel, "The Relationship of Models of the Mind to Clinical Work: Object Relations Theory," with Otto Kernberg, Robert Michels, Calvin Settlege, Ernest Wolf. American Psychoanalytic Association.

1987 Panel, "Current Status of the Libido Theory", with Robert Michaels, John Gedo, Allan Eisnitz, and Arnold Rothstein. American Psychoanalytic Association.

1990 Panel, "A Symposium between Psychoanalysts and Philosophers", with Marshall Edelson, Philip Holzman, Theodore Shapiro, Adolph Grünbaum, Richard Wollheim, Robert Shope. American Psychoanalytic Association.

1992 Panel, "Agoraphobia/Panic: Nature and Treatment", chair, with Donald Klein, Michelle Craske, Jerrold Rosenbaum, Theodore Shapiro, Frederick Busch, Jon Meyer, Martin Silverman. American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, December.

1995 Speaker, Psychoanalytic Dialogue: Defense Analysis, with Walter T Davison and Steven Levy, American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, December, 1995.

Research Experience and Affiliations

1983-84 Chair, Psychotherapy Research Seminar, UCLA/ Neuropsychiatric Institute Out Patient Department

1987-present Founder and Director, Los Angeles Center for Psychoanalytic Research (LACPR)

1991-1994 Chair, Research Study Group, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute.

1991- 1998. Board for the Fund for Psychoanalytic Research, American Psychoanalytic Association

1996- present. Co-Principle Investigator, A Study of Anxious Thought

Other Appointments

Editorial Board, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1982-1986, 1990-1994.

Editorial Board, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 1980-in effect.

Board for the Fund for Psychoanalytic Research, 1991-1998.

Committee on Psychoanalytic Education (COPE), American Psychoanalytic Association, 1989-1998.

1984-1989. Member, COPE Study Group on "Psychoanalytic Process", American Psychoanalytic Association.

Academic Lectures and Grand Rounds

1976. Ego Psychology. Department of Psychiatry, UC Irvine.

1977. Psychoanalytic Theory of the Neuroses. Department of Psychiatry, UC Irvine.

1978. Therapeutic Psychoanalysis. Long Beach VA Hospital.

1981. Basic Theory of Psychoanalysis. Long Beach VA Hospital.

1986. Sexual Impulse and Sexual Behavior. University of Texas Medical College, Dallas, Texas.

1994 Another View of Agoraphobia and Panic. Emory University Medical College, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Atlanta, Georgia

1976. Departmental Lecture, The Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1976. Departmental Lecture, Harbor Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, "Psychic Change and Psychotherapy"

1985 Distinguished Speaker, Annual Meeting, The New York Freudian Society. "Objects, Attitudes and States: Some Significant Gaps in Psychoanalytic Theory."

1985. Panel, "The Essentials of Psychoanalytic Cure". Southern California Psychoanalytic Society 35th Anniversary.

1986 Grand Rounds, University of Texas College of Medicine at Dallas. "Motive, Impulse and Action."

1989 Featured Speaker, Annual Meeting Michigan Psychoanalytic Society, Detroit, Michigan: "How Does Treatment Work?"

Other Educational Activities

1972, Chair, Panel on Creativity: "The Last Picture Show," with Peter Bogdanovich, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Arthur Knight, Jose Barchilon.

1975-1977. Organizer, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Study Group on "Structural Change and Working Through."

1984-1991 Leader, Clinical Psychoanalytic Study Group, Los Angeles.

1986-1987. Leader, Clinical Study Group II, Los Angeles.

1997-98 Organizer and Leader, Drama and Psychoanalysis, a study group for UCLA residents, actors and psychoanalysts.

Community Services

1989-1991 Psychiatrist, Mid-Valley Mental Health Center, Baldwin Park, California (serving a Spanish speaking population)

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