TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Reflections on dying patients, hospices, assisted suicide, and euthanasia JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 31 (No. 3, 2022), pp. 132-141. N2 - My parents’ death struggle, my clinical work with dying patients, the euthanasia of Freud, and a fear of dementia form the background to my reflections on dying patients, hospices, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. The change in public opinion has resulted in a displacement from Nazi crimes to the present focus on the right to self-determination. Consequently, a law allowing assisted suicide or euthanasia has been adopted in several locations, such as Oregon in the USA, the Benelux countries, Switzerland, and Canada. The fear of suffering, hopelessness, and inability are strong arguments to allow euthanasia and aided suicide. A compelling case against it is its negative social consequences, the infringement into the private sphere when the sick person and their family must decide if they are willing to accept assisted suicide or euthanasia. Although the >right to death< provides freedom to some, for others it is a forced choice that interferes with the dying process. I conclude by highlighting the palliative model, wherein death is perceived as a part of an individual’s life and as a normal process, although this task is hard for the family to contain, especially when the dying person is in pain and agony. Dying is not merely an individual process. It affects the whole family as well as the future generations’ views on reciprocity and responsibility. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Presence and continuity: 30 years with the International Forum of Psychoanalysis JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 30 (No. 4, 2021), pp. 198-200. Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Terrorism from a Swedish perspective JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 28 (No. 1, 2019), pp. 025-030. N2 - Terrorism is a worldwide phenomenon, as the >Global terrorism index< reveals. The aim of terrorism is to take command over our feelings and our imagination to compel us to change our ways of life and release a clash between civilizations. In my discussion, I will concentrate on identity, an individual’s feeling of being unique, having a coherent self while at the same time being part of a large group. My intention is to link the concept of identity to affects and thinking and the loss of reality-testing when the group is dominated by schizo-paranoid anxiety. Two lines of thought stand out in my discussion of terrorism – the power of identity and the search for meaning – both of which are affected by globalization, the rise of a network society, and disenchantment with the world. Y1 - 2019 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Psychoanalysis is becoming an impossible profession within the public welfare system in Sweden JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 1, 2012), pp. 046-052. N2 - The preconditions for psychoanalytic practice within the Swedish public welfare system are analyzed in this article. Psychoanalysis remains a one-to-one treatment and relies on the analyst's capacity to use his or her own subjective response. The development of the psychoanalytic process is dependent on unconscious reality, making it impossible to work with a model that has a strict relation between diagnosis, treatment method, and result. Objectivity and the desire to predict treatment outcomes characterize the immanent logic in the complex system of laws and recommendations that affects most practices within the field of medicine. As a consequence of this development, psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy are marginalized, since our treatment methods are not adapted to the present industrialization and economization of the medical health sector, with the result that the preconditions for psychoanalytic training have changed dramatically. The exclusion of psychoanalysis from the national health insurance scheme is a demanding challenge at a time when the Swedish welfare model is undergoing fundamental changes. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Editorial: The fusion of the two Swedish psychoanalytical societies: identity and myth JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 19 (No. 3, 2010), pp. 135-137. Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Psychoanalytic reflections on global warming and its relation to human omnipotence and ethical responsibility JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 19 (No. 2, 2010), pp. 078-083. N2 - Global warming – reality or fantasy? Certainly, global warming is a dystopia linked to other catastrophes in human history, such as the Flood and Noah's Ark. Noah's belief in God saved his life and the life of his family. In our time, we need to sustain our belief in the human capacity to cooperate and survive. This is a necessary background when thinking of the future and analysing the border between fantasy and reality, between fear and paranoia, and in the process in which a new worldview takes form. Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Editorial: Energy in dissociated memories T2 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 19 (No. 1, 2010), pp. 001-002. Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Editorial: The exclusion of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy from the publicly financed medical health sector in Sweden T2 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 18 (No. 2, 2009), pp. 131-134. Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - The psychoanalytical journal writing and evaluation of psychoanalytical papers JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 24 (No. 2, 2016), pp. 110-111. N2 - >What is in the mind of the author?< >What is in the mind of the reviewer?< >What is in the mind of the reader?< >What is in mind of the teacher?< >What is in the in the mind of the publisher?< These themes were discussed in a panel: >“The psychoanalytical journal, writing and evaluation of psychoanalytical papers,< at the XVIII International Forum of the IFPS, held in Kaunas (Lithuania), in September 2014. Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Clinical practice, conflict and alienation JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 23 (No. 3, 2014), pp. 133f. Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis: Some reflections on editing a psychoanalytical journal JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 23 (No. 2, 2014), pp. 111-114. N2 - This paper outlines the history of the International Forum of Psychoanalysis, with special reference to its values, organization, and relation to technical developments, that is, the use of information technology in the handling of its manuscripts. Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - The long term perspective JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 22 (No. 2, 2013), pp. 67-68. Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sjödin, Christer T1 - Liquid modernity – a source of shame JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 22 (No. 3, 2013), pp. 131-132. Y1 - 2013 ER -