Justin A. Frank

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'''Justin A. Frank''' (born February 25, 1943, in Los Angeles, CA) is an American author who practices and teaches psychoanalysis in Washington, DC. Frank is a frequent contributor to ''The Huffington Post'' on topics as diverse as politics, film, and theater.<ref name="Huffingtonpost"/> He is a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center.<ref name="Huffingtonpost"/>

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 {{Nowrap|co-director}} of the Metropolitan Center for Object Relations in New York.<ref name="Sandy 2011"/>

Frank employs the principles of applied psychoanalysis to put together the kind of psychological profile used in his books about U.S. presidents: ''Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President'', which was extensively quoted from by Fidel Castro in his annual speech in 2004,<ref name=Cbs2004-07-24/><ref name=Nbc2004-07-27/><ref name=Smh2004-07-27/><ref name=Castro2004/> and ''Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President''.<ref name=Salon2004-06-20/><ref name=PoliticalAffairs/><ref name=Weekly2004-09-18/><ref name=BushCouch/><ref name=ObamaCouch/> In 2018, he published ''Trump on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President.''

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Huffingtonpost"> {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Justin Frank | publisher = Huffingtonpost | date = | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-frank | format = | doi = | accessdate = Nov 9, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name=BushCouch> {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cbO_S92HrOIC&q=bush+on+couch | author = Justin A. Frank | title = Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President | publisher = Regan Books/HarperCollins | date = 2004 | location = New York | isbn = 9780061739781 }} </ref> <ref name=ObamaCouch> {{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/obamaoncouchinsi00fran | url-access = registration | quote = bush on couch. | author = Justin A. Frank | title = Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President | publisher = Free Press/Simon & Schuster | date = October 18, 2011 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1451620641 }} </ref> <ref name="Sandy 2011"> {{cite web | last = Sandy, Psy.D. | first = Debby | authorlink = | title = Interview with Justin Frank | publisher = Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS) | date = Aug 9, 2011 | url = http://cipsusa.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=7&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=49 | format = | doi = | accessdate = Nov 9, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name=Smh2004-07-27> {{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/27/1090693944160.html?from=storyrhs | title = Castro to Bush: Cuba's no sex haven | publisher = Sydney Morning Herald | date = 2004-07-27 | accessdate = 2016-04-11 | quote = He questioned Bush's mental capacities, quoting from the "Bush on the couch" book to describe the US president as a past alcoholic. }} </ref> <ref name=Nbc2004-07-27> {{cite news | url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5526645/ns/world_news/t/castro-responds-bushs-prostitution-charges/#.VwwjV-ArKVM | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140218205208/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5526645/ns/world_news/t/castro-responds-bushs-prostitution-charges/#.VwwjV-ArKVM | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 18, 2014 | title = Castro responds to Bush's prostitution charges | work = NBC News | author = Mary Murray | date = 2004-07-27 | accessdate = 2016-04-11 | quote = 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. }} </ref> <ref name=Salon2004-06-20> {{cite news | url = http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/16/bush_on_couch/print.html | title = The Inner W | publisher = Salon magazine | author = Laura Miller | date = 2004-06-20 | page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040619210919/http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/16/bush_on_couch/index_np.html | archivedate = 2004-06-19 | accessdate = 2016-04-11 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name=Weekly2004-09-18> {{cite news | url = http://www.weeklystandard.com/Check.asp?idArticle=4644&r=uyavx | title = Shrinking the President: A mind is a dangerous thing to psychoanalyze | publisher = The Weekly Standard | author = Irwin Savodnik | date = 2004-09-18 | page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040923023629/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Check.asp?idArticle=4644&r=uyavx | archivedate = 2004-09-23 | accessdate = 2016-04-11 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name=PoliticalAffairs>{{cite news |url = http://www.politicalaffairs.net/book-review-bush-on-the-couch-by-justin-frank/ |title = Book Review – Bush on the Couch, by Justin Frank |publisher = Political Affairs |author = Don Sloan |date = 2003-10-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160327221133/http://politicalaffairs.net/book-review-bush-on-the-couch-by-justin-frank/ |archivedate = 2016-03-27 |accessdate = 2016-04-11 |url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name=Castro2004> {{cite web | last = Castro Ruz | first = Fidel | authorlink = Fidel Castro | title = Speech delivered by Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba | publisher = Portal Cuba | date = July 26, 2004 | url = http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/discursos/2004/ing/f260704i.html | doi = | accessdate = Nov 10, 2012 }} </ref> <ref name=Cbs2004-07-24> {{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/news/castro-blasts-bush-on-sex-charges/ | title = Castro Blasts Bush On Sex Charges | work = CBS News | author = Lloyd Vries | date = 2004-07-24 | accessdate = 2016-04-11 | quote = 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. }} </ref> }}

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