Psychiatry on the World Stage
APA's Office of International Activities (OIA) and its reporting components, the Council on Global Psychiatry, Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters, and Corresponding Committee on Misuse and Abuse of Psychiatry, are pleased to announce that numerous scientific presentations dealing with international psychiatric issues are slated for the 2009 annual meeting in San Francisco. Among them:
MONDAY, MAY 18
9 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
Issue Workshop: Incest—A Cultural Perspective
APA Council on Global Psychiatry and the APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families
Chair/Director: Rodrigo A. Muñoz, M.D.
Room 113, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
Issue Workshop: Need to Reformulate “Risk” and Its“ Assessment” in Clinical Practice
World Psychiatric Association
Room 320, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Issue Workshop: Man- and Non-Man-Made Disasters in Asia: The Role of Resilience
Chair/Director: Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
Room 224, Mezzanine Level East, Moscone Center
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Symposium: Monitoring Equity in Mental Health From a Cross-National Perspective
Chair/Director: Donna Stewart, M.D.
Room 309, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
TUESDAY, MAY 19
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Component Workshop: National Security, the Hippocratic Oath, and the War on Terror
APA Council on Global Psychiatry Director/Chair: Shirin Ali, M.D.
Room 306, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Lecture: The Movement for Global Mental Health: Why You Should Join
Virkram Patel, M.Sc. M.R.C.Psych., Ph.D.
Room 130/131, Exhibit Hall Level, Moscone Center
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Symposium: The Effects of City Life on Mental Health Around the World
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Director/Chair: Nigel Bark, M.D.
Room 122, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Component Workshop: Immigrant Mental Health: Challenges and Considerations
APA/SAMHSA and APA/AstraZeneca Minority Fellows
Chair/Director: Shirin Ali, M.D.
Room 111, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Scientific and Clinical Reports: Survey of World Psychiatric Association Member Societies on Child Sexual Abuse and Physician-Patient Sexual Relations
Director/Chair: Donna Stewart, M.D.
Room 122, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
Lecture: Developments in Mental Health Services in India
Lecturer: Matthew Varghese, M.D.
Room 130/131, Exhibit Hall Level, Moscone Center
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Symposium: “Me-Too” Medications, Really?
APA Council on Global Psychiatry and the APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families
Room 307, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
THURSDAY, MAY 21
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Issue Workshop: Psychiatry in the Americas: Update from the World Psychiatric Association
Director/Chair: Michelle Riba, M.D.
Room 301, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Symposium: Bad Versus Mad: The Failure of the Penal System in California
APA Council on Global Psychiatry and the APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families
Room 124, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
Other international activities hosted by the Office of International Activities and the Council on Global Psychiatry include international discussion groups or forums on issues in psychiatry pertinent to these regions:
Latin-America Discussion Group: Sunday, May 17, 8 a.m.-noon
Nob Hill Room C, Lower Level B2, Marriott San Francisco
Middle-East Discussion Group: Sunday, May 17, 10 a.m.-noon
Pacific Conference Suite E, Fourth Floor, Marriott San Francisco
Africa Discussion Group: Sunday, May 17, 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Pacific Conference Suite A, Fourth Floor, Marriott San Francisco
Pacific-Rim Discussion Group: Monday, May 18, 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Yerba Buena Ballroom 13, Lower Level B2, Marriott San Francisco
South Asian Discussion Group: Monday, May 18, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Sierra Conference Suite E, Fifth Floor, Marriott San Francisco
Europe Discussion Group: Tuesday, May 19, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
Pacific Conference Suite C, Fourth Floor, Marriott San Francisco
In addition to the many international activities being held at the annual meeting, the APA Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters will host the following sessions dealing with trauma and disaster psychiatry:
Component Workshop: International Disasters: Challenges and Opportunities to Contribute:
Monday, May 18, 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Director/Chair: Shirley Liu, M.D.; Room 114, Exhibit Level North, Moscone Center
Course: Disaster Psychiatry: Terrorism, Trauma, and Things to Do: Tuesday, May 19, 8 a.m.-noon.
Director/Chair: Joseph Napoli, M.D.; Union Square 23 & 24, Fourth Floor, Hilton Hotel
Component Workshop: Medical Issues for Psychiatrists in Disasters: Tuesday, May 19, 11 a.m.-noon.
Director/Chair: Mark Viron, M.D.; Room 302, Esplanade Level, Moscone Center
More information about the Office of International Activities and its components can be accessed at the APA's Web site at<www.psych.org/MainMenu/Research/InternationalPrograms.aspx> or obtained by e-mailing the office at [email protected].
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