Clinical Psychology meetings & conferences

1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries

November 5-7, 2012 Tel Aviv, Israel

The 1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries is a highly anticipated and ambitious event that seeks to deal with novel issues appearing in a world of open frontiers, new opportunities and international upheaval and conflicts, particularly relevant in light of recent events in the region.

Identity is an evolving concept, where group boundaries have become blurred. Mental health professionals will be given the opportunity to participate in stimulating and fruitful discussions on a great variety of issues such as clinical aspects of acculturative stress, neuropsychopharmacology and integrative treatment methods.

The conference, to be held 5-7 November 2012, is aimed at leading psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, social anthropologists, students and anyone with a specialized interest in the rapidly evolving area of transcultural psychiatry.

Preliminary List of Topics

Mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders related to migration
Cultural neuropsychopharmacology
Suicide and cultural transition
Trauma and migration
Religiosity and spirituality
Stigma and Culture
Cultural transition

Kenes International
Kenes Group Building
2 Hayarden St.
Airport City, Lod 70151
Israel
Tel: +972 3 9727405
Fax: + 972 72 2447271
E-mail: wpa-tps@kenes-events.com

12th World Congress on Stress, Trauma & Coping

February 19-24, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland

The 12th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping is the premier forum for multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and information among those who provide crisis and disaster mental health services.

Sessions during the 12th World Congress have been designed to provoke critical thinking challenge current convention offer innovative ideas and insights & fully explore the many applications of critical incident response in various industries, settings and situations.

World Congress participants will identify the tools needed to solve current problems and explore the future direction of the crisis intervention field. The 6 day World Congress will include a variety of presentation formats ideally suited to exploring concepts, practical applications and results in sessions designed for professionals in all practice settings and experience levels.

World Congress Major Content Themes
Over 125 presenters will cover the spectrum of crisis intervention in these and other areas:

Research / Innovations Military Disaster Response Healthcare Settings Faith Based Applications Emergency Services, Public Safety Corporate / Industry / EAP Specialty Populations Team Development and Care Schools, Children

Who Should Attend

The ICISF 12th World Congress is a “must attend” experience for anyone working in the fields of crisis intervention, traumatic stress, emergency services & disaster mental health, including:

Disaster response personnel Psychiatrists Humanitarian aid workers Counselors Law-enforcement officers Social workers Firefighters Faith-based providers EMTs / Paramedics Employee representative organizations & Unions Military personnel First response support agencies Homeland security personnel Media correspondents / journalists Emergency service administrators Grief counselors Emergency operations administrators & managers Employee assistance professionals Corrections officials Commercial & industrial organization employees Healthcare professionals & administrators Airline & other transportation industry personnel Educators, school employees Communication officers & dispatch personnel Crisis workers Security professionals Suicidologists Victim's advocates Psychologists Risk managers

Why Attend?
The Crisis Intervention field continues to grow, building on excellent proven programs and strategies while incorporating innovations that meet the needs and challenges of the diverse populations we serve. As crisis interventionists we must learn from one another to continually improve the services provided to the level of best practices.

At the 12th World Congress, you'll have an incomparable opportunity to interact with experts in the field and hundreds of your peers from around the U.S. and world who, like you, are committed to providing assistance to those affected by critical incident stress. Choose from over 70 presentations that will explore how the practice of crisis intervention is evolving and adapting to meet the needs and challenges of the future.

Please address any questions to:

Shelley Cohen
World Congress Program Manager
scohen@icisf.org
(410) 750-9600

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Annual Meeting

March 14 – March 17, 2013 Los Angeles, California

Finding the Golden Years at the Dawn of a Silver Age: Tools for Geriatric Mental Health Prospectors

Multidisciplinary Care | Research | Education | Advocacy | Empowerment

The AAGP Annual Meeting is the premier educational event in geriatric mental health care, providing the latest information on clinical care, research on aging and mental health, and models of care. Join your colleagues for four days of education, networking, and fun in Los Angeles, California. The 2013 Annual Meeting will include presentations, workshops, discussion sessions, and interest groups.

QUESTIONS?

Registration Information & Assistance
301.654.7850 ext. 110
registration@AAGPonline.org

All Other Annual Meeting Inquiries
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Society for Police & Criminal Psychology 2012 Conference

November 7-10 Birmingham, Alabama

The Society for Police & Criminal Psychology is a multi-disciplinary group that encourages the scientific study of the criminal justice system and the application of behavioral science knowledge to problems in criminal justice, including law enforcement, judicial, and corrections elements. Consequently, it solicits participation from psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, police officers, corrections personnel, social workers, and other professionals involved in the scientific study of the criminal justice system.

Brain Matters 3: Values at the Crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology

October 24-25, 2012 Cleveland, Ohio

Abstracts are now being accepted for Brain Matters 3: Values at the Crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychology on October 24th-25th, 2012, a conference hosted by the Cleveland Clinic NeuroEthics Program.

Symposium Organizers: Paul J Ford, PhD & Imad Najm, MD, PhD

Brain Matters 3 follows in the tradition of the two previous Brain Matters conferences in fostering further development in the field of NeuroEthics.

Conference Plenary Topics:

-- Patients’ Perspectives on Medically Unexplained Symptoms
-- Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Biological and Cultural
-- Non-Epileptic Seizures, Communication, and Ethics
--Are we assuming the results in biological causation of involuntary movements? (TMS/PET/MRI)
--Ethical Challenges in PTSD and TBI in the military context
--Cross-Cultural Understandings of Seizures

Please contact Paul Ford, PhD at fordp@ccf.org for more information

U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress (Psych Congress)

November 8-11, 2012 San Diego, California

The U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress (Psych Congress) is the nation's largest independent educational conference for psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, and other health care professionals who seek to improve their care for patients with mental health disorders. Approaching its 25th year, the anticipated attendance at the 2012 conference will be 2,000 health care professionals.

CME LLC is proud of the longevity and continued quality of Psych Congress, which focuses on the practical application of advances in mental health care, enabling attendees to positively impact patient and community health.

Psych Congress promotes the ongoing endeavor of narrowing the knowledge and performance gaps that health care professionals encounter in treating patients with mental disorders. The ultimate goal of the conference is to aid clinicians in providing effective, long-term management of patients with mental disorders in order to maximize outcomes and improve quality of life. 2012 Psych Congress will provide knowledge and tools from which mental health care professionals may confidently diagnose disorders and develop effective treatment plans by applying evidence-based management into daily practice.

2012 Joint Annual Meeting: Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuroscience Society, International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography, International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry & Evoke Potential International Conference

September 12-16, 2012 Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol, Tennessee, USA

Preliminary Program:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain-Computer Interface

For more information, contact the society:

Phone: 888-531-5335
E-mail: sellers@etsu.edu

Who Should Attend?

The Annual Meetings target clinicians and researchers with interest in neurobehavioral disoorders. This includes neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, Biomedical and Electrical engineers.

International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation 2012 Annual Conference

October 20-22, 2012 Long Beach, California

ISSTD will explore this theme of Integrating Science and Practice: Moving forward together in the field of Trauma and Dissociation. Come be a part of the conference. Submit your proposals to explore this idea together.

Conference objectives

1. Learn about the most recent research on Complex Posttraumatic Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Developmental Trauma Disorder, and their relationships with one another.

2. Describe the central role of dissociation in posttraumatic reactions and disorders.

3. Increase knowledge about the assessment and treatment of trauma and dissociation in children, adolescents, and adults.

4. Identify the subjective symptoms and objective signs of dissociation, learn how best to understand these phenomena, and how to conduct methodologically sound research on dissociation.

5. Develop an appreciation for, and engage in dialogue about, the roles and forms of dissociation in different cultures and geographic regions.

6. Learn about the diagnosis, treatment, and developmental needs of children and adolescents who have been repeatedly traumatized, abused, and/or neglected.

7. Learn about assessment, diagnosis, theories, and treatment approaches for adults with complex posttraumatic symptoms and disorders

8. Describe the relationships among trauma-driven symptoms, posttraumatic disorders, and other common mental disorders (especially anxiety and depressive disorders).

9. Identify the core clinical areas of competence for clinicians who work with complex trauma and dissociation.

10. Learn new treatment techniques and pharmacological interventions for complex trauma and dissociation.

11. Identify ways that treatment can go wrong for patients with complex posttraumatic and dissociative disorders, learn how to avoid these pitfalls, and learn how to resolve these impasses should they occur.

12. Describe and successfully manage the complex interactional dynamics (transference and countertransference reactions) that routinely characterize the therapy of persons with complex trauma-related disorders.

Questions?

International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
8400 Westpark Drive, 2nd Floor
McLean, VA 22102 USA
Phone: 703-610-9037
Fax: 703-610-0234

The Evolution of Addiction Treatment

February 7-10, 2013 Los Angeles, California

A Different Kind of Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment Conference

The current field of Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment has been evolving for almost eight decades now. During this time, we have seen many important developments as well as many failed experiments. It seems time to step back and conduct a professional inventory of where we have been, where we are now, and where we are heading. We provide a forum that encourages professional dialogues of controversial issues, showcases innovative and creative treatment approaches, and offers an overview of the field and its future.

8th International Summer Conference: Research in Forensic Psychiatry

5th to 6th July 2012, in Regensburg, Germany

The annual Summer Conference in Regensburg (Germany) is an international conference on topics of the Forensic Psychiatry. The following topics are addressed: prediction of dangerousness and recidivism, offender treatment, crime scene analysis and investigative psychology, risk assessment and risk management, forensic child and juvenile psychiatry, psychopathy: concepts and research, and forensic neurobiology and neuroimaging.

For further information visit the conference website or contact Ms Simone Schwabenbauer at simone.schwabenbauer@medbo.de