APA's Office of International Activities and its reporting components, the
Council on Global Psychiatry, Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of
Disasters, and Corresponding Committee on Misuse and Abuse of Psychiatry, will
present numerous scientific presentations dealing with international
psychiatric issues at APA's 2007 annual meeting in San Diego. Among them:
Multinational Perspectives of Psychiatric Ethics
Component workshop chaired by Donna Norris, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 8
Research Planning for DSM-V
Forum chaired by Darrel Regier, M.D., M.P.H.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Ballroom 6E
The Role of Ethics in World Psychiatry
Presidential symposium chaired by Pedro Ruiz, M.D.; co-chaired by Darrel
Regier, M.D., M.P.H.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Ballroom 6D
Focusing on Asia: A Review of Disasters, Intervention, and Prevention
Programs
Council on Global Psychiatry workshop chaired by Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 24A
Psychiatry in the Americas: Update From the World Psychiatric
Association
Issue workshop chaired by Michelle Riba, M.D., M.S.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 30A
Women and Psychiatry Around the World: The Importance of Gender and
Culture
Symposium chaired by Nigel Bark, M.D.; co-chaired by Hamid Ghodse, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 28 D/E
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. The Isms: How Racism, Sexism, Classism, and Heterosexism
Affect Mental Health Care
Component workshop chaired and presented by Karen Liaw, M.D., Nisba Husain,
M.D., Alphonso Nichols, M.D., Tracee Burroughs, M.D., Eugene Lee, M.D., and
Jennifer Pender, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 31A
Focusing on European Psychiatry
Presidential symposium chaired by Pedro Ruiz, M.D.; co-chaired by Cyril
Hoschl, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Ballroom 6E
Globalization and Mental Health: Role of Spanish-Speaking Psychiatry
Presidential symposium chaired by Renato Alarçon, M.D.; co-chaired
by Cesar Mella Mejias, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 33A-C
Psychiatric Training Across the Continents: International Young
Psychiatrist Perspectives
Symposium chaired by Julian Beezhold, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 7B
Buddhist Teachings and Techniques Applied to Disaster Relief: a Two-Year
Follow-Up on Sri Lankan Tsunami Victims
Issue workshop chaired by Syed Naqvi, M.D., Viet Bui, M.D., Amy Dewar,
M.D., and Norana Caivano, M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 27B
Children and War: Emotional and Psychiatric Consequences of War and Terror
on Children and Adolescents
Symposium chaired by Siham Muntasser, M.D., and Rodrigo Muñoz,
M.D.
San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level, Room 30A
Other international activities hosted by the Office of International
Activities and the Council on Global Psychiatry include five international
discussion groups or forums on issues in psychiatry pertinent to five
regions:
In addition to the international activities, the Committee on Psychiatric
Dimensions of Disaster will host the following sessions:
The goals of APA's Office of International Activities are to strengthen
APA's international membership base and continue APA's long tradition of
international collaboration with related organizations devoted to furthering
the mission of psychiatry.
More information about the office is posted at<www.psych.org/research/dor/international/index.cfm>
or can be obtained by e-mail at
internationaloffice@psych.org.