Local Experts to Lead Consult Sessions

At the 2003 Institute on Psychiatric Services, four outstanding community psychiatrists will lead clinical-consultation sessions on some of the most difficult issues in public clinical practice.

Kenneth Duckworth, M.D., Joel Feiner, M.D., Stephen Goldfinger, M.D., and Ronald Diamond, M.D., represent excellence in community psychiatry, as will be evidenced by their discussion of these issues. Dr. Duckworth has served as a clinician and psychiatric administrator in Massachusetts in times of lessened support for clinical services in the public sector.

Dr. Feiner will offer his concepts of humane care in the treatment of those with a most difficult clinical picture, that of co-occurring disorders and borderline personality disorders.

Dr. Goldfinger has had a lifetime of experience in San Francisco, Boston, and New York working with some of the most difficult-to-engage patients, and his sharing of methods for achieving engagement will be a real gift for those who attend.

Lastly, Dr. Diamond of the University of Wisconsin in Madison will focus on perceived treatment resistance. His experience as a pioneer in PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) model programs places him in a unique position to address this topic.

Dr. Huffine is a member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 2003 Institute on Psychiatric Services.