Saturday, May 11, 2013

Invitation to Radical Caucus Events at APA on May 18th


THE RADICAL CAUCUS HAS MANY IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR, AND OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE CRITICAL PSYCHIATRY NETWORK WILL BE JOINING US. PLEASE COME TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR COLLABORATIVE GLOBAL ACTIVITIES. (NOTE: IF YOU PLAN TO COME TO DINNER PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ALTHOUGH LAST MINUTE GUESTS ARE STILL WELCOME.) ALSO NOTE NEW LOCATION FOR DINNER.

RADICAL CAUCUS EVENTS AT THE 2013 AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO

Saturday May 18, 2013: 9AM to 12 Noon: Moscone Center, Street Level, Gateway Ballroom 102
Presidential Symposium: “Envisioning a New Psychiatry: Radical Perspectives”
Chairs: Carl I. Cohen , MD; Kenneth Thompson, MD;
Discussants: Sami Timimi, M.D., Helena Hansen, M.D., Ph.D.
Presentations:
· Jean Furtos, MD: “Globalization and Mental Health: The Weight of the World, the Size of the Sky
· Sandro Galea, M.D.: “Re-Engaging Research Around the Socail and Economic Production of Mental Health:Toward a Comprehensive Model of Mental Illness”
· Pat Bracken, M.D, Ph.D: ” Beyond the Technological Paradigm: A Positive Path for psychiatry”
· Steven Moffic, M.D.: Eco-Psychiatry: Why We Need to Keep the Environment in Mind”
· Keris J. Myrick, MBA, Ph.D(cand): Alternative, Complimentary, or Traditional: A Radical Approach from the C/S/X Perspective”

Saturday May 18, 2013; 3:30PM -5:00PM; Moscone Center
Issue Workshop: “United Kingdom Critical Psychiatry Network: Implications for the APA and Global Psychiatry”
Chairs: Helena Hansen, M.D. , Ph.D.; Bradley Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.
Presenters:
Dr Hugh Middleton, MA. MD. MRCP. FRCPsych.
Professor Sami Timimi, MBChB FRCPsych
Dr Pat Bracken, DPM,MA,MD,PhD,MRCPsych

Saturday, May 18, 2013; 6:30PM -8:30PM Hilton San Francisco; Union Square Rooms 19/20 4th Floor, Tower 3
“Radical Caucus Meeting–Open Discussion and Planning Session”
Light Snacks and Beverages

8:30 PM Radical Caucus Annual Dinner Dinner (note new location) 
Basil Canteen located on Folsom street at 11th1489 Folsum St (at 11th St); 415-552-3963.
All Welcome!!!!
For more information contact: carl.cohen@downstate.edu.
Also visit our new Web site at http://www.radicalcaucus.com.
Please post comments and suggestions.

Carl I. Cohen , M.D.

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor & Director
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Box 1203
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11203
ph: 718-287-4806
fax: 718-287-03377

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