[wapadc] Fw: Fwd: Register Now! Trauma, Culture, & Recovery (SSPC, M ay 15-17, Univ. of San Diego)

For those working on culture and mental health/illness, trauma, recovery, or anthropology of psychiatry... the following conference may be of interest.

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Subject: Fwd: Register Now! Trauma, Culture, & Recovery (SSPC, M ay 15–17, Univ. of San Diego)

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! REGISTER NOW!

2014 Annual Meeting  |  Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture

 

 

Trauma, Recovery, and Culture*

 

May 15 – 17 (Thurs. – Sat.)

 

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego

 

*CME credit available

 

Plenary Discussion

Discovering Resilience and Wisdom in the Context of Adversity (Hendry Ton, Edie Eger, Nang Du, John Kuek)

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Plenary Lecture

What History and Historians Can Contribute to the Study of Trauma (Mark Micale; Laurence Kirmayer, discussant)

 

Charles Hughes Memorial Lecture

Investigating American Indian Historical Trauma: Perspectives from Two Great Plains Medicine Men (William Hartmann; Thomas Csordas, discussant)

 

John Spiegel Memorial Lecture

Within the Devastation: Transcending Wound Culture in Baffin Island (Claire Fantus; Brandon Kohrt, discussant) 

 

Film Screenings

Standing on the Edge of a Thorn (Robert Lemelson)

 

Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture (Ben Achtenberg)

 

 

More Information

 

Registration: http://psychiatryandculture.org/2014-annual-meeting/2014-conference-registration-form/

Conference Program: http://psychiatryandculture.org/2014-annual-meeting/2014-conference-program/

Hotel Information: http://psychiatryandculture.org/2014-annual-meeting/hotel-for-sspc-annual-conference-2014/