Mental Health and Telemedicine Organizations and Their Events

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Maintained by Myron L. Pulier

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1. 1-st Colloque Internationale - Traumatisme Psychique (Psychic Trama): "Stratégie du prise en charge et prévention (Strategy for Intervention and Prevention)" April 13-14, 2009: Setif, Algeria

Dans les leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux (1885-1887), portant sur sept cas d'hystérie masculine, Jean Martin Charcot déclare que les symptômes hystériques sont dus à un « choc » traumatique provoquant une dissociation de la conscience et dont le souvenir, du fait même, reste inconscient ou subconscient. Il pose là les bases de la théorie « traumatico-dissociative » des névroses qui sera développée par Pierre Janet, Joseph Breuer et Sigmund Freud. Ces derniers, entre 1888 et 1889, entreprennent de « retrouver » sous hypnose les souvenirs traumatiques de leurs patients.

Dans quelles circonstances peut-on parler de traumatisme ?

Un traumatisme désigne une expérience de violence hors norme au cours de laquelle l'intégrité physique et psychique d'un individu ou d'un groupe a été menacée. Être victime d'un événement traumatique constitue malheureusement une expérience fréquente pour un nombre important de personnes. Les horreurs, les atrocités, les guerres ou les désastres naturels ont été le lot de l'humanité depuis la nuit des temps. On reconnaissait peu l'impact psychologique de tels événements jusqu'à tout récemment. Les victimes étaient en effet exclues, leurs symptômes mal compris.

C'est par le biais des études de psychiatrie militaire lors de la première et de la deuxième guerre mondiale, que l'étude des symptômes post-traumatiques s'est poursuivie. On remarque alors des réactions psychologiques telles que :

• Une vague de stress aigu
• Un choc ou chaos émotionnel
• Un sentiment d'impuissance
• Une grande confusion, une perte de repères
• Un deuil impossible
• Une crise de sens dans la vie

Interventions thérapeutiques.

Il existe différentes techniques thérapeutiques pour gérer le stress traumatique : Le débriefing, c'est à partir de ce dernier que le sujet peut se repositionner clairement dans une situation où il a été objectalisé Cependant les questions princeps dégagées à partir de la présentation ci-dessus et qui constituent l'axiomatique de notre problématique peuvent être formulées de la manière suivante :

1. Peut-on évoquer la dimension culturelle dans l'approche du trauma et quel en serait l'impact ?
2. Peut-on appliquer les modèles développés par la littérature occidentale aux fins d'une classification des « différents types de trauma »
3. Quelle serait la part de la résilience dans « l'atténuation de l'effet/événement traumatique »
4. Quelles seraient, en Algérie, les stratégies les plus à même de prendre en charge efficacement la question du trauma et dans quelle institutions ?

Ces 4 principales questions feront l'objet de travaux d'ateliers.

Official languages: French and Arabic.

UPA is an institutional member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

1. 14-th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference October 3-6, 2008: Banff, Alberta, Canada

The Telehealth Technology Research Institute is involved in all stages of invention and translation leading up to successful commercialization of the technology. The development of products that have market potential will result in low-risk/high-return opportunities for the Telehealth Technology Research Institute

It supports the development of an intenational and interdisciplinary science of consciousness, which would seek new ways to express and understand the relationships between mind and matter through a variety of activities including: international conferences, Web-based information, and scholarly publications in the Journal of Consciousness Studies and elsewhere.

1. 15-th Annual Santa Fe Psychiatric Symposium June 24-26, 2009: Santa Fe, NM

Specifically, the Arizona legislature funded an eight site Arizona Rural Telemedicine Network as a general appropriation to The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center's operating budget. The Arizona legislature defines telemedicine as the use of computers, video imaging, fiber optics and telecommunications for diagnosis and treatment of persons in rural, geographically isolated communities and state institutions.

The program's goals are to demonstrate how telemedicine can improve rural health care in Arizona, particularly with the rising costs of health care leading to closure of critically needed hospitals and clinics in rural Arizona communities, and to offer a cost-effective alternative to expensive transportation and time delays for outside referrals from Arizona Department of Corrections institutions.

The efms is an academic research center at the University of Bamberg. Its work in the areas of migration, integration and migration policies encompasses research, documentation, consultative services, training and providing information to the public. This requires interdisciplinary and international cooperation as well as the exchange of information between researchers, politicians, administrators, educators, the public and those working in the media.

The efms seeks to assist in shaping a viable and humane migration policy.

1. Mental Health Film Series - Frames of Mind August 20, 2008: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Assuming the post of Chief of Staff at the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist Dr Richard Thorndyke comes across evidence of embezzlement and unexplained disappearances. He's hustled off to a psychiatric convention by scheming Nurse Diesel, she of the impossibly pointy breasts and Teutonic moustache, and her snivelling sidekick Dr. Montague, who has a predilection for S-M. While Thorndyke falls madly for blonde bombshell Victoria, whose wealthy father is being held against his will at the Institute, dastardly Diesel and Montague succeed in framing their new Chief of Staff for murder. To prove his innocence, Thorndyke must confront his own "high anxiety"—acrophobia, the fear of heights—in a vertiginous climax. The film makes merry mocking the psychiatric profession and its practices in this marvellous spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound. The film contains a wealth of references to other Hitchcock works as well (Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder); much of the silly fun is in trying to spot them. Hitchcock (to whom High Anxiety is dedicated) reputedly loved the film, and is said to have sent Brooks a case of wine as a thank you.

Discussant: Diane McIntosh, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

There are up to 1 continuing education credit hour equivalents available for
  -physicians

Event Contact:

604/822-7610

1. How We Live, How We Learn, and How We Work: "Implications for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity" October 2-4, 2008: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2. 3-rd International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: "Integrating Research, Policy, and Promising Practice Around the World - A Catalyst for Change" March 11-14, 2009: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Objectives:

• Disseminate the Canadian clinical practice guidelines for preventing and managing childhood obesity with focus on practical recommendations for implementation.
• Highlight issues that influence how we 'live', how we 'learn', and how we 'work' and their implications for childhood obesity
• Provide a forum for networking and collaborating among health professionals, educators, researchers, trainees and other stakeholders with an interest in childhood obesity

• Biomedical
• Clinical Diagnosis & Assessment
• Health
• Legal, justice, correction
• Social Services
• Family
• Education
• Community

The conference will enhance our knowledge and collaboration, sharing findings of researchers and frontline professionals with recognized expertise and from diverse cultures. Individuals living with FASD, their parents and families, professionals, communities and policy makers will be present and will speak throughout the conference.

Deadline for abstracts or proposals: 6/30/2008.

There are as many as 24 continuing education credit hours available for
  -physicians
  -psychologists
  -counselors

Event Contact:
(the link below is available for e-mail)

Division of Healthcare Communication
College of Health Disciplines
#105 - 2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Canada

604/822-7524
604/822-4835 fax

(Specially supplied by Erica Li on 15 MAY 08..)

Research at the Center is diverse, covering the major sub-disciplines and techniques in neuroscience and ranges from cellular and molecular neurobiology through systems and developmental neuroscience to studies of human perception, attention, memory, language, and the nature of consciousness. The Center places special emphasis on sensory physiology, on the molecular-genetic basis of neuronal function and its development, on the search for genetic markers in psychiatric diseases, in addition combining information obtained from different brain-imaging techniques, including fMRI, and ERPs, for the study of human cognition and the development of improved methods to treat brain injury and disease.

Currently, the Center for Health and Technology offers programs in:

• Health Informatics
• Distance Education
• Outreach Programs
• The Telehealth Learning Center (established in 1999)
• The Telemedicine Program

The telemedicine program includes:

• Virtual Reality Training
• Home Health
• Teleradiology
• Acute Care
• Remote Monitoring
• Family Link

and covers many telemedicine specialties.

Specialized programs include cognitive-behavioral, group, family and couple psychotherapy. Evaluations are often multidisciplinary and may include psychiatric assessment, psychological testing, family or educational assessment, speech and language evaluation, or complete medical assessment.

Psychiatry faculty members engage in a wide variety of research programs, including inquiries into clinical processes; the causes, cures and neuropsychology of major psychiatric disorders; quality of care; medical education; and child and forensic psychiatry. Other topics under investigation include the nature and process of psychotherapy and ways in which "telemedicine" electronic telecommunications networks can be used to extend psychiatric care to rural and constrained patients.

Research studies are currently under way for children with autism, fragile X syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Down's syndrome, Tourette syndrome and other disorders that can prevent children from living lives of normalcy and independence.

1. Summer Institute on Neurodevelopmental Disorders August 7-8, 2008: Sacramento, CA

This program has a "Research to Practice" emphasis and represents the continued commitment to providing current research regarding the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. It is designed for individuals who provide care for patients, students and family members of those who are diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders.

There is a great need for current research information and how it is translated into best practices regarding neurodevelopmental disorders.

Objectives:

• Identify critical issues involved in the assessment of several neurodevelopmental disorders
• Identify and discuss critical issues involved in the differential diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders
• Discuss strategies and techniques necessary to assess, diagnose and treat neurodevelopmental disorders
• Achieve more effective disposition in their efforts to facilitate case management and treatment of those diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Translate state-of-the-science information based on the latest research into "Best Practices" in schools and other clinical situations, leading to improved performance in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders

Program:

• Welcome
  • Robert Hendren, DO
• The Reshaping of the Neurobiology of Autism
  • Nancy Minshew, MD
• Treating Toddlers with Autism: The Early Start Denver Model
  • Sally Rogers, PhD
  • Laurie Vismara, PhD
  • Jamie Winter, PhD
  • Costanza Colombi
• Overview of Sensory Processing Disorder [SPD]: Research and Treatment
  • Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR
• A Matter of Helping: Evidence Base for Family-Centered Practices
  • Carl J Dunst, PhD
• Helping Students Manage Their Lives at School: What Roles do Executive Function Skills Play?
  • Georgia Bozeday, PhD
• Educational Approaches for Students with Autism
  • Linda Brooks, BA
  • Kristi Baysinger, MA
  • Jennifer Kurth, MEd
  • Sharon Hensley, MA
• Advocacy
  • Donna Ross Jones
• The Cognitive Basis of Behavior in ASD: Implications for Memory and Learning and for Behavior Intervention
  • Nancy Minshew, MD
• Assistive Technology
  • Laura Greiss Hess, MS, OTR/L
  • Kerrie Lemons Chitwood, MA, CCC-SLP
  • Kathleen Sadao, EdD
  • Bonnie Mintun, BA
• Teaching Self-Determination and Personal Safety Skills to Secondary Students with Autism
  • Hyun Sook Park, PhD
  • Tina Meier-Nowell, MA
  • Sudha Krishnan, BA
• ASD Guidelines for Effective Intervention
  • Ron Huff, PhD
• Welcome
  • John Brown, PhD
• Functional Brain Imaging Studies of Reading and Reading Disabilities
  • Guinevere Eden, DPhil
• Building Skills in Reading Fluency: Connecting Research to Practice
  • Marcia Davidson, PhD
• Visualizing and Verbalizing/Talkies Overview
  • Nanci Bell, MA
• Overview and Treatment Options for Pervasive Developmental Disorders
  • Daniela Stomatoiu, MD
• Neurobiology, Genetics and Behavior
  • Tricia L Chambers, PhD, CCC-SLP
• Reading Fluency Interventions: What Works and Why
  • Marcia Davidson, PhD
• Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnerships and Inclusion Through Self-Advocacy
  • Jennifer Allen
  • Sharon Fallis
  • Rachel Stewart
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: New Ways of Understanding This Disorder
  • Daniela Stomatoiu, MD
• Social Emotional Learning Framework: Theory and Research
  • Meryl Lipton, MD, PhD
  • Clark McKown, PhD
• Taking Charge: Classroom-Based Social-Emotional Learning Program
  • Mardi Bernard, RN, BScN
• Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical [LHPA] Axis in Children with Autism
  • Blythe Corbett, PhD
• Exceptional Children: Understanding Social, Emotional and Self-Esteem Needs and Fostering Development
  • Craig Knippenberg, LCSW, MDiv
• An SLP and OT Team Approach to Assessment and Intervention
  • Aimee Bord, MA, CCC-SLP
  • Cecilia Martinez, OTR/L
• New Theory of Mind Research Investigations on the Remediating of Language Processing Deficits: A Review of the Science with Promising Possibilities
  • Paul E Worthington, MA

Historically, attention to Asian Pacific American concerns in the delivery of mental health care has been minimal. NRCAAMH was founded out of a need for programmatic research devoted to Asian Pacific American mental health concerns. The Center aims to contribute theoretical and applied research that will have a valuable impact on mental health policy and service delivery to Asian Pacific Americans.

1. 17-th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality [MMVR] Conference: "NextMed - Design for/the Well Being" January 19-22, 2009: Long Beach, CA

Objectives:

• State-of-the-art for biomedical simulation and its enabling technologies, haptics and modeling
• Emerging tools for clinical diagnosis and therapy: imaging methods, data visualization and fusion techniques, robotics, and sensors
• Intelligence networks for medical decision-making, patient care, and collaboration
• Goals, accomplishments, and challenges in the development and application of novel devices and methods for medical care and education

Topics:

• Biomedical and surgical modeling and simulation
• Imaging, data visualization and fusion
• Intelligence networking and telemedicine
• Robotics and haptics
• Interfaces, displays, and projection methods
• Sensors, implantable and wearable electronics
• Virtual, mixed, and augmented reality
• Game-based learning and performance assessment

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