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Here’s the latest schedule for the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology conference in October 2007, with information provided by ICSPP as of 25 July 2007. ICSPP is a sponsor group of MindFreedom. Please note this conference is organized by ICSPP and not MFI. Any changes or feedback, please directly contact ICSPP.

 

ICSPP was founded by psychiatrist Peter Breggin

 

More information at http://www.icspp.org

A TWO-DAY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

SPONSORED BY

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY, Inc.

With the collaboration of the
EDWATCH, MINDFREEDOM, EAGLE FORUM, Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights®)
and AMEDCO, LLC

Marriott Crystal City Hotel at Reagan Airport
1999 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia
Phone:  703-413-5500

OCTOBER 13th and 14th, 2007

8 A.M. – 6:30 P.M.

UNIVERSAL MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND DRUGGING OF OUR CHILDREN: RISKS VS BENEFITS
focusing on Medical, psychological, legal, policy and economic issues

1.      Adult, Child And Parental Legal Rights and Responsibilities
2.      Validity and Reliability of Mental Screening Tests
3.      Efficacy and Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs
4.      Effective Humanistic Approaches to Child Development
5.      Policy and Economic Aspects

For more than four decades ICSPP (<http://www.icspp.org/>www.icspp.org), a nonprofit, 501 (c) research and educational network of professionals and lay persons that has been informing professionals, media, and the public about potential dangers of biological theories and treatments in psychiatry.

2007 TENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Marriott Crystal City Hotel at Reagan Airport
1999 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia
Phone:  703-413-5500

OCTOBER 13th and 14th, 2007, 8 A.M.-6:30 P.M.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This is a preliminary schedule subject to revisions and changes

On Monday, October 15 All members of ICSPP, and our co-sponsoring organizations and registrants are invited to participate in our press meeting and education initiative in Capitol Hill. So please plan accordingly.

.            ICSPP Board of Directors meeting

will be held on Friday October 12, 2007 at 6:30pm

Room to be announced

PROGRAM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2007

7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.                           REGISTRATION

7:30A.M. – 8:30A.M.                        COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Grand Ballroom

MORNING SESSIONS:                            THE PROBLEM

8:15A.M. – 8:30 A.M.   Welcome & Introduction: Dominick Riccio, Ph.D. Executive Director, ICSPP and Conference co- chair
Karen Effrem, M.D., Conference co-chair
Lawrence Plumlee, M.D., Conference co-chair
Lloyd Ross, Ph.D., Conference co-chair
Peter R. Breggin, M.D., Founder of ICSPP, Exec. Dir. Emeritus ICSPP

8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Plenary Session:  Presenter:       KAREN EFFREM, M.D.

Universal Mental Health Screening: the Facts

9:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.   Plenary Session:       Presenter:    FRED BAUGHMAN, M.D.

Who Killed Rebecca Riley?

9:30 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.  Plenary Session:  Presenter: GRACE JACKSON, M.D.

Chemo Brain – A Psychiatric Drug Phenomenon

10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M                                        REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. Plenary Session:            Presenter:            Robert Foltz, Ph.D.

TBA

11:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter:            Peter Breggin, M.D.

The Truth About Bipolar Disorder in Children

11:30 A.M. – 12:00 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter:            David Oaks, President of
MINDFREEDOM
“I Was a College Student Mental Patient: How psychiatric survivors
and mental health professionals can unite for a nonviolent revolution
in youth mental health care.”

12:00 P.M. – 12:30 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter:             Vera Sharav, Director of AHRP

Topic to be announced

12:30- 1:30 P.M..                                        LUNCH BREAK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2006
AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

1:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter:             Ronald Dworkin, Ph.D.

The History of the Management of Unhappiness

2:00P.M.- 2:30P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Jeffrey Lacasse, MSW, Ph.D. and Jonathan Leo, Ph.D.

Consumer Advertising of Psychiatric Medications: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges

2:30 P.M- 4:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Panel From Great Britain:
Joan Moncrieff, M.D., Sami Timimi, M.D., Barry Turner, J.D., Janice Hill, M.D.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A review of critical theory and practice
Human Rights and Psychiatry’s Capabilities

4:00 P.M. – 4:15 P.M.            REFRESHMENT BREAK

4:20 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. PAPER PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATION A              Jeanne Stolzer, Ph.D
Examining the Complexities Associated with Child and Adolescent Development: A Bioevolutionary Review

PRESENTATION B Jeffrey Danco, Ph.D.,
Why psychiatric drugs ‘work’:  the attribution of positive effects due to psychological factors

PRESENTATION C              Elizabeth Szlek
Biopsychiatry and the Soul: Universal Mental Health Screening and Its Damage to Our Nation’s Children

PRESENTATION D              Thomas Garcia
Treatment Myths and Paradigms in Chemical  Dependency for the 21st Century

PRESENTATION E

5:05 P.M. – 5:45 P. M.

PRESENTATION F                          Elizabeth Root, Ph.D.
What You Screen For is What They Get and the Expansion of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

PRESENTATION G Toby Tyler Watson, Psy.D..;
Treatment Center: Pitfalls and Gains of Being Medication Free

PRESENTATION H Jon Jureidini (co-authors Leemon McHenry and Peter Mansfield)
Clinical Trials and Drug Promotion: Selective Reporting of Study 329; You Decide Who Decides – Yeah Right!

PRESENTATION I     Noelene Weatherby-Fell
The divide between epilepsy and social and emotional wellbeing – where the children fall

PRESENTATION  J Burton Seitler, Ph.D.
Involuntary Hospitalization and Forced Medicating: Not So Uncommon Occurrences

6:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.          GALA AWARDS DINNER
Mothers tell the truth about the effects of psychotropic drugs on their children.
Keynote Speakers: Theresa Rhodes, Laurie Yorke, Lisa Van Sickle
PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR $50. TICKET IN ADVANCE. SEATING IS LIMITED.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2007 SOLUTIONS

7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.            COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 A.M. –   9:00 A.M.     Plenary Session: Presenter: Johanna Tabin, Ph.D.

Working with children in psychoanalytic treatment

9:00   A.M. – 9:30 A.M.   Plenary Session: Presenter:  Bose Ravenel, M.D.

Common Behavioral and Learning Problems in Children
An Alternative Non-medical Approach
A Pediatrician’s Perspective
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9:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.   Plenary Session: Presenter: James Gottstein, J.D.

The Psychiatric Drugging of America’s Children: Legal Rights of Children and Parents

10:00a.m. – 10:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: David Stein, Ph.D.

Weaknesses in Psychologist Training: Why Low Treatment Efficacies and Invalid Tests

10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.                                                 REFRESHMENT BREAK

10: 45A.M. – 11:00P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Michael Valentine, Ph.D.

Analysis of actual adult-child interaction and communication patterns that are a drug free alternative to the medical-model’s view of ADHD

11:00A.M. – 11:30A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Dominick Riccio, Ph.D.

Common Sense and Integrity in Psychotherapy When Working with Children and Families

11:30A.M. – 12:00P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: David Keirsey, Ph.D.

ADHD: Issues and Answers

12:30 P.M.-2:00 P.M.         COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
Ron Paul Keynote speech

AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

02:00P.M. – 02:30P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Maureen Kelly, Ph.D.

The Trials (and Tribulations) of One Therapist’s Struggles to
Provide Effective Psychotherapy to Children on Psycho-tropic
Medications.

02:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.            Plenary Educational Panel: Brian Kean, Ph.D, Professor James A. Tucker PhD, Professor Thomas P. Cushman, Noelene Weatherby–Fell, BA, MA, Dorothy Cassidy, M.Ed
Whose disorder is it? Protecting normal children:  Preventing bullying and creating effective learning environments: Without the use of psychiatric diagnoses and drugs

3:30P.M. – 4:00P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter:            Honorable Indiana State Representative Cindy Noe

Universal Mental Health Screening: Another Attack on Parental Rights

4:00 P.M. – 4:15 P.M.                    REFRESHMENT BREAK

4:15 P.M.- 5:00P.M  PAPER PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATION A Brian Sheen , Ph.D.; The Clear Minded Non-Medication way to resolve “ADD/ADHD

PRESENTATION B Carolyn Crowder, Ph.D. The Adlerian Model of Discipline Training for Parents:  An Effective, Practical Alternative to Medicating Children’s Misbehavior

PRESENTATION C Julia Wilkins, Ph.D.: Using Laughter to Develop Healthy Minds and Bodies

PRESENTATION D Albert Galves,Ph.D. and Richard L. Hopkins, Ph.D.  The Essentials of School Reform – Creating Schools Which Honor and Nurture Children

PRESENTATION E             Patricia Bauerle
Non-pharmaceutical Strategies for Emotional and Behavioral Concerns in Children

5:05 P.M. – 5:50 P.M.

PRESENTATION F John R. Currie, Ed.D.; Time and Cost Effective, Research Supported Interventions for Busy Parents and Stressed Out Teachers of Children with Behavior and Learning Problems

PRESENTATION G Fay Karpouzis, Ph.D.
A new non-pharmacological biopsychosocial intervention for children with ADHD:- Preliminary data from an RCT

PRESENTATION H Patricia Bauerle
Empirical evidence for promoting ecologically-based psychosocial and psycho-educational assessments of strengths and needs while objecting to pharmaceutical-based  screenings

PRESENTATION I                Peter Resta, Ph.D.;
Trends in Popular Culture and American Children:  ADD or PCD (Popular Culture Disorder)

PRESENTATION J Karl Humiston, M.D.; Empowering Mental Healing: The Inner Mystery

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 2007

7:30 A. M. – 8:30 A.M. COMPLIMENTARYCONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

10:00A.M.- 12:00P.M. Press Conference, Legislative staff briefing and education of legislators

Important note about Continuing Education Credits:

You must fill out the forms completely and hand them in at the end of the conference. You must have paid the $25.00 CE fee.
Late, incomplete or unpaid forms will not be eligible for credit.

Satisfactory completion:  Participants must have paid tuition fee and completed an online Attendance/Evaluation form in order to receive a continuing education certificate.  Participants not fulfilling these requirements will not receive a certificate.  Failure to complete the online Attendance/Evaluation form will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire conference.  No exceptions can be made.  Partial credit of individual sessions is not available.  Certificates are available immediately after completing the online form by going to the Internet website above.

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law. If you desire ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration. Amedco, LLC and the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

Psychologists
This program is co-sponsored by Amedco and ICSPP.  Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Amedco maintains responsibility for the program and its content.  Maximum of 14.5 hours.

Professional Counselors

This program is co-sponsored by Amedco and ICSPP.  Amedco is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for certified counselors.  We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines.  Provider #5633.  Maximum of 14.5 hours.

Social Workers

This course is co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars and Foundations Associates.  R. Cassidy Seminars, ASWB provider #1082, is approved as a provider for continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards, (<http://www.aswb.org>www.aswb.org), phone: 1- 800-225-6880) through the Approved Education (ACE) program.  R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for the program.  Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.  Social workers will receive up to 14.5 continuing education clock hours in participating in this course.

California Board of Behavioral Sciences

Course meets the qualifications for 14.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFCC’s and/or LCSW’s as required by the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE875.

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