International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology(ICSPP)
Transitioning to our new name as the
October 28th - 29th, 2011
Los Angeles, California
Alternatives to Biological Psychiatry: If We Don’t Medicate, What Do We Do?
A conference for clinicians, researchers, consumers, parents, and families
Conference Topics Include:
- Safe, humane, life-enhancing methods of treating adults, children, families and couples in psychological distress without reliance on psychotropic drugs.
- What parents and families can do to help children without reliance on psychotropic drugs.
- Restoring psychotherapy as first-line intervention in behavioral health.
- 50 years after “The Myth of Mental Illness”: Reflections on modern psychiatry.
- Neuroscience and psychology: synergy and implications for ethical treatment.
- Consumer-centered interventions that help people towards full recovery.
- The impact of pharmaceutical industry on mental health practice.
as addressed through diverse critical perspectives, including:
Thomas Szasz, M.D. -author “The Myth of Mental Illness” and “Insanity: The Idea and its Consequences”
Nicholas Cummings - Past President, American Psychological Association(APA) - “Psychotherapy as 1st line intervention”
John Caccavale, Ph.D. - Executive Director, National Association of Professional Psychology Providers (NAPPP)
Jonathan Leo, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroanatomy, Lincoln Memorial University - “The Adventures of Dr. Nobody”
David Cohen, Ph.D. - Professor Florida International University, co-author “Your Drug May Be Your Problem”
Dan Dorman, M.D. - Psychiatrist - Analyst, UCLA Clinical Associate Professor, author “Dante’s Cure”
David Antonuccio, Ph.D., ABPP - Professor of Psychiatry at U. Of Nevada, renowned expert on therapy versus drugs
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. - Psychologist and Huffington Post blogger, author: Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic
David Oaks - Executive Director of MindFreedom International
Robert Whitaker - award winning journalist/author “Mad in America” and “Anatomy of an Epidemic”
For More Information, Call For Papers and Registration visit www.psychintegrity.org
Radisson West - Los Angeles
6161 West Centinela Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230
Reservations (800) 333-3333
Hotel: (310)649-1776
Special Rates $89
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