FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 1998
Release No. 98-35
Contact: Erin Murphy
(202) 682-6324; [email protected]
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION INVITES MEDIA TO ATTEND 50TH INSTITUTE ON PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES
The American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric Services, October 2-6, 1998 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA is a "hands on" meeting for health care professionals who provide care to people with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders. The Institute focuses on treatment issues in an intimate discussion format. Presenters bring a wide range of perspectives and approaches to psychiatric medicine.
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
Preventing Youth Violence
Psychiatry Meets Preventive Medicine
Is the Concept of Self a Western Concept
Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS Among Women
Creative Treatment Options for the Homeless
Current Issues Relating to Sexuality in the Asian-American Youth
Catholic and Jewish Women Survivors of Nazi Camps
Psychiatric Services in the Deaf Community
Sex Differences in Psychiatric Disorders
Rural Psychiatry
Impact of Managed Care in Public Mental Health Systems
Therapeutic Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Managing Sexual Side Effects of Antidepressants
Schizophrenia Treatment
Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)
Geriatric Psychiatric Treatment
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
For more information or a preliminary program please contact Erin Murphy (202) 682-6324. Members of the media may attend at no cost. On-site media register in the APA Press Office. If you are unable to attend, the press office can assist with information and materials to help you cover the meeting off-site.
The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society, founded in 1844, whose 42,000 physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.
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