Call for Papers
ISPS-US Eleventh Annual Meeting
Psychosis, Trauma, and Human Connections:
Building Community
November 5-7, 2010
At The Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Hosted by ISPS-US Berkshires
Co-sponsored by the Lifespan Learning Institute
Keynote Speaker
Joanne Greenberg, Author: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Honorees - Featured Speakers
Françoise Davoine & Jean-Max Gaudillière,
Authors: History Beyond Trauma
Submissions due by April 1, 2010
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We invite submissions that consider the dilemma of the person designated ‘psychotic’ in relation to the various communities in which he or she is embedded. Research highlights the importance of human connections for the effectiveness of any treatment modality, and yet our structures are increasingly guided by ideas about ‘efficiency’ that can attenuate or break those human bonds. We hope to invite conversations about models, treatments, and strategies that strengthen human ties and build a sense of community that can tolerate difference, and therefore better help those who are isolated to find their way back into the communities in which they are embedded. Topics might include:
- Survivors’ experiences
- Children and psychosis
- Alternative treatments for psychosis
- Links between creativity, trauma and psychosis
- Living with psychosis, creative engagement
- Research
- Community networks
- Psychosis, politics and community action
- Medication uses and abuses
- Different cultural views on psychosis, e.g. Latino, Native American, African American
- Countertransference in working with people experiencing psychosis
We are particularly interested in panel proposals or roundtables that discuss these issues and also invite you to think of alternate formats that promote discussion, such as conversation hours, or discussion of pre-circulated papers or a book or film of interest to our membership.
Submission Guidelines:
Individual papers, panels, and roundtable submissions are all encouraged. Speakers should expect to limit their presentations to no more than 15 minutes per person, to allow time for discussion. Alternative formats, such as conversation hours, will also be considered.
ALL PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- Title of presentation (maximum of 15 words)
- Type of presentation (individual, panel or other: please specify)
- Abstract (maximum of 250 words)
- The following for each person who will be presenting:
- Name, address, phone, e-mail, institutional affiliation(s)
- Brief biographical statement (maximum of 30 words)
- CV or resume (maximum of 3 pages)
- Designated contact person if more than one presenter
- Audio/visual requirements
- Either of the following statements:
I DO give permission for my presentation to be audiotaped and distributed by ISPS-US and its affiliates.
I DO NOT give permission for my presentation to be audiotaped or distributed by ISPS-US and its affiliates.
DEADLINE: Proposals must be emailed by April 1, 2010. Incomplete or late proposals will not be accepted.
E-mail proposals to contact@isps-us.org in the body of the message or as a Word attachment. Please save as .doc and not .docx.
Questions regarding content should be sent to Meeting Co-Chairs Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP: mcharles@msu.edu or Jennifer Daniels, MA, LMHC: jenniferdaniels@verizon.net
