Alternatives to Psychiatry Conference 2011: ISEPP featuring Robert Whitaker, Thomas Szasz, M.D. and more

ISEPP Conference October 28-29, 2011 Los Angeles, CA

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International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP)

October 28-29, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA @ Double Tree by Hilton
13+ CEUs available for psychologists, MFTs, counselors, social workers & nurses!

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Topics Include:

• Safe, humane, life-enhancing methods of treating adults, children, families and couples in psychological distress without reliance on psychotropic drugs.
• Consumer-centered interventions that help people move towards full recovery.
• Restoring psychotherapy as a first-line intervention in behavioral health.
• What parents and families can do to help children without reliance on psychotropic drugs.
• Withdrawing from psychotropic drugs: Clinical indications, safety and supervision concerns.
• The impact of the pharmaceutical industry on evidence-based clinical mental health practice.
• Treating children and adults with integrative care.

Panel Presentations, Roundtable Discussions, Meet the Authors & More!

• Psychotherapist Panel: Experts Discuss How They Work, Followed By Breakout Sessions on Each Clinical Approach!

• Early Psychosis Intervention Panel: How Can We Best Help Those in Crisis?

• Psychiatric Survivors Panel: Consumers Relay Their Experiences in the Mental Health System. Panel members include Nancy Rubenstein Del Giudice.

• Evidence-Based Literature Panel: What Clinicians Should Know About the Scientific Literature.

• The Bipolar Child Panel: Analyzing an Epidemic.

• 50 years after “The Myth of Mental Illness”: Reflections on modern psychiatry.

Confirmed Speakers (This list is being updated daily; our schedule is available here).

• Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D.
  "When Johnny and Jane Came Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans"

• Nicholas Cummings, Ph.D
  "Restoring Psychotherapy as a First-Line Intervention"

• Thomas Szasz, M.D.
  "Varieties of Psychiatric Criticism"

• Robert Whitaker
  "Psychiatry's Response to Anatomy of an Epidemic: What the Emperor Says When He Has No Clothes"

Go here to see the entire speaker line up and other information about this alternative psychiatry conference, held in October in Los Angeles, CA.