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Next month's Institute on Psychiatric Services, the smaller, and some say more user-friendly, of APA's two annual meetings, will feature several sessions that should hold special interest for psychiatry residents.
Spread over the five days of the meeting, the events include two full-day sessions, one of which is devoted to the psychiatric aspects of AIDS and HIV infection among women. It is being presented on Friday, October 2, by the APA AIDS Education Project and Columbia University's HIV Mental Health Training Project. The other, titled "Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men: What You Must Know," will be on Monday, October 5, and is sponsored by the Southern California Psychiatric Society and the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists.
Among other Friday sessions that might appeal to residents are a computer workshop on psychiatry and the Internet, a discussion of unique treatment considerations with Latinos diagnosed with schizophrenia, and a debate of the place of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy training in residency.
Two Saturday highlights will be the chance to discuss issues with members of the APA Board of Trustees and an evening reception for residents. There will also be a presentation about mental health services for physicians in training and a video workshop on virtual reality and mental health.
Sunday will feature a session sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness titled "Family-to-Family: Education that Works," a debate about whether it is "time to pull the plug" on the notion of dissociative identity disorder, and a discussion of the professional and personal choices facing women psychiatrists. At noon there will also be a "Meet the Experts" luncheon for residents and fellows.
On Monday, residents might seek out the session on cultural competence in the managed care environment or the discussion titled "Young and Old Psychiatrists: Partners for the Future."
A Tuesday highlight will be a full-day session only for residents on clinical approaches to working with homeless mentally ill persons.