A THREE-DAY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

 

 

 

PRESENTED BY

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY

OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY, Inc.

With the collaboration of

AMEDCO, LLC

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL

Tampa Westshore Airport

4500 W. Cypress Street

Tampa, Florida 33607

Phone: (800) 222-8733

 

OCTOBER 10th, 11th and 12th, 2008

8 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.

 

EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO EMOTIONAL SUFFERING: RECOVERING THE SOUL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

focusing on medical, psychological, legal, and economic issues

    1. Adult, Child And Parental Legal Rights and Responsibilities
    2. Efficacy and Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs
    3. Effective Creative Approaches to Child, Adult and Senior Life Issues
    4. Policy and Economic Aspects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 ELEVENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

OCTOBER 10th, 11th and 12th, 2008, 8 A.M.-7:00 P.M.

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL

Tampa Westshore Airport

4500 W. Cypress Street

Tampa, Florida 33607

Phone: (800) 222-8733

NOTE BENE: CONFERENCE BEGINS AT 1:00P.M.

AND THIS IS A TENTATIVE PROGRAM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2008

 

12:00P.M. - 01:00P.M. REGISTRATION

 

AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

01:00P.M. – 01:30 P.M. Welcome & Introduction: Dominick Riccio, Ph.D. Executive Director, ICSPP and Conference co- chair

Lloyd Ross, Ph.D., ICSPP U.S. Director and Conference co-chair

Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D., ICSPP Board Member and Conference co-chair

Peter R. Breggin, M.D., Founder of ICSPP, Exec. Dir. Emeritus ICSPP

01:30 P.M. – 02:15 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: PETER BREGGIN, M.D.

Why Drugs Are Never the Answer. And Why Human Services Are Always Best

02:15 P.M. – 03:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: GRAHAM DUKES, M.D., J.D.

Three Hundred Years of Disease Mongering: A Question of Ethics?

03:00 P.M. – 03:45 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: GWEN OLSEN

The Psycho-social Impact of Industry Influence and Disease Mongering in Mental Health Practices: Where Are the Ethics?

 

03:45 P.M. – 04:30 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: JAMES GOTTSTEIN, J.D.

The Psychiatric Drugging of America's Children: Legal Rights of Children and Parents

04:30 P.M. – 04:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK

 

04:45 P.M. – 06:15 P.M. WORKSHOPS

 

WORKSHOP 1 LLOYD ROSS, Ph.D., BERTRAM KARON, Ph.D., ABE MATUS, MA

Boardroom

Part I. The Psychotherapy of the Depressed, Suicidal Child, Adolescent and Adult Without the Use of Brain Disabling Medications

WORKSHOP 2 MICHAEL VALENTINE, PH.D.

Crystal City Club

Part I. Dealing with the Difficult and ADHD Diagnosed Child: Strategies That Work

WORKSHOP 3 DOMINICK RICCIO, Ph.D. 

Salon F

Treating Psychotic Conditions in College Students

WORKSHOP 4 BURT SEITLER, PH.D. 

Salon G

Autism: New Information That People in High Places Do Not Want You to Know. The Psychotherapy Treatment of a Child Diagnosed with Autism

WORKSHOP 5 GEORGE STONE

SalonH

Rediscovering Ritual

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

06:20 P.M. – 07:20 P.M.

 

PRESENTATION A Jeanne Stolzer, Ph.D

Boardroom

Confronting the DSM IV: Dissenting Views on the Validity and Reliability of Current ADHD Assessment Procedures

 

PRESENTATION B Elizabeth Root 

Salon F

Hearye,Hearye! Neurobiological Theory Debunked by Its Own Scientists!

 

PRESENTATION C Jeanne Seitler, Ph.D.

Salon D

Transactional Analysis Revisited: A Creative Modality for Teaching Effective Communication Skills; Useful in the Workplace, Family and Intimate Relationships

PRESENTATION D Toby Watson, Psy.D.

Room 217

Forced Medication and Commitments: A Practical Guide to Squashing Medication and Commitment Orders

 

 

PRESENTATION E Norman Ellman, Ph.D.

Salon E

Topic to be announced

 

Board Meeting 07:30 -10:00 P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2008

MORNING SESSIONS:

07:30 A.M. – 08:30 A.M. COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Potomac Ballroom

08:30 A.M. – 09:15 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: JOSEPH TARANTOLO, M.D.

You Are Not Broken

 

09:15 A.M. – 09:45 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: BOSE RAVENEL, M.D.

Training Children for Self Control, Self-efficacy, and Empowering Parents to Take Back Control

 

09:45 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: HOWARD GLASSER, Ph.D.

Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach

 

10:45 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. REFRESHMENT BREAK

 

11: 00A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: ROBERT WHITAKER 

Anatomy of an Epidemic: A Look at What’s Causing the Astonishing Rise in the Number of People Disabled by Psychiatric Disorders in the U.S.

 

 

12:00 P.M. – 01:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: BRUCE LEVINE, PH.D. 

A Treatment Resister’s Guide to Depression: An Alternative Model With Commonsense Solutions

 

01:00 P.M. – 02:30 P.M. LUNCH

 

 

 

 

AFTERNOON SESSIONS:

WORKSHOPS

02:30 P.M. – 04:00 P.M.

WORKSHOP 1 LLOYD ROSS, Ph.D., BERTRAM KARON, Ph.D., ABE MATUS, MA

Boardroom

Part II. The Psychotherapy of the Depressed, Suicidal Child, Adolescents and Adults Without the Use of Brain Disabling Medications

WORKSHOP 2 MICHAEL VALENTINE, PH.D.

Crystal City Club

Part II. Dealing with the Difficult and ADHD Diagnosed Child: Strategies That Work

 

WORKSHOP 3 TOBY TYLER WATSON, Psy.D. 

Salon F

The Four False Pillars of the Biological Model: An Examination of "Mental Illness"; Genetics, Chemical Imbalance, Twin/Adoption Studies and Brain Scans

 

WORKSHOP 4 PETER BREGGIN, M.D. 

Salon H

The Core Principles of Psychotherapy and How to Apply Them

 

WORKSHOP 5 DAVID STEIN, PH.D. 

Salon I

Working with Difficult Teen Cases: Getting Obnoxiousness and Obstinacy Under Control

04:000 P.M. – 04:15 P.M. REFRESHMENT BREAK

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

04:15 P.M – 05:15 P.M.

PRESENTATION A Steve Hayes, Ph.D

Boardroom

Anti-Depressant/Anti-Psychotic/Anti-Anxiety Drug Detox

PRESENTATION AAA Thomas Bratter, Ph.D

Boardroom

CONFRONTATION: HELPING GIFTED, DRUG-DEPENDENT, ALIENATED, ANGRY ADOLESCENTS HELP THEMSELVES ACHIEVE GREATNESS

PRESENTATION B Vera Rabie, Ph.D.

Crystal City Club

Favoritism Theory: After Freud and Behaviorism, Finally! A New Theory of Human Personality Development 

PRESENTATION C Kathie Zatkin, MSW, J.D. 

Salon F

Recovery From the Corporate Message: Has Doublespeak Become the World’s Lingua Franca?

PRESENTATION D Phil Sinaikin, M.D.

Salon D

Is Free Cheap Enough? A Psychiatrist’s Argument in Support of Emotions Anonymous

PRESENTATION E Alexandra L. Adame, M.A. & Larry M. Leitner, Ph.D.

Room 217

Relational Devastation, Psychological Suffering, and Healing Through Meeting: Experiential Personal Construct Understandings of Extreme Experiences

05:20 P.M – 06:20 P.M.

PRESENTATION F Fay Karpouzis, Ph.D.;

Room 217

One Month data from a RCT of the Neuro-Emotional Technique, a Biopsychosocial intervention for Children with ADHD (report of an experiment)

PRESENTATION G Charles J. Sigler, D.Phil.

Crystal City Club

Is Buprenorphine Just a New Head for the Hydra?.

PRESENTATION H Julius Lanoil

Salon F 

Positive Emotional Intervention

 

PRESENTATION I Jeanne Seitler, Ph.D.

Salon D

An Integrative Paradigm For Understanding 

 

PRESENTATION J Thomas Garcia, Ph.D.

Salon E

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

06:30 P.M. – 09:30 P.M. GALA AWARDS DINNER

in Ballroom

Keynote Speakers: to be announced

PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR $50. TICKET IN ADVANCE. SEATING IS LIMITED

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2008

08:00 A.M. – 08:30 A.M. COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Potomac Ballroom

08:30 A.M. – 09:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: NORBERT WETZEL, Ph.D.

Growing Up in Contexts of Violence, Desire and Deprivation

 

09:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: Brian Kean, Ph.D.

Reconceptualizing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Identifying Social, Educational and Environmental Strategies to Reduce Stressors on Children

10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. REFRESHMENT BREAK

 

10:45 A.M. -11:30 P.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: David Stein, Ph.D.

The Unethical Ganging Up On Our Children and Teens: The Real
Psychosocial Causes of Child Problems

11:30 A.M.- 12:15 A.M. Plenary Session: Presenter: James Tucker, Ph.D.

Three Principles of Learning That Are Routinely Overlooked—An Ethical Dilemma

12:15 P.M. – 12:45 P.M. Summary and feedback