A THREE-DAY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
PRESENTED BY
THE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE STUDYOF
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
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