psychoanalysis
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| International Exchange Program |
From Depression to Expression: A Pan-American Psychoanalytic Reawakening
with special guest Alejandro Salamonovitz, PhD
September 19-20, 2008
Papers for each event are posted below next to the program they are associated with.
Alejandro Salamonovitz, PhD, a former physicist, has been in the private practice of psychology since 1986. He trained as a psychoanalyst in the 1990's and went on to become the President of the Circulo Psicoanalitico Mexicano. In 2004, he founded the Circulo branch in Cuernavaca, a resource center for the teaching and practice of psychoanalysis for the more than one million people of Cuernavaca that includes a low-fee psychoanalytic clinic. He has been a prolific author, teacher, and supervisor throughout his career, and has been continually involved in the treatment of refugees and economically disadvan-taged persons. His doctoral thesis, Del Silencio a la Palabra: Reflexiones Psicoanaliticas sobre la Depression combines his theoretical interests in depression with the social and political perspective gained through work with such traumatized patients.
Schedule of Events
Background Paper (English version)
Friday, Sept. 19 (1-4pm)
Program paper
Intro
The Use of Paraprofessionals in Mental Health Care: What can North Carolina Learn from Mexico's System of Acompanamiento?
Dr. Salamonovitz will share his experiences leading a program for paraprofessionals in treating people with mental illness. He will be joined by a panel of policy makers, clinicians, administrators, and paraprofessionals from North Carolina who will discuss and compare the North Carolina and Mexican experiences. Panelists will include: Ann Akland, Management Consultant and Past President, Wake County chapter of NAMI; Ed Eastman, Psy.D., Director of Clinical and Residential Services, Mental Health Association of NC; Teri V. Knighton, MA, Community Support Coordinator, Comprehensive Community Care, Inc.
Open to Mental Health Professionals, Advocates and Consumers
Location: UNC School of Social Work
Cost: No charge with pre-registration ($10 at door)
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Saturday, Sept. 20 (10am-Noon)
Paper
Paper response
Hysteria English version
The Screams of Silence: Depression and Other Maladies of Modern Times
Dr. Salamonovitz will present a theory on depression that can help guide clinicians navigating the deadly silence that inhabits their patients in modern times.
Open to Mental Health Professionals, Trainees, Advocates, Academics and anyone who is interested in the topic (see details for CME/CE information)
Location: Lucy Daniels Foundation
Cost: $45 ($50 at door). No charge to NCPF and NCPS members, full-time trainees and residents.
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Saturday, Sept. 20 (6:45-9:45pm)
Screening and Discussion of the film Bleu by director Krzysztof Kieslowski and starring Juliette Binoche.
Part of "The Three Colors" trilogy, Bleu tells the story of a woman who loses her husband and daughter in an auto accident, becomes depressed and finds her way back through music. French with English subtitles. 98 minute film.
Open to the General Public
Location: Galaxy Cinema, Cary, NC
Cost: $8 (no charge for NCPF members)
Registration Information
Online registration is available or you can call (919) 847-2323 to register. Tickets reserved in advance will be held at the registration table. The pre-registration deadline is September 17, 2008.
Friends of NCPF members: please note that all events are free with your 08-09 membership. Please click here if you would like to become a NCPF member. Membership is open to all.