by Lisa Andermann The SSPC annual conference took place in Toronto, Canada for the first time, from May 3-5, 2013....
SSPC’s First Time in Toronto: Annual Meeting Report
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Book Your Hotel Now for the 2014 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting for 2014 is being held at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San...
Response to SRT Report A/HRC/22/53
The following is a letter drafted by the SSPC Board of Directors in response to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur...
Past Liz Kramer News
Remembering Joe Yamamoto
Joe Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D., a long standing member of SSPC died May 24 at age 85. Dr. Yamamoto taught psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma, University of Southern California, and University of California, Los Angeles—giving hundreds of academic presentations and...
Second World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry
by Ronald Wintrob, M.D. Chair, WPA-Transcultural Psychiatry Section I am writing this report while still experiencing the warm glow of the Umbrian sun and the numerous buoyant contacts with many colleagues and friends who participated in the 2nd World Congress of...
Future International Conferences in Cultural Psychiatry
In 2010: International Conference on Transcultural Psychiatry: Cultural Diversity, Social Change and Mental Health in China; Shanghai, China; April 18 – 20 International Conference on Transcultural Psychiatry: Migration, Next Generations and the Future of Psychiatry;...
John P. Spiegel Memorial Fellowship
The Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture announces its 19th annual call for papers for the Spiegel Fellowship, an annual award presented to a resident or fellow who has an interest in and commitment to cultural psychiatry. Residents or Fellows who are...
Charles Hughes Fellowship in Cultural Psychiatry
The Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture announces its 9th annual call for papers for the Charles Hughes Fellowship in Cultural Psychiatry, an annual award presented to a graduate student who has an interest in and commitment to cultural psychiatry and...
Call for Award Nominations
The SSPC gives two awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of cultural psychiatry. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a person who has made “outstanding and enduring contributions to the field of cultural psychiatry.” The...