Program
View the program and abstracts for the 40th Annual Meeting
The SSPC Board of Directors is the governing body for the organization. It has the privilege and responsibility of maintaining the vitality of the organization, including its financial well-being and efforts toward meeting its mission. The board is comprised of officers (President, Vice President/President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and Immediate Past President) and board members at-large. A maximum of 14 people may serve on the board. Board members serve three-year terms that begin at the time of the Annual Meeting (usually mid-April), and they may serve two consecutive terms. One position is reserved for a trainee, and one for a non-physician professional.
Day 1: Friday, September 25, 2020
| Time | Session | Abstracts | Speaker/Facilitator |
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| 1:00pm – 2:20pm ET 10:00am – 11:20am PT | Hughes and Spiegel Fellowship Award Panel | ||
| “They are coming to hurt me,” Cries for Structurally Competent Psychiatric Care from Central American Migrants in the United States | View Abstract | Jonathan Gomez | |
| Cultural Formulation in a Case of Spiritual Possession: Religion, Dissociation, and Culture | View Abstract | Andrea Mendiola | |
| Traditional healers’ explanatory models of intellectual disability in Cape Town | View Abstract | Siyabulela Mkabile | |
| 2:20pm – 2:30pm ET 11:20am – 11:30am PT | Break | ||
| 2:30pm – 4pm ET 11:30am – 1pm PT | Workshop 1: Using the Cultural Formulation Interview | View Abstract | Andrea Mendiola G. Eric Jarvis Kenneth Fung Lisa Andermann Azaad Kassam |
| Workshop 2: GMH passion project consultation workshop: Examining the bi-directional impact of our work | View Abstract | Gwen Mitchell Yusra Ahmad Omar Reda |
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| Workshop 3: When Life Depends on a Piece of Paper: The Role of Mental Health Workers in Completing Government Paperwork for Refugees | View Abstract | Kyle Baird Mario Lintz Daniella Schlander Daniel Savin |
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| Workshop 4: “A Person Is A Person Through Other Persons” – How Culture & Identity Are Constructed Through Relationships & Belonging | View Abstract | Vincenzo Di Nicola Anjali Joseph |
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| 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET 1:00pm – 1:30p PT | Want to learn more about SSPC's committees and get involved? Committee leaders are available for drop-in informal chats Optional: Meet the committee chairs |
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| Program | Bonnie Kaiser | ||
| Education | Kenneth Fung | ||
| Trainee/Mentorship | TBA | ||
| Family Interest Group | Steve Wolin Vincenzo Di Nicola |
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| Senior Advisory Group Effort | Jim Boehnlein | ||
| Advocacy Committee | Seran Schug Pamela Montano |
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Day 2: Friday, October 9, 2020
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| 1:00pm – 2:20pm ET 10:00am – 11:20am PT | Plenary: Community Partnered Participatory Research: Overview and Example of Depression | View Abstract | Felica Jones Kenneth Wells |
| 2:20pm – 2:30pm ET 11:20am – 11:30am PT | Break | ||
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm ET 11:30am – 1:00pm PT | Workshop 5: We’re Right in the Middle of It: Navigating Complex Group Dynamics in Multicultural Education | View Abstract | Anique Forrester Gabriela Nagy Seamus Bhatt-Mackin |
| Workshop 6: Integration and Empowerment - Expressive Arts Therapy group works with newcomer adults (immigrants and refugees) in Toronto | View Abstract | Neslihan Memiguven | |
| Workshop 7: An Experiential Workshop on Cross-Cultural Collaboration | Seetha Davis Alisa Miller Kenneth Fung Ted Lo Lisa Andermann |
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| Workshop 8: Applications of Community Engagement Principles to Projects and Research (If you would like to briefly present (and receive feedback on) a proposed/emerging Community Partnered Participatory Research project as part of this session, email bonnienicolekaiser@gmail.com; others may attend even if not presenting.) | View Abstract | Felica Jones Kenneth Wells |
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| 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET 1:00pm – 1:30pm PT | Break | ||
| 4:30pm – 6:00pm ET 1:30pm – 3:00pm PT | Documentary Film and discussion: The Healer and the Psychiatrist - US Premiere (Mike Poltorak). In the South Pacific Island group of Tonga, a traditional healer and a Psychiatrist treat spiritual affliction and mental illness in challenging and inspirational ways Visit the Website | View Abstract | |
Day 3: Saturday, October 10, 2020
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All sessions on Day 3 are live discussion sessions based on prerecorded talks. Please go to Watch to view these materials. |
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| 1:00pm – 1:45pm ET 10:00am – 10:45am PT | Symposium 1: Weaving Collaborations and Negotiating Firewalls in Polarized Times | View Abstract |
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| Collective Case Formulation on Violent Radicalization | View Abstract | Yann Zoldan Janique Johnson-Lafleur |
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| What variables do we have in common? Transnational collaborations on violent radicalization | View Abstract | Rochelle Frounfelker Diana Miconi |
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| The Fireman in the Bedroom: Collaborations between Clinicians and Security Agencies in the Field of Violent Radicalization | View Abstract | Cecile Rousseau | |
| Symposium 2: Working Separate and Together: Lessons Learned in Global and Local Academic-Community Research Partnerships | View Abstract |
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| On Field Methods and Stigma: Conducting Research on Illness Categories that Do Not Exist Locally | View Abstract | Jonathan Yahalom | |
| Synergizing Health Disparities Efforts across Settings in the SER Hispano Project: Facilitators and Barriers of an Interdisciplinary Academic-Community Partnership | View Abstract | Gabriela Nagy | |
| Utilizing community-based research to test and refine interventions in global mental health: A pilot evaluation of an emotion-focused intervention for school-going youth in post-earthquake Nepal | View Abstract | Megan Ramaiya | |
| Paper session 1: Considering Culture in Care | |||
| Cross-cultural, trans-cultural, and global perspectives on mindfulness: Lessons and future directions from comparing Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and Morita Psychotherapy from Japan | View Abstract | Hiroe Hu | |
| Incómodo: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Primary Care Nurses’ Experiences Managing Depression in Rural Guatemala | View Abstract | Shanna Stryker Rachel Kishton |
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| Situating Mental Disorders in Cultural Frames | View Abstract | George Eric Jarvis | |
| Paper session 2: Interdisciplinary Collaboration | |||
| Collaborative Care for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations in Primary Care: A Systematic Review | View Abstract | Jennifer Hu Tina Wu Swathi Damodaran |
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| The ‘Science of Morals’ of a Psychiatric Emergency Service | View Abstract | Sang Ik Song | |
| Urban Hospital Collaboration to Improve Cross-Cultural Care | View Abstract | Mark Nathanson Jennifer Traxler Dhruv Gupta Anthy Phillips |
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| 1:45pm – 2:00pm ET 10:45am – 11:00am PT | Break | ||
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm ET 11:00am – 11:45am PT | Symposium 3: The Development of an Educational Partnership and Ethiopian-Canadian Academic Collaboration: The Story of TAAPP and TAAAC | View Abstract | Moderator: Clare Pain |
| The Development of Psychiatric Education in Ethiopia: 15 years of TAAPP | View Abstract | Lisa Andermann | |
| Ethiopian Perspectives on an Educational Partnership: The Toronto Addis Ababa Psychiatry Program (TAAPP) | View Abstract | Benyam Worku Dubale | |
| Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC): a relational partnership model for building educational capacity between a high- and low-income university: lessons learned | View Abstract | Clare Pain | |
| Symposium 4: Insights and Lessons Learned in International Mental Health Promotion | View Abstract |
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| Applying the RE-AIM Framework in International Mental Health Implementation Research | View Abstract | Kenneth P. Fung | |
| Facilitators and Barriers to Interdisciplinary and International Collaborations in Mental Health Promotion | View Abstract | Weijia Tan | |
| What Constitutes “Culture” in International Cross-Cultural Collaborations | View Abstract | Jenny JW Liu | |
| Paper session 3: Services for Refugees and Asylum Seekers | |||
| Prioritizing Refugees’ Voices: Reconceptualizing Refugee Ethics Protocols in Refugee Research | View Abstract | Neil Bilotta | |
| Understanding the Experience of Latin American Female Asylum Seekers in Quebec: An Intersectional and Narrative Approach | View Abstract | Laura Gallo Tapias | |
| “We are all under the same roof”: Coping and meaning making among older Bhutanese with a refugee life experience | View Abstract | Bhuwan Gautam Tej Mishra |
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| Mental health of conflict-affected internally displaced persons in Northern Sri Lanka: The COMGAP-S study | View Abstract | Shannon Doherty Giselle Dass |
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| Paper session 4: Inclusion and Access | |||
| Developing a Meaningful and Culturally Safe Collaborative Space for First-Line Workers in Youth Mental Health and Wellness in Nunavik: The Atautsikut Community of Practice (CoP) Experience | View Abstract | Janique Johnson-Lafleur | |
| Moving Indigenous Mental Wellness Knowledge to Action in a Manitoba First Nation Community | View Abstract | Grace Kyoon-Achan Diane Linklater |
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| The Use of Information Communication Technologies Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Descriptive Qualitative Study | View Abstract | Theoneste Ntalindwa | |
| Therapy with Remote Patients: Principle Concepts | View Abstract | James Griffith | |
| 2:45pm – 3:15pm ET 11:45am – 12:15pm PT | Business Meeting – Open to all (announcements, reports, awards) | ||
| 3:15pm – 4:00pm ET 12:15pm – 1:00pm PT | Poster Session | ||
| Refugee Mental Health Upon Arrival to Kentucky: Correlation of Refugee Health Screener 15 (RHS-15) score to Social and Ethnographic Variables | Barbara Ekeh | ||
| When Family Decisions Conflict with Standard of Care: Case Report of a Korean Immigrant with Schizophrenia and Medication-Resistant Catatonia | Crystal Han* | ||
| The First Episode Psychosis Experience of Filipino-Canadians in Montreal: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis | Jenna Pastorini | ||
| Participatory evaluation of a co-designed group psychosocial intervention to promote well-being in Guatemala | Katherine Pizarro* | ||
| The Weighty Teenage Years: Weight Assessment Accuracy as a Function of Gender, Sleep, and Depression in Minnesota High School Students | Molly Fennig* | ||
| Psychiatry After the Bell: An Ongoing Collaboration to Address to Mental Health Issues in After School Programs | Nayla Khoury | ||
| The Role of Primary Care in the Use of Specialty Mental Health Services | Nina Jhaveri* | ||
| Baksbat, Nelumbo nucifera and Robam Kbach Boran: Exploring perspectives and experiences of a Cambodian idiom of distress through the filmic image | Ingrid Olivia Norrmén-Smith* | ||
| Sustainability of a Multicultural Consultation Service within an Academic Medical Center | Macey Arnold* | ||
| Challenges and lessons learned in re-filming the WHO mhGAP training videos for Sri Lankan context - a qualitative study | Gergana Manolova* | ||
| *All posters will be available on the conference website. Presenters with an asterisk will also be available during the live poster session for Q&A. | |||