Program
View the program and abstracts for the 43rd 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, Thursday, April 21, 2022
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12 – 1p ET 9 – 10a PT |
John Spiegel Fellowship Presentation: Healing the Whole Family: An Educational Graphic Novel about Intergenerational Trauma in an Asian-American Family |
Nealie Ngo Discussants: Grace Chiang, Eunice Yuen |
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1 – 1:30p ET 10 – 10:30a PT |
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1:30 – 3p ET 10:30a – 12p PT |
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| Symposium 1: Gender Identities in the Storm: Embodying Oppression or Idiom of Resistance? | Discussant: Cécile Rousseau | Abstract | |
| “We are not terrorists, we are ugly”: Ugliness as the core of the “true” masculine Incel identity | Catherine Montmagny Grenier | ||
| “Gender Mainstreaming” and Violent Radicalization | Rochelle Frounfelker | ||
| The Gender of Hate | Yann Zoldan | ||
| Workshop 1: Addressing Microaggressions Directed at Health Care Providers: Strategies to Determine If, When, and How to Intervene | Gabriela Nagy, Briana Brownlow | Abstract | |
| Workshop 2: Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Beyond the Treatment Manual | Pamela Hays | Abstract | |
| Paper session 1: Directions in global mental health | |||
| Embodiments of Marxism Ideology Education on Tibetan Teenagers’ Moral Development | Xue Han | Abstract | |
| Explanatory Models of Schizophrenia in the Tz’utujil Maya | Robert Kohn | Abstract | |
| Multiple – and often conflicting – roles of Community Mental Health Workers in rural Chiapas, Mexico | Eva Studer, Ana Ceci Ortega, Erika Valtierra | Abstract | |
| Determinants of Mental Illness and Care Seeking in Northern Haiti: An Assessment of Demographic, Social and Religio-Cultural Factors Among Patients at the First Mental Health Clinic in the Region | Michael Galvin | Abstract | |
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3 – 3:30p ET 12a – 12:30p PT |
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3:30 – 5p ET 12:30 – 2p PT |
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| Paper session 2: Social and structural determinants of health | |||
| Trainee and Faculty Perspectives on Cultural Psychiatry, Global Mental Health, and Social Determinants of Health in Psychiatry Residency: A Pilot Study | Seeba Anam, Kathryn E. Gunter | Abstract | |
| The role of social norms on attitudes towards seeking mental health care for immigrants in Canada | Sarah Benkirane | Abstract | |
| Ethnic Identity, Stress, and Personal Recovery Outcomes Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions | Kiara Moore | Abstract | |
| Resilience in Sarajevo’s Post-War Generation: A Culturally-Consonant Model | Benjamin Trnka | Abstract | |
| Workshop 3: Listening to stories: a narrative medicine approach to developing cultural humility | Sally Huang, Francis Lu | Abstract | |
| Workshop 4: Narrative Exploration of Cultural Identities and Worldviews: Weaving A Cultural Mosaic or A Tangled Web? | Kenneth Fung, Ted Lo | Abstract | |
| Paper session 3: Biology, the body, and mental health | |||
| Body and identity in victims of child sexual abuse | Patricia Espinosa Hernandez | Abstract | |
| The Language of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Hashtags on Tumblr: A Mixed Ethnography and Network Analysis Approach | Federica Guccini, Steve H. Lee | Abstract | |
| Social relationship quality, depression and inflammation: A cross-cultural longitudinal study in the United States and Tokyo, Japan | Alan Teo, Benjamin Kaveladze | Abstract | |
| Similarities and Differences in Interoceptive Bodily Awareness Between US-American and Japanese Cultures | Hiroe Hu | Abstract | |
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5 – 5:30p ET 2 – 2:30p PT |
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| Optional: Interested in getting involved at SSPC? Meet the committee chairs. | |||
| Program Committee | Anna Fiskin | ||
| Education Committee | Kenneth Fung | ||
| Finance Committee | Alan Teo | ||
| Advocacy Committee | James Griffith | ||
| Trainees/Mentorship Committee | Jenny Liu | ||
| Membership Committee | Eric Jarvis | ||
| Family Interest Group | Steven Wolin | ||
| Senior Advisory Group Effort (SAGE) | Jim Boehnlein | ||
Day 2, Friday, April 22, 2022
| Time | Session | Speaker/Facilitator | Abstract |
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12 – 1:15p ET 9 – 10:15a PT |
Plenary Presentation: Journaling the Pandemic: What 25,000 Journal Entries Can Tell Us about the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 |
Sarah S. Willen Katherine A. Mason |
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1:15 – 1:30p ET 10:15 – 10:30a PT |
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1:30 – 3p ET 10:30a – 12p PT |
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| Paper session 4: Reflexivity in practice: Racism and trauma in clinical care and training | |||
| “What you’re talking about there and then, It’s happening right here and now”: Managing Group Dynamics in the Multicultural Clinical Education Classroom | Seamus Bhatt-Mackin, Annique Forester, Gabriela Nagy, Meenakshi Denduluri | Abstract | |
| A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions in Under Resourced, HIV-Seropositive, Black and Latinx Individuals with Cardiovascular Risks | Tamra Loeb | Abstract | |
| Social Capital of Trauma in Medical School Admissions | Jenna Pastorini | Abstract | |
| Clinician Responses to Language Barriers in an Emergency Psychiatry Department | George Eric Jarvis | Abstract | |
| Workshop 5: Microaggression: Health Consequences and Community Strategies in South Asian Americans | Ramaswamy Viswanathan, Karuna Poddar, Manan Shah, Dhruv Gupta | Abstract | |
| Workshop 6: Moral Distress and Moral Injury of Healthcare Providers: Cultural Impacts of “Medicine is a Business” | James Griffith, Emily Schutzenhofer | Abstract | |
| Paper session 5: Exploring forms of care for refugees and asylum seekers | |||
| Ethical and Policy Considerations of Refugee Travel Loans – Encouraging Independence or Fostering Financial Coercion? A review | Ahmad Adi | Abstract | |
| Thinking outside the (clinical) box: Eritrean refugee’s informal forms of support and healing | Maya Fennig, Myriam Denov | Abstract | |
| Navigating norms of parenting; psychosocial support in refugee families | Els Rommes | Abstract | |
| Fostering Agency, Belonging and Wellbeing for Asylum-Seeking Mothers at a Community-Based Psychosocial Support Program | Yufei Wu | Abstract | |
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3 – 3:30p ET 12 – 12:30p PT |
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3:30 – 5pm ET 12:30 – 2p PT |
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| Works-In-Progress | |||
| An Introduction to MENA People in Cultural Psychiatry: A Curriculum by Members of the Advocacy Committee of the American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy) | Layli Khaghani, Saba Ahmadi, Mohamed Elnakib, Nicole Fleischer | Abstract | |
| Centripetal versus Centrifugal Trends in Social and Cultural Psychiatry: A Conceptual Analysis | Vincenzo Di Nicola | Abstract | |
| Development and Implementation of a Multicultural Consultation Team within a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program | Sara Pardej, Benjamin W. Katz, Brianna Young, Gabriela Nagy | Abstract | |
| Workshop 7: Multiple Perspectives on Identity in Therapy | Larry Merkel | Abstract | |
| Workshop 8: Racism and psychiatry residency: A critical and systemic exploration of experiences | Nadia Abdessettar, Pascal Chavannes, Minh Thi Nguyen | Abstract | |
| Paper session 6: Addressing historical roots and ongoing harms | |||
| Plantations, Prisons, and Psychiatrics: On the Criminalization of Mental Illness | Dorothy Abram | Abstract | |
| Ethnopsychopharmacology: Marginalization and counter measures in white and non-white populations | Mario Braakman | Abstract | |
| A Path Toward Mental Health Care with Northern and Indigenous Peoples of Canada | Azaad Kassam | Abstract | |
| Mental Health Challenges Related to Neoliberal Capitalism in the United States | Anna Zeira | Abstract | |
Day 3, Saturday, April 23, 2022
| Time | Session | Speaker/Facilitator | Abstract |
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12 – 1:30p ET 9 – 10:30a PT |
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| Symposium 2: The Importance and Therapeutic Effects of the Immigrant Narrative | Abstract | ||
| The Cuban Diaspora: A Comparative Analysis of the Search for Meaning Among Recent Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans | Rodolfo Bonnin | ||
| Leaving for the “Nuevayores”: Dominican Immigrant Dreams and Aspirations | Arturo Sanchez-Lacay | ||
| Immigrant Narratives | Eugenio Rothe | ||
| Workshop 9: Reflections on identity in (clinical) practice | Winny Ang | Abstract | |
| Workshop 10: Rupture, repair and pediatric mental health narratives – working with disrupted family systems at the crossroads of crisis | Cody Roi, Charles Coleman | Abstract | |
| Workshop 11: The Psychiatry of Story Theatre | Marc Andrew Hem Lee, Eden Almasude | Abstract | |
| Paper session 7: Designing and providing culturally sensitive care | |||
| Art and Cultural Psychiatry: Global initiatives of community engagement | Jaswant Guzder | Abstract | |
| Narrative, Meanings and Cultural Encounters in Psychiatry | Bipin Ravindran | Abstract | |
| A Narrative Review of Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Interventions Among African Americans in The United States | Kevo Rivera | Abstract | |
| Psychedelic Psychotherapy and the Cultural Concept of the Person | Khaleel Rajwani | Abstract | |
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1:30 – 1:45p ET 10:30 – 10:45a PT |
Break | ||
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1:45 – 2:30p ET 10:45 – 11:30a PT |
Business Meeting Everyone is welcome! Come learn about the organization, meet this year’s award winners, and hear where SSPC is headed next |
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2:30 – 3:30p ET 11:30a – 12:30p PT |
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| Poster Session | |||
| Mental Health Literary in an Indonesian Context: A Scoping Review | Ria Dwi Agustina | Abstract | |
| Depression and Anxiety in the Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander Population. | Mohab Ali | Abstract | |
| Language Access and Equity Issues | Argyro Athanasiadi, Nithya Cherukuru, Anique Forrester | Abstract | |
| Disrupted Trajectories: Patient and Family Perspectives on Early Intervention Program Recovery for First Episode Psychosis | Aleksandra Bacewicz | Abstract | |
| Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for reducing implicit bias | Eugenia Calvo Prieto | Abstract | |
| Navigating Help: A Case of a Deaf Woman with Post-partum Depression Requesting Psychiatric Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Hajira Chaudhry, Bradley Judge | Abstract | |
| Idioms of Distress in Muslim and Congolese Refugee’s Perceptions of Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress | Aya Cheaito | Abstract | |
| Development of a Culturally Sensitive Asian American/Pacific Islander Curriculum for Child Psychiatry Trainees | Crystal Han | Abstract | |
| Integrating cultural humility and awareness in undergraduate psychiatry education in Somaliland: An international Academic Collaboration | Jibril Handuleh | Abstract | |
| Examining the Correlation between Social Determinants of Health, Mental Health, and Adverse Childhood Experiences | Cathy Ng | Abstract | |
| Early identification of emerging child mental health problems: Explanations for SENCO’s differing practices in mixed population primary schools. | Marloes Jaspers-van der Maten | Abstract | |
| The Christian Mental Health Initiative: Increasing Mental Health Literacy Among Black Church Leaders | Atasha Jordan | Abstract | |
| Co-designing for Implementation: Development of the Cultivando Fortaleza to Reduce Acculturative Stress in Latinx Immigrants | Gabriela Nagy | Abstract | |
| Trans(cending) Recovery: Discussions with Trans and Non-Binary Folks on Eating Disorder Recovery | Alicia Pinelli | Abstract | |
| Psychiatric Needs and Community Perspectives of Mental Health Care on Guam, USA | Rajkaran Sachdej | Abstract | |
| Together We RISE: Why does intersectionality matter? Applying an intersectional framework in psychiatry residency education | Ceciley Scarbrough, Maia L. Ou | Abstract | |
| Medication Side-effect Concerns Interpreted as Paranoid Delusions in a Bilingual Patient from Mali: Case Study | Andrew van der Vaart, David S. Mancini | Abstract | |
| Differences between Dutch and Turkish-Dutch individuals’ illness representations of depression and ADHD | Iclal Yildiz | Abstract | |
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3:30 – 5p ET 12:30 – 2p PT |
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| Paper session 8: The importance of intersectional approaches | |||
| The Art of Passing: The Interplay of Race and Ethnicity in Facial Feminization Surgeries | Lukman-Afis Babajide | Abstract | |
| Suicide at the Intersections of Faith and Mental Health: Understanding Suicidal Behaviour and Distress in Young Muslim Canadians | Zainab Furqan | Abstract | |
| Discrimination and Suicide Risk: The Intersectional Role of Gender Among Latinx Youth | Sylvanna Vargas | Abstract | |
| Exploring Intersectionality in Adolescent Mental Health Through the Lens of Youth Collaborators | Phillip Yang, Jolie Gomez, Jake Neill | Abstract | |
| Workshop 12: Our identities as psychiatrists: subspecialty and role diversity in cultural contexts | G. Eric Jarvis, Sanya Virani, Victor Pereira-Sanchez, Sarah El Halabi, Bernadette Mdawar | Abstract | |
| Workshop 13: Strangers No More: Storytelling Strategies for Writing Our Selves and Connecting Communities | Natasha Damiano, Karen Young, Alka Kumar | Abstract | |
| Resident Consultation Session | Kenneth Fung, Anna Fiskin, Lisa Andermann | ||