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SSPC Mentorship Day
Please join us for a half day mini-conference focused on mentorship. This event includes this year's Work-in-Progress and Trainee Consultation sessions that are part of our annual meeting. We will also have a plenary roundtable focused on careers in cultural...
42nd Annual Meeting: Call for Abstracts
The 2021 Annual Meeting will extend the 2020 theme of Collaboration to include a specific orientation towards equity, diversity, and social justice in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and enduring structural inequities that have been laid bare by the pandemic....
Dr. Ronald Wintrob’s Passing
Dear Friends and Colleagues: It is with great sadness to inform you that Dr. Ronald Wintrob had passed away. Dr. Wintrob had been a seminal pioneer in cultural psychiatry and the founder of SSPC, serving as president for many years. We were all delighted that he...
SSPC Champions Social Justice
In recognition of the urgent and critical need to address racism and its impact on health, the SSPC is endorsing and supporting the following statements: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) statement on police brutality and racism in America and their...
Professional Risk Management Services
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FINAL SSPC 2015 Annual Meeting Program Schedule
Culture and Global Mental Health
Members in the News: Psychiatry Residency Builds Global Reach by Using Local, Overseas Settings
by Aaron Levin Mental illness knows no boundaries, a fact that some psychiatry residency programs are incorporating into their training. “Global mental health is mental health anywhere but here,” said James Griffith, M.D., chair of psychiatry at George Washington (GW)...
Things to Do in Providence
It takes about 45 minutes to drive across Rhode Island, or just enough time to watch the opening scenes of Interstellar on your laptop. Forstall, because historic Providence is worth a visit. East Side of Providence Brown University is located on the East Side of...
President’s Letter
Dear SSPC Colleague, I hope you are planning to attend our 2015 conference. The theme this year, global mental health (GMH), is on the minds of many cultural psychiatrists right now. Look over this year’s program which can be found on the SSPC Annual Meeting page....
Executive Director’s Note
We're busy here, actively preparing for the 2015 annual meeting which is less than five months away. Based on those all important evaluations that we're always asked to complete, we've modified the program structure a bit. Instead of keynote speakers, and in keeping...