July/August 2017 News & Events
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Upcoming Events
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2017 Erikson Institute Fall Conference
Mental Health Parity, Ethics, and the Law: What clinicians, patients, and advocates should know
September 23, all day
The conference goal is to educate clinicians, patients, and care advocates about the current state of the national health insurance landscape, with a focus on parity law implementation.
Featured Presenters:
Meiram Bendat, JD, PhD: Founder and president of Psych Appeal, licensed attorney, and psychotherapist
Laura B. Dunn, MD: Professor of psychiatry, director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, and director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at Stanford University
Ted Kennedy Jr., JD: State Senator in the Connecticut General Assembly and partner at the law firm of Epstein Becker Green
Eric M. Plakun, MD: Associate medical director and director of biopsychosocial advocacy at the Austen Riggs Center, and leader of the APA Psychotherapy Caucus
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For a complete list of upcoming events, visit www.austenriggs.org/conferences.
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The Riggs Blog
Check out these popular articles from the Riggs Blog:
The Opioid Epidemic: A Clinical Perspective
By Elizabeth Weinberg, MD
Elizabeth Weinberg_ MD
Throughout America, individuals, families, and clinicians are struggling to make treatment available to those who need it. Meanwhile, the deaths of successful and wealthy celebrities demonstrate how extraordinarily difficult overcoming opioid addiction can be, as well as making it clear that addiction does not discriminate based on social status or economic means. >>Read more
We are each other’s business . . .
By Jane G. Tillman, PhD
Jane G. Tillman_ PhD
The surprise verdict of guilty in the Michelle Carter texting and suicide case in a Massachusetts courtroom has far-reaching implications for how we think about suicide, personal responsibility and culpability, free speech, and our duty as citizens to one another, particularly those on the brink of suicide. >>Read more
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Riggs on the Road
July 31: Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD, will present “Mindcraft: The Evolution of Precision Psychiatry” at TEDxBerkshires at Kriplau in Stockbridge, MA. >>Learn more
August 3-6: Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, will be presenting at the American Psychological Association (APA) 125th Annual Convention. >>Learn more
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit: www.austenriggs.org/conferences
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