The InterPsych Newsletter 2(4)

 


 

IPN 2(4) Sections E & F: Calendar & Announcements


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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4   THE INTERPSYCH NEWSLETTER        MARCH, 1995
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                        SECTION E: CALENDAR

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                            *MARCH*

March 23-25, The 18th Annual Congress of Psychology Students,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Abstract submission forms can
be obtained by writing to: Mary McClean, Dept. Behavioural and
Communication Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordonstown,
Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT37 0QB.

March 26-28, Second Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, San Francisco, CA, USA. All conference information is
available on the World Wide Web at:
http://neuroscience.ucdavis.edu/CNS/CNS.html.  If you do not
have access to a WWW client, send e-mail to: fabatt@ucdavis.edu

                            *APRIL*

April 3-7, The Tenth Biennial Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Cognitive Science organized by the Society for
the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of
Behavior.  Halifax Hall of Residence & Computer Science
Department, University of Sheffield,  Sheffield, ENGLAND.
Contact: Conference programme chair, John Hallam, Department of
Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, 5 Forrest
Hill, Edinburgh EH1 2QL, SCOTLAND.  Phone: + 44 31, 650 3097,
FAX: + 44 31 650 6899. (john@aifh.edinburgh.ac.uk).

April 6-9, 15th National Conference of the Anxiety Disorders
Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA  USA.  The theme of this
year's conference is, "Anxiety Disorders:  Impact on Quality of
Life."  Contact: Anxiety Disorders Association of American, 6000
Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20852  USA or telephone
(301) 231-5484 or (301) 231-9350; fax (301) 231-7392.

April 7-9, The Ego, the Suffering, the End of Suffering. Paris,
France.  CONTACT: Rambana Institute for Self-Realization, P.O.
Box 131 ATLIT 30300, ISRAEL, Tel. 972.4.984.28.12  fax
972.4.984.26.63.

April 28-30, 1995, Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95),
Seattle, WA, USA, Sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT. The objective of
this symposium is to provide a forum for  academics and
practitioners in the areas related to software reusability to
exchange research results, development activities, and
application experience reports. Unpublished and original
state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice papers relevant to
the symposium themes, as well as panel and tutorial proposals,
are solicited. Contact: Mansour Zand (zand@unocss.unomaha.edu).

                              *MAY*

May 4-5, First National Conference on Total Quality Management
in Mental Health, St. Louis, MO, USA.  Keynote speaker: Dr.
Glenn Laffel, founding editor of "Quality Management in Health
Care." For registration information, contact: Dr. Gary V.
Sluyter, Mental Health Leadership Training Program, MIMH, (314)
644-8505, (MIMHGary@Mizzou1.Missouri.edu).

May 11, History of Psychiatry Group: The Search for Somatic
Therapies in Pychiatry. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Allegheny General
Hospital and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. CME:
TBA.  Contact: Jason Rosenstock, M.D., jasonr@vms.cis.pitt.edu,
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, 412-422-0720.

May 23-25, International Conference on Research and Practice in
Attention Deficit Disorders, Jerusalem, Israel. Division of
Special Education of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and
B'Yahad, the Israeli national parent's education and support
organization for families of children with Attention Deficit
Disorders.  Scholarly papers are currently being solicited.  Tom
Gumpel, Ph.D., Chair, Scientific Committee, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, (TGUMPEL@vms.huji.ac.il).

May 23-30, Actual and Prognosed Mental Health Disorders After
the Chernobyl Nuclear Catastrophe, Kiev, Ukraine.  Organized by
Physicians of Chernobyl Association, Academy of Medical Sciences
of Ukraine, Scientific Centre of Radiation Medicine, Ukrainian
Ministry of Public Health, Ukrainian Ministry of Affairs
Affected by Chernobyl.  Sponsored by World Health Organization,
International Consortium for Research on the Health Effects of
Radiation, Commission of European Communities. Contact:
Professor Angelina Nyagu (abondar@gluk.apc.org).

                            *JUNE*

June 3, Vulnerabilities Of Psychologists As Expert Witnesses,
Professional Continuing Education Program In Psychology, Arizona
Psychological Association and the University Of Arizona College
Of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Contact: Dr. Bonnie Gray
(GRAY@MC.MARICOPA.EDU) Phone: (602) 461-7181.

June 6-15, 1995 Workshop for Nurse Researchers--Biofeedback
Bioinstrumentation: Uses in research, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sponsored by University of Washington School of Nursing
Continuing Nursing Education and Physiodata. Contact: CNE,
206-543-1047.

June 8-10, Workshop on Neural Modeling of Cognitive Brain
Disorders, Maryland, USA. The detailed workshop program,
registration and submission information are now available via
anonymous ftp. To ftp the current information: ftp
ftp.cs.umd.edu; Name: anonymous; Password: your e-mail address;
cd pub/users/ruppin; get workshop_info.Z; quit; unix) uncompress
workshop_info.Z.

June 21-24, Twelfth Annual International Conference in
Literature-and-Psychology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im
Breisgau (Germany). Please send your title and a 150-word
abstract to Professor Andrew Gordon at IPSA
(agordon@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu).  Contact: Norman N. Holland
(nnh@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu).

June 27-29, Summer Institute: Reconnecting At-Risk Youth,
Bellevue, WA, USA. Sponsored by University of School of Nursing
Continuing Nursing Education. Contact: CNE, 206-543-1047.

                             *JULY*

July 5-8, Tenth International Conference on Mathematical and
Computer Modelling and Scientific Computing.  Boston
Massachusetts, U.S.A.   Authors are invited to contribute their
work for presentation at the conference in the form of one-page
abstracts typed single-space before 15 January 1995.  Decisions
on selection will be promptly communicated to the authors by FAX
not later than 31 February 1995.  Abstracts may be submitted by
FAX by dialing to U.S.A.: (314)-364-3351.

July 10-13, "20th International Conference on Improving
University Teaching".  Hong Kong. For instructions on
submitting a paper or proposal and further information about
the conference, e-mail (iut@umuc.umd.edu).

July 12-21, The Ninth Summer Workshop for the Development of
Intercultural Coursework at Colleges and Universities.
East-West Center.  Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. A workshop for
college and university faculty who wish to develop courses in
intercultural and international topics.  Coordinator: Richard
W. Brislin, Program on Education and Training, East-West
Center, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848. Fax (808)
944-7070. (brislinr@ewc).

July 13-14, A National Conference--Forging the Future of
Advanced Practice Psychosocial Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sponsored by University of Washington School of Nursing
Department of Psychosocial Nursing. Endorsed by Association of
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses. Contact: CNE,
206-543-1047.

July 13-16, Teaching Health: Therapy and Prevention for the 21st
Century, Psychology of Mind Training Institute, Cambridge, MA,
USA. NBCC credits. Contact: (gordon@well.sf.ca.us), POMTI,
Postal Drawer 1100, LaConner, WA 98257, Call:  Terri Cunningham
(800)781-2066.

July 17-19, Understanding the Social World: Towards an
Integrative Approach.  Huddersfield, UK.  University of
Huddersfield.  Contact: David Nightingale,
(social-conference@hud.ac.uk) or (D.J.Nightingale@hud.ac.uk).

July 28-29, Infant Psychotherapy: An Overview and a Unifying
View, The Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. CONTACT: Seattle Institute for
Psychoanalysis, 4020 East Madison Street, Seattle, WA 98112,
(206) 328-5315.

July 31-August 4, The Fourth Annual Workshop for the
Development of Expertise in Cultural Diversity. East-West
Center. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.  A program for cross-cultural
trainers who will work with newly developed training modules
in the areas of international business, health care,
counseling, mediation, leadership, and workplace diversity.
Coordinator:  Richard W. Brislin. Program on Education and
Training, East-West Center, 1777 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI.
96848. fax (808) 944-7070. (brislinr@ewc).

                             *AUGUST*

August 8-11, The Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the
Life Sciences Fifth Annual Conference. Adelphi University,
Garden City, New York.  CONTACT: Jeffrey Goldstein, Ph.D.,
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, phone: (516)
877-4637; fax: (516) 877-4607; (goldstein@sable.adelphi.edu).

                            *SEPTEMBER*

September 8-11, British Psychological Society Developmental
Psychology Section Annual Conference.  University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow.  CONTACT: Dr David Warden (CONFERENCE),
Centre for Research into Interactive Learning, Department of
Psychology University of Strathclyde, 40 George St., Glasgow G1
1QE, UK, Telephone: +44 141-552-4400 ext. 2576/4390, Fax: +44
141-552-6948, (CHHS47@ccsun.strath.ac.uk).

September 10-13, Second International Conference on Survey and
Statistical Computing, London, UK.  The Association for Survey
Computing.  Interested contributors should send a brief (maximum
500 word) abstract, including title, relevent keywords and an
indication of the the parallel session into which the paper
would best fit, to: Diana Elder. ASC, PO Box 60, Chesham, Bucks
HP5 3QH, tel/fax: 01494 793033; int: +44 1494 793033,
(asc@sx.ac.uk).

                            *NOVEMBER*

November 1-5, Internal Evaluation Conference: Developing a world
perspective.  The first evaluation conference. Vancouver,
Canada. Jointly sponsored by American Evaluation Assoc and
the Canadian Evaluation Soc.  Contact: John McLaughlin,
President, American Evaluation Assoc., Research and
Evaluation Branch, PO Box 6Q, Richmond Virginia 23216, (804)
371-8593 (fax).

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                  SECTION F:  ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1.   THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS: AN INTERNATIONAL
     PERSPECTIVE
2.   SPRING 1995 COLLOQUIUM SERIES: CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE
     SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
     BOSTON UNIVERSITY
3.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS

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1.   THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS: AN INTERNATIONAL
     PERSPECTIVE
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A conference, workshop, and seminar for teachers,
administrators, graduate and undergraduate students at the
University of Michigan.

Americans have few opportunities to explore in depth what is
happening in mathematics instruction in different cultures.
This program brings internationally known experts to the
University of Michigan campus to describe what is occurring in
six cultures, including countries that educate their students
to a high level of mathematics competence. Lecturers from
China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, South Africa, and the
United States will participate.  In addition to lectures,
ideas will be illustrated by examining the curricula, viewing
videotapes, and reviewing teaching materials.

The program consists of three parts:

Conference.  The three day conference is open to educators,
psychologists, administrators, graduate and undergraduate
students, and persons interested in gaining an overview of how
teachers are trained, how they teach mathematics, and what
their lives are like in different cultures.

Workshop.  The five day workshop will be devoted to intensive
presentations of contemporary teaching practices in the
various cultures.  Each lecturer will be responsible for half
a day and ample time will be allowed for interaction and
discussion.

Seminar.  The five day seminar is for graduate and
undergraduate students interested in continuing the study of
the psychological aspects of mathematics instruction for an
additional week immediately following the workshop.

Conference:     June 23-25, 1995
Workshop:       June 26-30, 1995
Seminar:        July 3-7, 1995

For more information, contact: Debbie Apsley, Department of
Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 E. University, Room
1004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (313) 747-3924, FAX (313) 764-3520,
E-mail apsley@umich.edu

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2.   SPRING 1995 COLLOQUIUM SERIES: CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE
     SYSTEMS AND DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
     BOSTON UNIVERSITY
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March 24: ON THE GEOMETRY OF PERCEIVED SPACE
          Professor James Todd, Department of Psychology, Ohio
          State University

April 7:  HOW DOES THE BRAIN GENERATE SENSORY-MOTOR BEHAVIOR?
          A COMPUTATIONAL FIELD THEORY FOR CONTROLLING RAPID
          EYE MOVEMENTS
          Dr. Lance Optican, Laboratory of Sensorimotor
          Research, National Eye Institute, NIH

April 21: PARALLEL CEREBRAL MEMORY SYSTEMS
          Dr. Mortimer Mishkin, Laboratory of Neuropsychology,
          NIMH

April 28: STATISTICAL METHODS IN LARGE VOCABULARY CONTINUOUS
          SPEECH RECOGNITION
          Larry Gillick, Dragon Systems

All Talks on Fridays at 2:30 PM; Refreshments at 2:00 PM in
Room 101, 2 Cummington Street, Boston

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3.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS
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I am part of a multidisciplinary research and teaching group
based at the School of Nursing Studies and the Department of
Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester in the UK.
We recently established a training course in psychosocial
interventions for serious mental illness which is open to all
the mental health professions.

The course includes a module on psychological methods for the
management of psychotic symptoms. If anyone is interested in
learning about this approach, I would recommend the following
references:

Selwood et al (1994) Advances in the psychological management
of positive symptoms of schizophrenia. International review of
Psychiatry, 6, 201-215.

Kingdon et al (1993) Cognitive behaviour therapy of
schizophrenia: The amenability of delusions and hallucinations
to reasoning. British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 581-587.

Tarrier et al (1993) A controlled trial of two cognitive
behavioural methods of treating drug-resistant residual
psychotic symptoms in schizophrenic patients: 1 Outcome.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 524-532.

Best wishes,

Stuart Lancashire
Senior Research Fellow
School of Nursing Studies
Manchester University
UK.
(SLANCASH@FS1.NU.MAN.AC.UK)