NOTEBOOK - New York State Psychological Association

NYSPA Notebook ~ September 2012
SAVE THE DATE
for the
NYSPA 76th Annual Convention
June 1 –2, 2013
Fashion Institute of Technology
West 28th Street, between 7th & 8th Avenue, New York, New York
“Psychology Works: Essential knowledge
to serve your patients, practice and the profession”
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Allen J. Frances , MD
"DSM 5- The Uses and Misuses of Psychiatric Diagnosis"
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Allen Frances, M.D., was chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and of the department
of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He
is currently professor emeritus at Duke. Additionally, he is author of two
books related to DSM 5: "Saving Normal" and "Essentials of Psychiatric
Diagnosis".
In his keynote address to NYSPA, Dr Frances will speak on topics related to diagnoses and
diagnostic system in psychiatry, focusing on the work on the new DSM V manual, to be released
May 2013. Dr Frances led the work on the previous DSM IV manual and has been central in the
discussion about new diagnoses.
Other guest presenters include
Barry Anton, PhD, ABPP—”Building a Collaborative Practice”
David Ballard, PhD, MBA—”Using Social Media to Market your Practice”
Michael Schoppmann, Esq—”Starting a Private Practice”
NYSPA Suicide Prevention Grant Presentation
Additional programs will be solicited, reviewed and announced later. If you are interested in
submitting a presentation for the convention look for he call for presentations next week.
Topics that will be considered for the NYSPA 76 th Annual Convention include practice
development—covering all areas of practice, evidence-based and best practice approaches.
The convention objective is to broadly cover practice issues that will assist professionals in
NY to grow with changing models, maintain success and continue to treat their patients
utilizing the most current resources available.
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