2006 Northeast Regional Conference

"Mind Field: Mental Health's Social and Biological Landscape "

Rockefeller University, May 19-20, 2006

How does mental health policy affect the rights of the mentally ill?  How can scientific integrity be maintained in a world influenced by large pharmaceutical companies?  How does social stigma affect children with mental health disorders?

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  The Integrity of Science
• Read about the speakers!
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  (including articles from the conference)
• Mental Health in the News
• WHO's Mental Health Atlas

AGENDA

Friday, May 19, 2006

5:00 pm: Registration

6:00 pm: Reception at the Faculty Club
Located in the Basement of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall (Building 1 on the map)

7:00 pm: Keynote Speech: Mental Health: Then and Now

Michael Friedman, LMSW, Director of The Center for Policy and Advocacy of The Mental Health Associations of New York City and Westchester

Saturday, May 20, 2006

*Saturday's events will take place in the Caspary Auditorium, Building #2 on the map.*

9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast

10:00 am: Opening Remarks and Welcome

10:15 am: Panel: Mental Health Policies and Rights of the Mentally Ill

Panelists:

John Gresham, JD, Senior Litigator for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Dr. Kim Hopper, PhD, Research Scientist, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Dr. Allan Horwitz, PhD, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research; Department of Psychology, Rutgers University

Heather Pierce, JD, MPH. Ropes & Gray LLP in New York

11:45 am: Coffee Break

12:00 pm: Amb. Betty King, Former U.S. Representative on the UN Economic and Social Council

1:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 pm: Current Mental Health Research

Peer Perception and Autism in Children
Kathryn A. McVicar, MD, Assistant Professor
Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Adolescence and Stress: Negative Outcomes In Adult Function and Mental Health
Russell Romeo, PhD, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University

3:00 pm: The Influence of Financial Ties on the Integrity of the Research Industry

Lisa Cosgrove, PhD, Professor of Psychology, UMASS Boston

4:00 pm: Closing Remarks: The Prevailing Need for Scientists to Speak Out When Scientific Integrity is Eroded

Joel Cohen, PhD, Professor of Populations, Rockefeller University, Columbia University