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Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorder: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment - Day 1 Schedule
Friday, January 22, 2010
DAY 1 (January 22, 2010)
7:30–8:30
Breakfast in Lobby / Registration / Distribution of Conference Kit
8:30—9:00
Opening Remarks
Robert Lemelson, PhD, Research Anthropologist, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA; President, Foundation for Psychocultural Research;
Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, PhD, Vice Chancellor, Graduate Studies; Dean, Graduate Division, UCLA
Robert Lemelson, PhD, Research Anthropologist, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA; President, Foundation for Psychocultural Research;
Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, PhD, Vice Chancellor, Graduate Studies; Dean, Graduate Division, UCLA
9:00—12:30
Session 1. Current Neuroscientific, Clinical, Cultural, and Historical
Perspectives on Psychiatric Disorder
Session Chair: Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD, Department of Neurobiology, UCLA; FPR Advisory Board
Session Chair: Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD, Department of Neurobiology, UCLA; FPR Advisory Board
9:00—9:30
Introduction
Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD
Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD
9:30—10:00
Cross-Cultural Research on Mental Illness and Its Treatment: Enduring Challenges, Emerging Questions
Byron J. Good, PhD, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Byron J. Good, PhD, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
10:00—10:30
Epigenomic Mediation of the Impact of Early Life Social Environment on Adult Mental Health
Moshe Szyf, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University
Moshe Szyf, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University
10:30—11:00
Coffee Break and Poster Preview Without Authors (nos. 1–6)
11:00—11:30
The Clinician’s Point of View: How a Psychiatrist Can Accurately Predict the Future after it Happens
J. David Kinzie, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University
J. David Kinzie, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University
11:30—11:45
Commentary
Tanya M. Luhrmann, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
Tanya M. Luhrmann, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
11:45—12:30
Roundtable Discussion and Q&A
Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD (moderator); Byron Good, J. David Kinzie, Moshe Szyf, Tanya Luhrmann
Marie-Françoise S. Chesselet, MD, PhD (moderator); Byron Good, J. David Kinzie, Moshe Szyf, Tanya Luhrmann
12:30—1:45
Lunch and Poster Viewing (nos. 1–6;)
1:45—5:00
Session 2: Cultural and Biological Contexts of Autism
Session Chair: Carole Browner, PhD, MPH, Professor, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; Department of Anthropology, Department of Women’s Studies, UCLA; Member, FPR Advisory Board
Session Chair: Carole Browner, PhD, MPH, Professor, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; Department of Anthropology, Department of Women’s Studies, UCLA; Member, FPR Advisory Board
1:45—2:15
Culture and ASD: The Impact on Prevalence and Recognition
Roy Richard Grinker, PhD, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University
Roy Richard Grinker, PhD, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University
2:15—2:45
The Neural Development Defects that Lead to Autism
Eric Courchesne, PhD, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Eric Courchesne, PhD, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
2:45—3:15
Commentary: Interactional Resonances of Autism
Elinor Ochs, PhD, Department of Anthropology, UCLA, Olga Solomon, PhD, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California
Elinor Ochs, PhD, Department of Anthropology, UCLA, Olga Solomon, PhD, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California
3:15—3:45
Coffee Break and Poster Discussion with Authors (nos. 1–6)
3:45—4:15
The Fetal Testosterone Theory of Autism
Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, MPhil, Autism Research Centre; Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, MPhil, Autism Research Centre; Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
4:15—4:30
Commentary: Autism – Any Role for Altered Brain-Gut Interactions?
Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences; Center for Neurobiology of Stress, UCLA
Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences; Center for Neurobiology of Stress, UCLA
4:30—5:00
Roundtable Discussion and Q&A
Carole H. Browner, PhD, MPH (moderator); Simon Baron-Cohen, Eric Courchesne, Richard Grinker, Emeran Mayer, Elinor Ochs, Olga Solomon
Carole H. Browner, PhD, MPH (moderator); Simon Baron-Cohen, Eric Courchesne, Richard Grinker, Emeran Mayer, Elinor Ochs, Olga Solomon
Friday Evening Keynote Panel
7:30—9:00
Session 3. Beyond Categories: Dimensions, Thresholds,
Contexts, and Trajectories in Mental Health and Illness
Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, FRCPC, James McGill Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University (Moderator)
Bruce Cuthbert, MD, Director, Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development, National Institute of Mental Health
Byron Good, PhD, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Peter Kramer, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Author of Listening to Prozac
Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, FRCPC, James McGill Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University (Moderator)
Bruce Cuthbert, MD, Director, Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development, National Institute of Mental Health
Byron Good, PhD, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Peter Kramer, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Author of Listening to Prozac
