June 8 - Chronic Pain
June 9 - Panic Disorders Institute 3rd Annual Conference
June 24 - 26 - Out on the Prairie - a national
conference on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues and Human Service Related
Practice in Rural areas.
June 26- 27 - Compassion Fatigue
| June 8, 1999 Chronic
Pain Support Group - Free
Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW
12251 St. James Road
Potomac, Maryland 20854
O: 301-309-2336
F: 301-309-2336
mphghh@erols.com
Effects of Chronic Pain on Family Members and Significant Others.
Ms. Herman will discuss the effects of chronic pain on one's personality
and the impact it has on the lives of spouses, children and significant others. |
Compassion
Fatigue
 Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. |
Saturday, June 26, 1999
Los Angeles
Korn Convocation Hall, The Anderson School at UCLA
8:30am - 5:00pm
Sunday, June 27, 1999, San Francisco
Laurel Heights Conference Center - UCSF
3333 California Street, San Francisco 94118
8:30 am - 5:00pm |
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Panic Disorders Institute (PDI) 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE "REFLEXIONS AND
REFLUXIONS" free - for public and professionals
Directed by Stuart Shipko, M.D. Psychiatry and Neurology 97 W. Bellevue Dr., Pasadena,
CA 91105 626 577 8290
Location: Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, CA (626 577 1000) Date and Time: Wednesday June
9th 9:15 AM until 4:30 PM A community service conference
8:45 to 9:00 AM -- registration Please pre-register to 626 577 8290
AGENDA:
Tuesday, June 8th at 7:00 PM – informal gathering of netizens who follow the PDI
board and Internet community. We will meet at the bar at the Pasadena Hilton. This
promises to be a lot of fun. Lurkers welcome.
Wednesday, June 9th
9:15 AM Stuart Shipko, M.D. – "Expanding the definition of panic
disorder" Introduction to the conference, statement of the centrality of abnormal
bile reflux in the physical symptoms of panic disorder: clinical subtypes of panic
disorder and the concept of PNE: discussion of treatment controversies
10:00 AM William Stuppy, M.D. – "Advanced diagnostic testing for panic
disorder" Use of 24 hour gastroesophageal pH as a diagnostic tool: use of heart rate
variability to study the autonomic nervous system and predict sudden death: the testing
and utility of salivary hormone levels: bile and acid reflux in panic disorder
10:45 AM Lucy Cosentino, R.N. – "Personal experiences with panic
disorder" A nurse, a member of the healthcare profession discusses experiences in
coping with her illness, a medical establishment that is poorly organized to deal with
this condition: personal and professional consequences of disease. Question and answer
period.
11:30 AM Lori Hurley - Education Director PDI – "Generational Panic Disorder:
A look at 4 generations". Lori speaks on the family and interpersonal aspects of
panic disorder. Facilitates group discussion before lunch break.
12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch Break: finger sandwiches and vegetables provided at no
charge. For heartier appetites the hotel hosts a buffet on the same floor as the
conference room for $12.95 .
1:15 – 2:15 PM Matthew Finerman, M.D. – "Reflux: the sinuses, the
throat, difficulty swallowing" An ENT specialist speaks on how reflux causes a
multiplicity of symptoms including the above and more. Excellent slides showing the
anatomy of the larynx and how reflux affects this region. An update of an extremely well
received lecture from last year. Explains many of the somatic symptoms of panic disorder.
2:15 – 3:15 PM Kathy Wilson – "Panic Disorder without panic: how it
drove me to the life of a citizen scientist" Her unique perspective on anxiety-less
panic disorder but prominent somatic symptoms: the quest of the PNE citizen scientist,
research and experimentation: female hormones and their impact on PNE: dealing with
uneducated physicians: SSRI discontinuation syndrome: drug food interactions
3:15 – 4:15 PM Arthur Anderson – "Anxiety and Panic on the Web" An
overview of education, assistance and exploitation of anxiety disorders on the Web. Of the
hundreds of anxiety related web sites throughout the world, what messages are they
conveying and which sites can be trusted. Considers a diversity of web sites including
medical, psychological, pharmaceutical, herbal, legal, political, spiritual and
alternative
4:15 – 5:00 PM – Question and answer panel discussion; comments from the
audience; open discussion.
NOTES: e mail: shipko@ix.netcom.com
Not a CME course, but a group of doctors and patients who are educated and interested
in the area of Panic Disorders. No fee. The conference will be digitally recorded and
available via CD, VCR or direct download after the conference.
This is considered by many to be a state of the art conference on panic disorder,
especially as it relates to stress and gastroesophageal reflux. Heredity will be discussed
as well. It seeks to redefine the nature of panic disorder from one of a "false
alarm" to one of a highly sensitive nervous system prone to discharge electrical
signals at random. Medications are discussed as are diet, exercise, herbal remedies, and
vitamin supplements. The conference includes both physician and patient speakers and will
be available through the Panic Disorders Institute via CD, VCR or website download.
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"Out on the Prairie" is a first of its kind national conference that
seeks to bring together social workers, students, the public and others
from the helping professions to explore the unique challenges faced by
gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and professionals who provide
services in rural areas. Beginning June 24-26, 1999, (with a one day
pre-conference set for June 23), this three day national conference,
hosted by the Department of Social Work at the University of North
Dakota and to be held in Grand Forks ND, is directed toward these
individuals, their families and practitioners who work, live, or provide
services in rural areas. As a first of its kind conference, "Out on the
Prairie" offers the professional, individual or family member the
opportunity to gain practical knowledge, network with people with
similar concerns and broaden their view of life in rural America!!
Speakers Include: Terry Tafoya PhD. Trained as a traditional
storyteller, Dr. Terry Tafoya is a Taos Pueblo and Warm Springs Indian
who has used American Indian ritual and ceremony in his work. With over
twenty years of university level teaching experience, Dr. Tafoya has
worked with mental health, human sexuality, AIDS/HIV, substance abuse
and bilingual education. In his work as a trainer and educator, he has
taught with the Kinsey Institute for the Study of Human Sexuality,
Gender and Reproduction as a faculty member and as an expert on cross
cultural sexuality.
Allen Young The editor of Lavender Culture and Co-Facilitator, North
Quabbin Diversity Awareness Group, Quabin MA, Mr. Young will utilize the
experience of his own gay community in rural Massachusetts to shed light
on complex issues concerning gay identity and rural life.
Dr. Dean Pierce A Professor and Director of the School of Social Work,
University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Dean Pierce's research interests include
social work policy and lesbian and gay issues. He will be addressing
issues of silencing and marginalization in the rural LGBT context.
Debra Davis Executive Director of the Gender Education Center, Debra
Davis has presented and held workshops throughout the midwest. Ms. Davis
will share her experience as an openly transgendered woman working in
the Minnesota Public Schools and her experiences in rural and remote
areas.
Robyn Ochs Editor of The Bisexual Resource Guide and Co-founder of the
East Coast Bisexual Network, Ms. Ochs has taught, at MIT and Tufts
University, five of the six courses ever offered on bisexual identity.
She will speak on bisexual issues in the rural environment.
Will Fellows The author of Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural
Midwest, Mr. Fellows will be discussing his groundbreaking work through
the use of slides and visual media.
This conference is sponsored by the Dept. of Social Work at the
University of ND with additional funding provided by a grant from the
Gill Foundation and individual supporters of the conference.
Further information and registration materials may be found at our web
site: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Castro/2921
or by
contacting: Nancy Rice, Dept of Social Work, UND, PO Box 7135, Grand
Forks, ND 58202, 701-777-3770, Or 877-688-3660 (toll free) or E-Mail:
nancy_rice@mail.und.nodak
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