ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE!
Co-Sponsored by The Women’s Mental Health Initiative of
The Mental Health America of Greater Houston
When:
June 4-7, 2008
Where:
Hilton Americas
1600 Lamar
Houston, TX 77010
USA
Travel:
Continental Airlines
Enter the offer code ZDHXCNRXPJ in the Offer Code box
The conference will examine the topic of maternal mental health from a variety of vantage points according to the systems involved including medical, psychological, familial, cultural, legal, governmental, and others.
Postpartum Support International’s 2 Day Certificate of Completion program, Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care, will be offered prior to the conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 and Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Hilton Americas.
Featured conference speakers include:
Valerie Plame Wilson, former CIA agent and author of “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House”
Ann Dunnewold, Ph.D., psychologist and author of “Even June Cleaver Would Forget the Juice Box: Cut Yourself Some Slack and Still Raise Great Kids in the Age of Extreme Parenting”
Margaret Howard, Ph.D., psychologist and Director of Postpartum Disorders Day Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI.
Lucy Puryear, M.D., psychiatrist and author of “Understanding Your Moods When Expecting”
George Parnham, J.D., criminal defense attorney and lead counsel for the defense in the case of the State of Texas vs. Andrea Pia Yates
Diana Barnes, Ph.D., psychologist and author of “The Journey to Parenthood: Myths, Reality and What Really Matters”
Margaret Spinelli, M.D., psychiatrist and author of “Infanticide: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers who Kill”
Thomas. W. Hale, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University. Author of “Medications and Mother’s Milk”
The PSI Conference is co-sponsored by The Women’s Mental Health Initiative of Mental Health America of Greater Houston. The Menninger Clinic will provide continuing education credits.
On-line registration will be made available in March 2008. Please check back as more information will be posted as it becomes available.
If you have any questions or comments please contact:
Devani Stumpf, Office Administrator
Postpartum Support International
P.O. Box 60931
Santa Barbara, CA 93160
voice: 805.967.7636
fax: 323.204.0635
email: psioffice@postpartum.net