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First, tomorrow (Tuesday) is not only Super Tuesday for California, but also the last day to vote in the APA election. It's easy-- go topsych.organd put in the access code sent to you in an email from the *SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS **A DAY WITH ADRIENNE HARRIS, Ph.D. |
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Friday August 10th , Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer. The Monthly Mixer is an opportunity for BAPHR's members to gather together in an informal environment to catch up with each other, mentor with students and house staff, and relax. The Monthly Mixer is usually held on the second Friday of each month at San Francisco's Mecca Restaurant, 2029 Market Street (between Church and Dolores) from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. However, for this month the mixer has moved to 2232 Market Street. For more information see www.baphr.org NCPS (Northern California Psychiatric Society) annual meeting will be from March 28-30, 2008 in Monterey. For more information see http://www.ncps.org/programs/AM08/annual08.html The NCPS LGBT committee has traditionally submitted one workshop. We are thinking of either submitting a workshop on psychotherapy issues for LGBT patients or on Reparative (conversion) therapy (we could show the new AGLP video on reparative therapy and have a discussion). If you have an interest in speaking about psychotherapy or conversion therapy, or would like to present a case or discuss a case, please let Gene Nakajima know as soon as possible. The deadline for submission is September 14th. Other conferences Future psychiatric meetings outside the US include Melbourne, Australia: Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007 www.wpa2007melbourne.com Prague Sep 19-25, 2008 WPA congress www.wpa-prague2008.cz The deadline for submission is Dec 17, 2007, 11 months before the meeting. If you want to be in a workshop or symposium on LGBT or HIV/AIDS issues, please contact Gene Nakajima by Nov 15, 2007 Paris Feb 6-9, 2008 a smaller European regional WPA conference. The deadline for submission is Oct 15, 2007. If you want to submit a workshop or symposium, please contact Gene Nakajima by Sept 15, 2007 www.wpa2008paris.com Buenos Aires Fall 2011 WPA Congress Here is your opportunity to educate psychiatrists outside the US. If you have any interest in speaking at one of the above conferences on LGBT or HIV issues contact Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org Check out the revamped AGLP website at http://www.aglp.org Join/re-join while you're there! |
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Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists At the APA Annual Meeting, AGLP has had a historically strong presence, presenting at workshops and symposia. Check out the AGLP Annual Meeting newsletter online at www.aglp.org/images/newsletterPDF/AGLPNewsletterApr07.pdf for details of all the LGBT AGLP, and APA events. Main Educational Events: Our Annual Symposium: Substance Use Disorders in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Populations , begins at 8.30am on Saturday the 19th and runs until 1:00pm. Led by Mason Turner, MD, (Chief, Department of Psychiatry Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco), Petros Levounis, MD, MA, (Director, The Addiction Institute of New York, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY), Jodi Prochaska, PhD, (The University of California, San Francisco) and Ali Hall, JD, (Director of Training: Walden House, Member: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, San Francisco), the topics will include epidemiology of substance use disorders, pharmacotherapy, treatment of nicotine dependence and motivational interviewing directed towards our LGBT populations. Register for this course now! Our Hospitality Suite is located in the Omni Hotel this year, across from the Convention Center. The Suite will house most of the AGLP-scheduled events for the meeting. New to the Hospitality Suite this year is a Media Training Session on LGBT Issues, presented by the Rockaway Institute and GLAAD; a session on Enhancing Cultural Competence featuring a new toolkit. Discussion groups for Medical Student, Resident, and Early Career Psychiatrists, Psychiatrists of Color and International Psychiatrists, Women's Issues, and Parenting Issues, round out the schedule with time for social interaction and networking. Main Social Activities: The AGLP Annual Opening Reception will be at Hilton Gaslamp Hotel, 401 K St , Enclave Level, Santa Rosa Room this year on Sunday, May 20, from 7:00-9:00pm . Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be provided. There is no admission charge. The 21st Annual Closing Banquet and Awards Ceremony will be at the picturesque Prado at Balboa Park (1549 El Prado in the heart of Balboa Park ). RSVP now! Space is limited to 80 people, so get your RSVP in now! For those arriving in San Diego early, a Welcome Reception is planned beginning at 7:30pm on Friday the 18th. The following evening, Saturday the 19th, the women will meet at 7:00pm for their annual Women's Dinner. ( RSVP for Women's Dinner now!) In addition to the receptions listed above, an outing to hike in Torrey Pines Park with an optional extension to Black's Beach for significant others and psychiatrists is planned for Monday. Another event of note is a Chamber Music Concert, featuring the music of gay composer Virgil Thomson on Sunday at 4:00pm. This concert will be a prelude to Tuesday's Symposium on Modern Gay and Lesbian Identities at the San Diego Convention Center. Drs. Tommasini (Chief Classical Music Critic of the New York Times), Nakajima, Bullock, and Case will be featured performers. While you are at the San Diego Convention Center, plan to visit the AGLP Booth, Number 334. Both AGLP and non-AGLP members are welcome at our activities. To register for the symposium, and the closing banquet, please go to www.aglp.org May 20 Ubaldo Leli: Simple Suite for Violin and Clarinet CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT in downtown San Diego of VIRGIL THOMSON and other Gay American Composers featuring Anthony Tommasini, piano If possible, please RSVP if you are coming to Ganakajima@yahoo.com so we can have an idea of how many people are attending. Detailed information below: Anthony Tommasini, New York Times critic, to discuss gay composer Virgil Thomson and play his music Tommasini will perform in a chamber music concert featuring gay American composers on Sunday May 20th at 700 Front St. #511 between F and G St. The doors open at 3:30p, the concert will be from 4:00 to 5:00p. A reception will follow from 5:00 to 6:00p. Throughout his life, Thomson composed musical portraits of people, composing them much the way his artist friends made portraits. Thomson's subject would sit before him, silently, while he literally "sketched" the musical portrait, usually in one session lasting not less than an hour. Tommasini, will perform a selection of musical portraits for solo piano, with comments on the subjects and the music. Tommasini wrote his dissertation on Thomson's portraits which was eventually published as Virgil Thomson's Musical Portraits, Pendragon Press, 1986. He has also recorded many of the portraits in the CD Virgil Thomson, Portraits and Self-Portraits, Northeastern, 1990. He will also play recorded excerpts of a few of Thomson's settings of Stein's texts, and offer his commentary on how the relatively simple music reflects and resonates with Stein's hermetic writing. Drs. Nakajima, Bullock, and David Case will also perform chamber music of other gay American composers including Ubaldo Leli, Aaron Copland and David Diamond. Please RSVP if possible to Ganakajima@yahoo.com if you are planning to come to the recital. Tommasini's talk at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, "I Didn't Want to be Queer": Virgil Thomson's Adaptation to His Homosexuality Identity will be part of Symposium #30, Formation of Modern Lesbian and Gay Identities: Personal, Historical, and Mental Health Perspectives, at Room 5A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center, from 2-5p on May 22nd. Dr. Tommasini is the author of Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle, WW Norton, 1997. This biography vividly brings Thomson to life; it is also a gay history of New York in the 20th century. Tommasini will speak about Thomson's conflicts with his sexual orientation and discuss how he compartmentalized his social networks into "normal" (mostly straight and well-behaved) and "queer" in reaction to the homophobia he experienced as a young adult. When gay liberation arrived in the 1970's he was dubious and continued to separate his social spheres. Two papers in the symposium will examine the artists, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and Bryher (1894-1983). Gene Nakajima, MD will speak about Stein's medical education at Johns Hopkins, which coincided with her exploration of her lesbianism and her feminist identity. Among Thomson's most frequently performed works are two operas (Four Saints in Three Acts and the Mother of Us All) that he wrote to librettos written by Stein who is probably most famous for The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas . Maggie Magee, PsyD and Diana Miller, MD will speak about the filmmaker, writer and student of psychoanalysis, Bryher, who was also an arts patron who provided support to publish Stein's books. Bryher's life long partner, the poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), was analyzed by Freud. Bryher was perhaps the first lesbian in psychoanalytic training and helped many psychoanalysts escaped Nazi rule. This paper is derived from Magee and Miller's book, Lesbian Lives: Psychoanalytic Narratives Old and New, The Analytic Press, 1997. David Kessler, MD who was one of the first presidents of AGLP will present the last paper on the symposium. He will speak about the early history of AGLP, and the struggles to make gay and lesbian voices heard in the APA. He will also discuss the important roles of "radicals" and activists as well as closeted gays working behind the scenes. Carolyn Robinowitz, MD, President-elect of the APA will co-chair the symposium. Clayton Bullock, MD, PhD, a psychiatry resident at UCLA and violinist will perform a musical portrait that Thomson composed of Stein. Robert Cabaj, MD will be the final discussant. Tuesday, May 22 2:00-5:00pm Room 5 A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center (Part of American Psychiatric Association Meeting) Friday, May 11th, Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer. The Monthly Mixer is an opportunity for BAPHR's members to gather together in an informal environment to catch up with each other, mentor with students and house staff, and relax. The Monthly Mixer is held on the second Friday of each month at San Francisco's Mecca Restaurant, 2029 Market Street (between Church and Dolores) from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more information see www.baphr.org Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists Recruitment email Below is our annual appeal to increase AGLP membership. If you are an AGLP member, can you forward the email below to psychiatrists that you know who are not AGLP members. If you are not currently a AGLP member, please consider joining. Hope that many of you will be able to come to our activities in San Diego. We are continuing our AGLP recruitment campaign to enhance the ability of our organization to advocate for LGBT psychiatrists and patients, and we need your help. Could you send a few emails to psychiatrists who might be interested in joining AGLP? Our membership has slowly dropped over the past few years, and we need to increase it. We would also like to inform psychiatrists about AGLP's San Diego programming and encourage non-AGLP members to attend our activities so that they have an incentive to join our organization. We particularly would like to target medical students and residents with our recruitment email. If there is someone you know who you are not sure is an AGLP member, look at the online 2007 AGLP membership directory (you can download it as a pdf file) at www.aglp.org , which lists members who have agreed to be in the voluntary membership directory. On the website, go to the member's area. To obtain your password, click forgot your password and follow the directions. About 60% of our members agree to be in our membership directory. Many people think they are still members of AGLP. Generally, people receive renewal notices for a year before they are dropped from the membership rolls. Membership questions can be addressed by email or phone to AGLP. People can join or rejoin AGLP through its secure website, www.aglp.org or by printing out a form from the web and faxing or mailing it. Below is an email that you can send to your colleagues that contains information about why people should join AGLP. It should only take a few minutes to forward the email to your colleagues who may not be members of AGLP. If you have time, follow up with a telephone call. Our organization can gain strength with your help. Consider yourself a member of the membership committee and recruit, recruit, recruit! (you might even earn a toaster oven). Email for Recruitment. Dear XXX-XXXXX Please consider joining the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (AGLP)! We would love to welcome you to our organization! We have a long history of advocacy for LGBT issues in psychiatry and continue to engage in projects that enhance our professional lives and improve the treatment our patients receive. AGLP is a member organization fully committed to serving our members and LGBT patients. 75% of our operating revenue comes from membership support. AGLP cannot continue its work without the active support of its members. At the APA Annual Meeting, AGLP has had a historically strong presence, hosting social events and presenting at workshops and symposiums. Also, AGLP is sponsoring programming that could keep you busy every day, focusing exclusively on LGBT issues! Check out the AGLP Annual Meeting newsletter online at www.aglp.org/images/newsletterPDF/AGLPNewsletterApr07.pdf with details of all the LGBT, AGLP, and APA events. We hope you'll consider coming to the meeting in San Diego from May 18-24, 2007. The annual AGLP symposium on Saturday , May 19 from 8:30a- 1:00p will focus on Substance Abuse Disorders in LGBT populations. To register in advance or for details see www.aglp.org/pages/symposiuminfo.html Social events include a dinner for women psychiatrists, outings for significant others, a reception for minority psychiatrists and psychiatrists visiting from abroad, and a reception for medical students, residents, and early career psychiatrists. Our closing banquet on Tuesday May 22 from 7:00 to 11:00p is frequently sold out. To preregister see https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=aglp&formId=25583 Feel free to check out our activities before becoming a member. The Annual Meeting is a fantastic opportunity for trainees to receive education and mentoring from AGLP members. Since 2000, AGLP has raised over $25,000 to provide travel grants to 35 medical students to attend the Annual Meeting. During the course of the past few years, AGLP activities and accomplishments have expanded at an unprecedented rate. For your information, we've listed details below about our history and our current projects. We hope you'll consider joining this energetic organization; we've accomplished much, but we need your help to accomplish even more. The greater our membership, the greater our voice will be within the APA and for the general LGBT communities. AGLP is a nurturing, safe, and accepting place for LGBT psychiatrists and allies. If you have any questions or comments whatsoever, please feel free to call or email AGLP at (215) 222-2800 or rharker@aglp.org. It's easy to join via credit card on our secure website www.aglp.org/pages/cmembership.html . You can also print out the membership form at the website and fax it to (215) 222-3881 or mail it. Current Projects: 1) John E. Fryer, MD Award 2) AGLP Video on Conversion Therapies 3) APA Position Statement supporting same sex marriage 4) AGLP Information services Future Events History of AGLP AGLP Mission and Vision Statements XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1) John E. Fryer, MD Award We have completed raising $50,000 to endow the John E. Fryer, MD award for people who have made a significant impact on LGBT mental health. Honorees will be recognized at an APA meeting (alternating between the Annual Meeting and the Institute of Psychiatric Services (IPS)), and they will deliver one of the APA plenary talks that will be featured prominently in the program book. The first award was presented at the APA IPS meeting on Saturday October 7, 2007 in New York .City to Frank Kameny and Barabara Gittings. This year's award goes to former APA president Lawrence Hartmann, MD in San Diego on Wednesday May 23rd. 2) AGLP Video on conversion therapies AGLP has finished producing a video on the harmful effects of sexual orientation conversion therapies (so called "reparative" therapies) called Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement. The film describes these treatments through the stories of people who tried for years to become "ex-gays" and ultimately came to see their struggle as misdirected and harmful. The film is now available for $19.95 at http://www.aglp.org/pages/abomination.html . 3) AGLP Information Services AGLP continues to improve the distribution of information about LGBT mental health issues. Our website ( www.aglp.org ) now contains our current and back issues of our quarterly newsletters. It also contains a referral directory so that patients can identify LGBT friendly psychiatrists. Members also receive a hard copy of our Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, and can download articles. Our voluntary online membership directory is a members-only benefit. 4) APA position statement supporting same sex civil sex marriage AGLP members provided critical support when the APA leadership sought our assistance in passing a resolution to endorse marriage equality in 2005. The APA is the first major, national medical association to pass such a resolution. The Associated Press (AP) reported on this historic event, and hundreds of newspapers including USA Today, the Washington Post and the New York Times reprinted the following article www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-05-22-psychs-approve-gay-marriage_x.htm AGLP has worked with the APA on a number of position statements including one on therapies focused on attempts to change sexual orientation and another on Adoption and co-parenting by Same-Sex couples see http://www.aglp.org/pages/position.html . Future Events If you are not attending the San Diego APA meeting, perhaps we will see you at the . following APA Annual Meetings in Washington, DC from May 3-8, 2008 or San Francisco from May 22-27, 2009. History of AGLP AGLP traces its roots to the late 1960s when gay and lesbian members of the American Psychiatric Association met informally at the annual meetings. In 1973, the APA removed homosexuality per se as a mental disorder from the new diagnostic manual (DSM-III) facilitating a more open association of lesbian and gay psychiatrists. The Caucus of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Members of the American Psychiatric Association (CGLBM-APA) was established in the mid 1970s. In 1978, the American APA created a task force on gay and lesbian issues in response to a petition from CGLBM-APA. This task force has since been incorporated in the APA as a standing committee, which has encouraged the APA to take positions against discrimination, based on sexual orientation. In 1983, the APA agreed to set up a task force on the psychiatric aspects of AIDS. In 1984, the Monograph Series of the APA press published two important volumes: Innovations in Psychotherapy with Homosexuals and Psychiatric Implications of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The Caucus of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Members of the APA also successfully petitioned the American Psychiatric Association for recognition as an under-represented minority within the APA. Since 1982, the Caucus of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychiatrists (formerly the Caucus of Homosexual-Identified Psychiatrists) has been recognized within the APA with a representative sitting in the Assembly of the APA to speak directly on matters of special concern to lesbian and gay members of the APA. In 1985, the Caucus of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Members of the APA changed its name to the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists. Although still an affiliated organization of the American Psychiatric Association, AGLP, as a separate organization, is able to take positions independent of official APA policies. In 1986, AGLP was instrumental in removal of the prejudicial diagnosis, "Ego-Dystonic Homosexuality," from the revised DSM-III. In 1988, AGLP was instrumental in elevating the APA Committee on Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS to the level of a full, standing commission of the APA. AGLP Mission Statement
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First of all, congratulations to Ellen Haller, the new UCSF psychiatry residency training director! Friday April 13th , Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer. The Monthly Mixer is an opportunity for BAPHR's members to gather together in an informal environment to catch up with each other, mentor with students and house staff, and relax. The Monthly Mixer is held on the second Friday of each month at San Francisco's Mecca Restaurant, 2029 Market Street (between Church and Dolores) from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more information see www.baphr.org INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS The NCPS newsletter will be sent by pdf to AGLP members in the next week, with details of the AGLP symposium on treating substance abuse in LGBT patients, on May 19 in San Diego, the Opening Reception on May 20, and the Awards Banquet on May 22. JOBS AT WESTSIDE Staff Psychiatrist Ronald C. Albucher, M.D. 415.431.9000 ext. 340 4) Future Events 4) PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN THE APA AND NCPS 5) Other conferences Melbourne, Australia: Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007 www.wpa2007melbourne.com Abstracts due April 30, 2007, please contact Gene by April 20, 2007 if you want to be part of a workshop. World Psychiatric Association Meeting, Melbourne, Australia. November 28-December 2, 2007. The WPA has smaller annual meetings inbetween the larger WPA psychiatric congresses happen every three years (next one in Prague in September 2008). The 2006 meeting was in Istanbul, and the 2007 meeting is in Melbourne. The deadline for submission to the WPA is April 30, 2007. If you are interested in presenting in a HIV or LGBT workshop, please contact Gnakajima@stanfordalumni.org with a title of your talk, 3 sentence description and contact info, including telephone number and email by April 20, 2007. He will try to group the submissions into workshops. For more information about the Melbourne meeting see www.wpa2007melbourne.com 6) JOBS |
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Thanks to Gene for putting together the AGLP/NCPS LGBT newsletter. -Dan AIDS HEALTH PROJECT BENEFIT, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 The big date, Thursday November 30, is coming up rapidly! That means it's time for this year's always meaningful AIDS Health Project (AHP) Gala fundraiser at the new UCSF Mission Bay Campus Conference Center . If you haven't been before, there is fantastic food and wine catered by dozens of the best Bay area restaurants and vineyards, inspiring talks, and steals at the silent auction! This year there will be savories and sweets from among others, Myth, Morton's Steakhouse, Tommy Toy's, and Town Hall, and entertainment by the hilarious comedian Will Durst. Please save the date: Thursday November 30, 2006 , 5:30-9:00pm Click on the link http://www.ucsf-ahp.org/HTML/gala_2006.html for more details and for tickets (which are tax deductible). Thanks to Rob Daroff, MD who wrote the blurb above. Gene Nakajima, MD and Howard Rubin, MD will also be attending, and we hope that many NCPS LGBT and AGLP members will be able to attend. Friday December 8th, Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer. The Monthly Mixer is an opportunity for BAPHR's members to gather together in an informal environment to catch up with each other, mentor with students and house staff, and relax. The Monthly Mixer is held on the second Friday of each month at San Francisco's Mecca Restaurant, 2029 Market Street (between Church and Dolores) from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more information see www.baphr.orgUpcoming Submission Deadlines for conferences IPS in New Orleans, AGLP Preconference in San Diego and WPA in Melbourne 3) Current AGLP Projects: a) APA Position Statement supporting same sex marriage 2) How to Join AGLP a) APA position statement supporting same sex civil sex marriage www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-05-22-psychs-approve-gay-marriage_x.htm . AGLP has worked with the APA on a number of position statements including one on therapies focused on attempts to change sexual orientation and another on Adoption and co-parenting by Same-Sex couples see http://www.aglp.org/pages/position.html . b) AGLP Information Services c) Future Events 4) PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN THE APA AND NCPS 5) Other conferences Here is your opportunity to educate psychiatrists outside the US. If you have any interest in speaking at one of the above conferences on LGBT or HIV issues contact Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org 6) JOBS |
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Happy Pride Weekend everyone! As President of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (AGLP), I can tell you that this has been a great year, since the last Pride Festival, for AGLP and LGBT mental health activism. Last July, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) endorsed same sex civil marriage. In Toronto last month, I accepted on behalf AGLP the APA's Distinguished Service Award, for AGLP's efforts in promoting better mental health care and policy of LGBT people. And in Toronto, AGLP and the APA screened AGLP's just-completed documentary, "Abomination," on the dangers of reparative therapy. This past year, AGLP successfully raised the money to endow the APA's newest honor, the John Fryer Award. The John Fryer Award was named after "Dr. Anonymous," the first psychiatrist to speak at an APA panel on being a gay psychiatrist. At that time, just 34 years ago, one could lose one's job and even one's medical license for being gay, so Dr. Fryer appeared in a Nixon mask and fright wig, and had his voice electronically altered. Dr. Fryer was recruited for this appearance by two pioneering activists, Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, who had been working to convince the APA to remove homosexuality from the DSM. The work of Fryer, Kameny, and Gittings, among others, was critical to raising the issue of removing homosexuality for the DSM. For more info, and to join AGLP, see: http://aglp.org Best, |
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Look forward to seeing many of you at the potluck in SF and at AGLP activities in Toronto. If you haven't bought your plane ticket yet, United is having a sale now on certain flights (including Air Canada flights ticketed through United, and including some nonstops from San Francisco to Toronto). If you haven't paid your AGLP dues for this year yet, or haven't yet joined or re-joined, please do so now at http:// www.aglp.org/pages/cmembership.html . AGLP is doing lots of great things, but is running low on funds for operating expenses. We need your help! Thanks. LGBT NCPS POTLUCK SUN 4/30 @ 10:30A Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Committee of the Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS) will host a potluck for LGBT psychiatrists, welcoming Bay Area psychiatric residents, on Sunday April 30th between 10:30a to 12:30p. Location: 855 Folsom St. # 736 Ring unit of Chase/Monroe. The condo is in the Yerba Buena Lofts designed by the famous modern architect Stanley Saitowitz in 2002. (http://www.techstrategy.com/lineonline/may02/nyren.html ) Dan Karasic, MD and Ellen Haller, MD will briefly describe the current activities of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists and be available to answer questions. Feel free to bring children, spouses and friends. Please bring food or drink to share, and a couple of bucks to pay for utensils and coffee. (For those of you who would like to help plan future events, we'll have a planning meeting afterwards from 12:30p to 1:00p). RSVP to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com so we know approximately how many people will attend. Feel free to forward this email to psychiatrists that we might not know, particularly if you are planning to attend. SUBMISSION DEADLINES AEP IN MADRID (MAY 8TH) AND GLMA IN SAN FRANCISCO (APRIL 19) GAY AND LESBIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, SILVER ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER 11-14, 2006. ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AEP) CONGRESS, MARCH 17-21, 2007 MADRID, SPAIN ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS EVENTS IN APA MEETING, TORONTO MAY 20-25 It is easy to join via credit card on our secure website www.aglp.org/pages/cmembership.html You can also print out the membership form at the website and fax it to (215) 222-3881 or mail it. You can also call (215) 222-2800. (If you are uncertain about your membership status, please feel free to call or email, but if you did not receive the January 2006 newsletter without a renewal notice, you have probably let your membership lapse). THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AGLP) is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. Most recently we were instrumental in the APA's recent endorsement of same sex marriage. We are working on a film on reparative therapy, "Can I Change," and have raised money to endow a new annual APA award recognizing achievement in LGBT mental health, the John Fryer Award. AGLP will also be involved with the other APA meeting, the Institute of Psychiatric Services , putting on a day of sessions on LGBT psychiatric care in New York, on Oct. 7, 2006. Future APA/AGLP meetings: May 19-24, 2007 San Diego; May 3-8, 2008 Washington, DC; May 16-21, 2009 San Francisco. PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN THE APA TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR VOTE FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE The NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY (NCPS) is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association. As you may know, the assembly of the American Psychiatric Association passed a resolution endorsing civil same sex marriage at the recent APA annual meeting. The APA is the first major medical organization to endorse same sex marriage. This vote received extensive media coverage, mostly because it was covered by the Associated Press (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/22/AR2005052200785.html ) This Associated Press item was published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and other major newspapers. Please remember that you can ask for amnesty for past dues. If you are interested in rejoining the APA, please contact the NCPS office at www. ncps.org or www.psych.org Future psychiatric meetings outside the US include
Here is your opportunity to educate psychiatrists outside the US. If you have any interest in speaking at one of the above conferences on LGBT or HIV issues contact Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org If you have any suggestions for any future activities (talks, parties, activities, cultural events etc), let us know. We also need volunteers to host meetings at their homes. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 150 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer, Mecca 2029 Market St. BAPHR is an organization for LGBT medical students and physicians. BAPHR holds their monthly mixer on the 2nd Friday of every month. For more information see www.baphr.org April LGBT -- Potluck on Sunday
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March april 2006 NCPS LGBT news-- includes NCPS Annual Meeting info
LGBT Dinner and lunch at the Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA March 31-April 2, 2006 During the NCPS Annual Meeting we will organize a LGBT dinner on Saturday night April 1st at 6:15p at Stoke's Adobe Restaurant, 500 Hartnell St. www.stokesrestaurant.com We will also have a LGBT lunch at one of the restaurants at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, Schooners on Sunday at 12:30p. www.woodsidehotels.com/monterey/hotel-schooners.html (The restaurants are child friendly) If you are interested in going to either dinner or lunch, please email Hrubin_sf@yahoo.com or call (415) 246 0888 ASAP so we can have an accurate count. Please feel free to come even if you aren't attending the conference. During the conference, John Kruse MD, Ellen Haller, MD, Cindy Benton, MD and Sufen Chiu, MD are speaking in a workshop on LGBT family issues . For more information about the meeting, please see www.ncps.org (complete brochure is now available) Monterey is the most popular location for the NCPS annual meeting, and we hope to have a good attendance of LGBT psychiatrists. PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN AGLP-- THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AGLP) is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. Most recently we were instrumental in the APA's recent endorsement of same sex marriage. We are working on a film on reparative therapy, "Can I Change," and have raised money to endow a new annual APA award recognizing achievement in LGBT mental health, the John Fryer Award. While the organization is involved in more great work than ever before, a loss of a large grant that helped with meeting expenses, and a decline in folks renewing membership have put AGLP in a precarious financial position. Our work cannot continue without your help. Please consider joining or rejoining AGLP. Update on LGBT Mental Health at the Institute on Psychiatric Services, New York. NY Oct 7, 2006 AGLP Fall Business Meeting, Oct 8, 2006 AGLP will also hold its fall business meeting on Sunday October 8, and sponsor two receptions during the IPS. The fall business meeting is open to all AGLP members. For full details, please see www.aglp.org. To register for the IPS see www.psych.org/IPS2006. Sunday, October 8, 2006 Future psychiatric meetings outside the US include Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer, Mecca 2029 Market St. BAPHR is an organization for LGBT medical students and physicians. BAPHR holds their monthly mixer on the 2nd Friday of every month. For more information see www.baphr.org Westside Clinic Openings There are 3 half time positions at Westside; preference for candidates who have an interest in teaching and supervising. Here are descriptions of the positions they are looking for: Staff Psychiatrist for Westside ACT program. 20 hours a week position. The Psychiatrist would provide psychiatric consultation to the ACT staff and administrators, conduct psychiatric assessments and provide ongoing treatment to ACT members in a community based outreach model. Staff Psychiatrist for psychiatric consultation and treatment to patients in urgent need of psychiatric intervention (at the Westside Crisis Clinic) and those undergoing combined substance abuse and mental health treatment (at the Westside Inner City New Directions Program). The ideal candidate will be well versed in crisis intervention, differential diagnosis, treatment planning and prescription of psychotropic medication as well as having an interest in teaching or supervising staff and trainees. Child Psychiatrist for the position of Medical Director of the Child, Youth and Family Division. Strong communication skills, demonstrated leadership abilities and a commitment to patient care are key requirements for this 20 hour a week position. The ideal candidate would be an integral member of the treatment team and would also conduct clinical team meetings, provide crisis intervention and consult with other providers regarding diagnoses and treatment. Contact : Ronald C. Albucher, M.D.,Chief Medical Officer,Westside Community Services, 1153 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 415.431.9000 ext. 340 FAX: 415.431.1813 email: ralbucher@westside-health.org NCPS LGBT march april news-- plus an amusing news story
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January February, 2006 |
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Dear colleague: For today's newsletter, I am including the President's column I wrote for the next edition of AGLP. (Tim and I are celebrating our tenth anniversary tonight at 11 pm with champagne and cake, at the night Tim DJs at the Stud, on 9th and Harrison. Feel free to drop by for a toast if you are in the neighborhood. Details are here: http://shadowplaysf.com -- Tim is DJ Donimo.) AGLP President's Column January 20, 2006 We are gratified that the efforts of LGBT psychiatrists and our colleagues in the APA have been so successful. The APA endorsed same sex civil marriage, and in Toronto, the APA is awarding AGLP its Distinguished Service Award. Thanks to the generous response by AGLP members, we have met our Gill Foundation matching grant for the John Fryer Award, and beginning this year, the APA will present an annual award and lecture for achievement in LGBT mental health. In Toronto, we are encouraging any LGBT psychiatrist interesting in getting married to his/her partner to let us know. Non-residents can marry in Canada, and other AGLP members who have married in Canada can offer you advice. We already have one psychiatrist interested in getting married during APA week, and we plan to incorporate a wedding reception into the week of AGLP events. Please contact me if you and your partner are interested in tying the knot this May. Don't miss AGLP/APA week in Toronto. And as for marriage: I highly recommend it. |
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November/December, 2005Dear colleague: I hope you are enjoying the holiday season. This is the time of year when you get bombarded with requests for donations. This award will be given annually, alternating between the APA Annual Meeting and the Institute of Psychiatric Services. The award winner will give a speech, which will be featured prominently at each of the meetings. The President of the APA will give the award, but the awardees will be selected by a committee composed of members of AGLP and the APA Committee on LGB Issues. Second, this Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, is the annual UCSF AIDS Health Project Gala. This is one of my favorite benefit events. You can graze, with small bites provided by some of San Francisco's best restaurants, and get a bit tipsy tasting wine provided by several fine Napa/Sonoma vintners. This year's honorees, for contributions to local HIV mental health, are Sup. Tom Ammiano, and the auctioneers Bonhams and Butterfields. The event will be held in the stunning new Ricardo Legorreta designed building at the new UCSF Mission Bay campus. Thanks so much, and the best of holidays! |
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October/November, 2005 |
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Sun, Oct 23 6:00 to 8:00 PM -
Photo-Collage opening by New Leaf psychiatrist Ed Lim, MD Ron Albucher, MD is looking for collaborators to put together a review book for people who are getting recertified on their ABPN boards. He is asking around to see if anybody is interested in contributing or if you know of someone who might be. It could be a good opportunity for a junior (or more senior) psychiatrist to write and get published, and the work itself is not too difficult and is time limited. He has a listing of sections that he could share with you. He did the section on OCD and it took him a total of 3 hours. Contact Ron at ralbucher@westside-health.org Talk on Wed Oct 26th from 12-1p. - Same Sex Marriage, Personal and Mental Health Perspectives, at UCSF during diversity week with Drs. Ellen Haller, Dan Karasic, John Kruse and Gene Nakajima. Langley Porter Institute Auditorium (CME credits have been applied for this talk). Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists is finishing a $50,000 campaign to fund the APA/John E. Fryer, MD Award to be given annually at an APA meeting to a person who has made significant contributions to LGBT mental health. In addition to a stipend, the award will feature a lecture at an APA meeting. Dr. Fryer was also known as Dr. H. Anonymous at the 1972 APA meeting panel which led to the homosexuality being deleted from DSM. We have received a $15,000 challenge grant from the Gill Foundation. AGLP must raise $15,000 by the end of December 2005 or they will lose the grant. We have about $4,000 more to raise. Please consider donating so we will have a lasting legacy honoring John Fryer and have an ongoing and highly visible presence at APA meetings for years to come. For information please go to https://mmm701.vwh1.net/aglpor/pages/fryerappeal.html. Check out the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists newsletter edited by San Francisco psychiatrist George Harrison, MD which is on line. For pdf version http://www.aglp.org/images/newsletterPDF/AGLPNewsletterAug05.pdf or (without pictures etc), or go to http://www.aglp.org/pages/cnewsletter.html for html version. AGLP online membership information is at http://www.aglp.org/pages/cmembership.html July 12-16, 2006 - World Psychiatric Association, International Conference in Istanbul, . Abstracts Due November 30, 2005. If you are interested in presenting on LGBT or HIV issues, we will try to group submissions together into workshops. Please send a title, a 50 word description of your talk to Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org preferably before Nov 1, 2005 For more info about the conference please see www.wpa2006istanbul.org Oct 5-8, 2006 - Institute of Psychiatric Services Meeting, New York City; Submission deadline Dec 5, 2005 Westside Clinic Openings
Contact : Ronald C. Albucher, M.D.,Chief Medical Officer,Westside Community Services, 1153 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. Phone: 415.431.9000 ext. 340 FAX: 415.431.1813. email: ralbucher@westside-health.org PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN AGLP-- THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS. (AGLP) is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. Most recently we were instrumental in the APA's recent endorsement of same sex marriage. We are working on a film on reparative therapy, "Can I Change," and have raised money to endow a new annual APA award recognizing achievement in LGBT mental health, the John Fryer Award. The APA plans to give AGLP its Distinguished Service Award in Toronto, in May 2006. Future APA/AGLP meetings: May 19-24, 2007 San Diego; May 3-8, 2008 Washington, DC; May 16-21, 2009 San Francisco. Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, monthly mixer, Mecca 2029 Market St. BAPHR is an organization for LGBT medical students and physicians. BAPHR holds their monthly mixer on the 2nd Friday of every month. For more information see www.baphr.org |
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September/October, 2005 |
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Our NCPS LGBT committee is happy to bring you brunch and a talk: Oct 1st - 10:30a to 11:30a, Talk by Allan Peterkin, MD from University of Toronto "The Writing Cure-Experiences with A Narrative Group For Men and Women living With HIV." at: The UCSF AIDS Health Project Services Center, 1930 Market St. Please bring a few dollars/checkbook to make a small donation to AHP to pay for a staff person to let folks in. Please rsvp to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com so we know how much food to request. Please say if you are coming in the subject line of the email. Janssen is sponsoring the brunch. Description of the talk: A recent JAMA article demonstrated that writing about illness experience can lessen symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Increasingly, therapeutic writing is being used in other clinical populations. For the last 5 years, Allan Peterkin, MD a psychiatrist and Julie Hann an occupational therapist at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto) have been offering a weekly group for patients of The Clinic For HIV-related Concerns. The group is basically a hybrid between a "working group" type of therapy and a writing workshop. Participants are given open-ended topics (prompts) to write about and are invited to take turns reading their pieces and discussing emotionally resonant aspects of the writing process and of the work itself. Research of the model is currently underway. The presentation will briefly describe theory and methodology , but also emphasize reading some of the group members' narratives. Oct 5-9 - Institute of Psychiatric Services Meeting, San Diego The Institute of Psychiatric Services meeting, APA's other annual meeting, takes place from October 5-9, in San Diego (Columbus Day weekend), and several AGLP members will be attending. On Saturday, October 8th from 10:00 to 11:30a, AGLP has organized a workshop on Same Sex Marriage with speakers Gene Nakajima, MD; Ellen Haller, MD, Mary Read, MD and Marshall Forstein, MD. There will be a meeting of LGBT psychiatrists attending the conference from 11:30a to noon, and we will go out to lunch afterwards. Earlier in the day, Bob Cabaj, MD will be leading a discussion group concerning gay men and met amphetamine abuse. Earlier in the conference, Marshall Forstein, MD, will lead a workshop on unprotected sexual behavior and participate in a symposium on AIDS. For more information about the conference, please see www.psych.org One-day registration is available. PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN THE APA TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR VOTE FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE The NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY (NCPS) is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association. As you may know, the assembly of the American Psychiatric Association passed a resolution endorsing civil same sex marriage at the recent APA annual meeting. The APA is the first major medical organization to endorse same sex marriage. This vote received extensive media coverage, mostly because it was covered by the Associated Press (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/22/AR2005052200785.html) This Associated Press item was published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and other major newspapers. The same sex marriage policy will become official after the APA Board of Trustees votes in July. Most likely they will pass the resolution. Several conservative APA members will protest this decision by resigning their membership, and we need to show that the APA vote for same sex marriage will also attract members. If you are not currently a member of the APA, please consider joining or rejoining. If you do join or rejoin, please write a letter to the APA stating that one of the reasons you are joining the APA is their stand for same sex marriage. If you are rejoining the APA, please remember that you can ask for amnesty for past dues. If you are interested in rejoining the APA, please contact the NCPS office at www.ncps.org or www.psych.org March 31-April 2, 2006 Next NCPS Annual Meeting in Monterey More information at: www.ncps.org PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN AGLP-- THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AGLP) is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. They were also instrumental in working with the APA for their endorsement of same sex marriage. For information about the organization (and how to join online) please see www.aglp.org AGLP meets during the APA annual meeting, May 20-25 in Toronto. AGLP will also be involved with the other APA meeting, the Institute of Psychiatric Services in San Diego on October 5-9, 2005 Future APA meetings: May 20-25, 2006 Toronto; May 19-24, 2007 San Diego; May 3-8, 2008 Washington, DC; May 16-21, 2009 San Francisco. Future psychiatric meetings outside the US include 1) Nice, France; March 4-8, 2006 Association of European Psychiatrists, 2006 http://www.kenes.com/aep2006/call_session.asp 2) Istanbul July 12-16, 2006 WPA regional conference www.wpa2006istanbul.org (Abstracts due on November 30, 2005) 3) Prague Sep 19,-25, 2008 WPA congress (Most psychiatrists outside the US have little training on LGBT issues. Here is your opportunity to educate psychiatrists outside the US. If you have any interest in speaking at one of the above conferences on LGBT or HIV issues contact Gene at Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org ) If you have any suggestions for any future activities (talks, parties, activities, cultural events etc), let us know. We also need volunteers to host meetings at their homes. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 150 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there. |
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July/August, 2005 |
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BAPHR Liver rounds Friday July 8th Volunteers needed to hand out flyers at a lesbian movie about the Golden Gate Bridge. PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN THE APA TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR VOTE FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE PLEASE JOIN OR REJOIN AGLP-- THE ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS Future APA meetings: May 20-25, 2006 Toronto; May 19-24, 2007 San Diego; May 3-8, 2008 Washington, DC; May 16-21, 2009 San Francisco. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 150 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there. |
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NCPS LGBT newsletter-- important call to action!, 2005 |
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| I have just returned from Atlanta, as the new president of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists. Our NCPS LGBT group did a very moving workshop on same sex marriage at the APA annual meeting. As you may have heard, the APA Assembly passed a position paper supporting legalizing same sex civil marriage. The vote was reported in hundreds of newspapers and TV networks across the globe. George Harrison (another NCPS member on the AGLP board) and I met with the director of the Southern office of Lambda Legal, who believes that the support (eg, in amicus briefs) of groups like the APA are critical to achieve victories in LGBT rights, by bolstering the argument that LGBT people are indeed harmed by discrimination, and that mainstream health professional organizations support equality under the law. Our work on this position paper is not done, however. The APA Board of Trustees still has to approve the statement at its July meeting. You'll see (in the article below) that our California Area Trustee, Dr. Thomas Ciesla, opposes the APA action. We are only now starting our education process with the BOT. Dr. Ciesla states in the article below that same-sex marriage is "a social issue, not a health issue." We must convince him otherwise. Here is is the email address for Thomas Ciesla, MD: tciesla@ucla.edu. Please have a respectful tone in your email to him. We want to educate him, not alienate him-- in the end, we need his vote on the APA Board of Trustees. I'm attaching talking points from Bob Kertzner, but it's best for each response to be individual. If you are not an AGLP member, consider joining AGLP. Membership is off 20% from its peak, but the struggle for LGBT equality is far from over, and we need AGLP's voice within APA, and independently from it. http://aglp.org, click "Membership" and then "New Member." We need non-APA members to join and become involved as well. We have some new projects coming up-- I will write you about these in the future. On a personal note, I want to thank you for your support. It's a good week for me: Today is my 45th birthday, I'm now 2 days into my term as AGLP president, and I just learned of my promotion to full professor (clinical series) at UCSF. We celebrated my birthday May 27 at the Stud (9th and Harrison), where my spouse Tim (aka DJ Donimo) DJs Shadowplay on Friday nights: http://shadowplaysf.com. Best,
http://www.southernvoice.com/2005/5-27/news/national/apa.cfm The Assembly consists of 250 delegates from across the country representing the organization's nearly 36,000 members. The APA made history in 1973 when it removed homosexuality as a mental disease from its diagnostic manual. The Assembly's recommendation now goes before the APA's board of trustees at its next meeting in July for final consideration. Dr. Thomas Ciesla, a trustee from California, said Sunday that the board is not likely to take a position on gay marriage during its meeting in July because the word "marriage" is too polarizing. "This is a social issue, not a health issue," he said. The APA approved a statement in 2000 supporting "the legal recognition of same sex unions and their associated legal rights, benefits, and responsibilities." The group adopted a similar position statement in 2004, adding that it "opposes restrictions to those same rights, benefits, and responsibilities." Using the word "marriage" in 2005 is a leap forward for the organization, and the idea of taking a position on same-sex marriage was initiated by the board of trustees, said Dr. Jack Drescher, a New York City psychiatrist who heads up the APA's Association of Gay & Lesbian Psychiatrists. "It would be rather surprising for the board to go against something they initiated," Drescher said. Mental health benefits with marriage Drescher, who also is editor of the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, said the May 22 vote is in keeping with the APA's tradition of supporting gay civil rights to promote good mental health. "There's no reason to believe the mental health benefits of heterosexual marriage don't apply to same-sex couples," he said. Dr. Stephen McLeod-Bryant, the APA representative for minority and underrepresented groups and an associate professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, said discrimination is a mental health issue and is well within the bounds to be considered by the APA. "It does not bode well for mental health if one is denied rights," McLeod-Bryant said. But some APA members argued that the organization should not endorse such a political and cultural hot-button issue. "I think the rationale [for APA approval] makes sense only if the APA is involved in political issues - and it most certainly is not," said Dr. Daniel Cowell, a member of the West Virginia Psychiatrist Association. "This strays beyond our bounds. We should stay out of it." Dr. Dean Byrd, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Utah and vocal critic of the APA, said the recent vote is activism masquerading as science. "There's just not science backing these policies," said Byrd, a member of the American Psychological Association and supporter of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality. "I think organizations ought to be guided by science, not activism," he added. Dr. Robert Spitzer, credited with spearheading the movement to remove homosexuality as a disease from the psychiatric diagnostic manual more than 30 years ago, said he is pleased the APA is supporting same-sex marriage. "I think the APA has always been concerned with social issues and how they affect mental health and marriage certainly affects how gay couples live," he said Tuesday. "It's hard for me to be against that. It will make a lot of gay couples happy." Spitzer is professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and chief of the New York State Psychiatric Institute's Biometrics Research Department. In 2003, he presented research at the APA's annual meeting stating that gay men and lesbians can successfully change their sexual orientation. "I don't see that as a contradiction," he said. "Marriage does certainly affect self-esteem and mood and becomes a psychiatric issue." © 2005 The Southern Voice | A Window Media Publication |
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May/June, 2005 |
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BAPHR Liver Rounds - Friday May 13th - Bob Cabaj, MD is the host this month. Liver Rounds is an opportunity for BAPHR's members to gather together in an informal environment to catch up with each other, mentor with students and house staff, and relax. Liver Rounds are held on the second Friday of each month at San Francisco's Mecca Restaurant, 2029 Market Street (between Church and Dolores) from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. BAPHR is the organization for LGBT medical students and physicians. For more information see www.baphr.org Homosexuality and the Father - Saturday, June 18, 2005 9 - 5 PM: The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco will present a workshop on the topic of "Homosexuality and the Father" on Saturday, June 18, 2005. This workshop will be held at the Jung Institute at 2040 Gough Street in San Francisco. It will run from 9 AM to 5 PM. There are 7 CEU's available for MD, PhD, LCSW, RN, and MFT. Workshop fee is $125 plus $15 for CEU. For more information see http://www.sfjung.org/Spring2005.pdf For additional information and to register call Baruch Gould at the Extended Education office at (415) 771-8080 or email at exed@sfjung.org. Pychoanalysts, analytical psychologists, and many contemporary gay and queer theorists have assigned homosexuality to the influence of the mother, whether conceived as complex, archetype, or goddess. But what of the relationship that actual homosexual people have in their lives to the father? There are gay dads, lesbian "fathers of whatever sex," and gay and lesbian rabbis, priests, ministers, analysts, lawyers, and doctors who would be surprised to hear themselves described as cut off from the archetype of the Father. In the spirit of Father's Day, this daylong conference, featuring practicing psychotherapists from the analytical community of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, will endeavor to bring out of the closet the healthy relationship of contemporary gay people to the world of the father. Presenters include: John Beebe, MD (moderator); Qi Re Kiki Ching, LCSW;Paul Fishman, MD;Carol McRae, PhD Gordon Murray, MFT; Amy Weston, PhD; Scott Wirth PhD JOB OPENINGS: Full Time Position as Medical Director of Mobile Crisis Treatment Team for San Francisco Community Behavioral Health Services. Very dynamic position for psychiatrist interested in Crisis resolution and exciting work in the field. Salary approx 148K with full Civil Service Benefits. In addition there are several part and full time child psychiatry positions available. For more information please contact Aaron Chapman, MD (415) 255-3418 Email Aaron.Chapman@sfpdh.org The ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS AGLP is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. For information about the organization (and how to join online) please see www.aglp.org APA annual meeting in Atlanta May 21-26, 2005. AGLP meets during the APA annual meeting. We will present a day-long CME symposium on Transgender issues care on Saturday 21st, 2005. AGLP will also be involved with the other APA meeting, the Institute of Psychiatric Services in San Diego on October 5-9, 2005 Please support LGBT advocacy in psychiatry by joining AGLP, if you are not yet a member. Future APA meetings: May 20-25, 2006 Toronto; May 19-24, 2007 San Diego; May 3-8, 2008 Washington, DC; May 16-21, 2009 San Francisco The next foreign meetings include 1) Cairo Sept 10-15, 2005 WPA congress www.wpa-cairo2005.com We may be able to add speakers to a LGB symposium. 2) Nice, France; March 4-8, 2006 Association of European Psychiatrists, 2006 Abstracts due June 15, 2005 http://www.kenes.com/aep2006/call_session.asp 3) Istanbul July 12-16, 2006 WPA regional conference www.wpa2006istanbul.org (Abstracts due on November 30, 2005) 4) Prague Sep 19,-25, 2008 WPA congress (If you have any interest in speaking at one of the above conference contact Gene at Gnakajima@alumni.stanford.org ) NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association. Please join NCPS/APA if you are not already a member. For information please see www.ncps.org Next annual meeting of NCPS is in Monterey March 31-April 2, 2006 Next annual meeting of the California Psychiatric Association is Sept 23-25 in Yosemite http://www.calpsych.org/conferences/2005/annualmeeting.html If you have any suggestions for any future activities (talks, parties, activities, cultural events etc) let us know. We also need volunteers to host meetings at their homes. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 150 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there. Sublet. Fully remodeled; natural light, professional soundproofing, lovely waiting room with hardwood floor. Excellent physician referral source. ADA accessible, elevator. Parking for patients and therapists. Private patient exit, bathroom inside suite, kitchen, storage. $210. Mon, Sat, Sun. all day. Maria Pease, M.D. 921-1398, mpease@itsa.ucsf.edu. |
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PLEASE NOTE, THE FINAL BROCHURE IS NOW UP ON THE WEB AT http://www.ncps.org/programs/AM05/am2005.pdf. Hotel rooms are going fast (already 70% of the reserved rooms have been taken) . Please call the Napa Marriott at (707) 253 8600 at ask for the $169 NCPS rate. Ellen Haller, MD the first openly lesbian president of NCPS has chosen the theme "Sex and Psychiatry: The Role of Gender in Current Practice" for the annual meeting. The movie on Friday night will feature the movie the Hours written by gay novelist Michael Cunningham with Howard Rubin, MD as one of the discussants. There are 42 speakers at the conference speaking mostly on women??Ts and LGBT issues. During the conference there will be 14 gay and lesbian speakers and 3 LGBT workshops. These include a workshop on Transgender issues with Robin Dea, MD and Dan Karasic, MD, a workshop on gay and lesbian issues including Sharone Abromowitz, MD on developmental issues, Tom Mills, MD on depression and David Sutherland,MD, and John Furman, MD on cultural issues, as well as a workshop on same sex marriages with Gene Nakajima, MD, Bob Kertzner, MD, Ellen Haller, MD and John Kruse, MD. In addition Murtuza Ghadilai, MD will speak about crystal meth use. A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach to Homosexuality: Science versus Ideology. Otto Kernberg, MD was originally going to present but has now cancelled. Homosexuality and the Father Saturday, June 18, 2005 9 AM ??" 5 PM The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco will present a workshop on the topic of "Homosexuality and the Father" on Saturday, June 18, 2005. This workshop will be held at the Jung Institute at 2040 Gough Street in San Francisco. It will run from 9 AM to 5 PM. There are 7 CEU's available for MD, PhD, LCSW, RN, and MFT. Workshop fee is $125 plus $15 for CEU. For more information see http://www.sfjung.org/Spring2005.pdf For additional information and to register call Baruch Gould at the Extended Education office at (415) 771-8080 or email at exed@sfjung.org. Pychoanalysts, analytical psychologists, and many contemporary gay and ueer theorists have assigned homosexuality to the influence of the mother, whether conceived as complex, archetype, or goddess. But what of the relationship that actual homosexual people have in their lives to the father? There are gay dads, lesbian "fathers of whatever sex," and gay and lesbian rabbis, priests, ministers, analysts, lawyers, and doctors who would be surprised to hear themselves described as cut off from the archetype of the Father. In the spirit of Father's Day, this daylong conference, featuring practicing psychotherapists from the analytical community of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, will endeavor to bring out of the closet the healthy relationship of contemporary gay people to the world of the father. Presenters include: John Beebe, MD (moderator); Qi Re Kiki Ching, LCSW;Paul Fishman, MD;Carol McRae, PhD Gordon Murray, MFT; Amy Weston, PhD; Scott Wirth PhD. The ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS AGLP is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. For information about the organization (and how to join online) please see www.aglp.org APA annual meeting in Atlanta May 21-26, 2005. AGLP meets during the APA annual meeting. We will present a day-long CME symposium on LGBT care on Saturday May 21, 2005. AGLP will also be involved with the other APA meeting, the Institute of Psychiatric Services in San Diego on October 5-9. Please support LGBT advocacy in psychiatry by joining AGLP, if you are not yet a member. The next foreign meetings include
If you have any suggestions for any future activities (talks, parties, activities, cultural events etc) let us know. We also need volunteers to host meetings at their homes. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 143 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there. |
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January/February 2005 |
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| (Thanks again to Gene Nakajima for his help with this newsletter.) First, let me say Happy Anniversary to all of the local LGBT psychiatrists who are celebrating their first wedding anniversaries in the coming weeks. Tim and I were married on Feb. 16, 2004, and we saw a number of you in line. We know that for others of you, the courts stopped your ceremonies-- hopefully this injustice will rectified soon. Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) liver rounds, Friday February 11th 6:30to 8:00p at Mecca 2029 Market St., San Francisco. BAPHR (www.baphr.org) is a group for LGBT medical students and physicians. They meet the 2nd Friday of each month for liver rounds. Friday, February 25 9pm-3am: Most of you know my husband Tim, the DJ. If you haven't caught him DJing at a club, you might remember the AGLP "Group Therapy" night he did at Cherry Bar when the APA was in SF. Tim's new club, Shadowplay, will be opening up at the Stud on Friday, February 25 (and will be happening every Friday thereafter) and it's becoming a de facto NCPS LGBT event by the number of queer shrinks who already have said they will be coming. (Email me if you'd like to be on the guest list for opening night.) The club website is http://shadowplaysf.com if you're curious. A Day with gay psychoanalyst Kenneth Corbett, Saturday February 26, from 9:30a to 3:30p "Boy Hoods: Masculinity as Pleasure and Defense". Discussion with Judith Butler, PhD. UCSF Laurel Heights Conference Center. Further details at http://www.sfpi.org/2004_2005_Events/DayWithCorbett.htm
Eric Glassgold, MD will be presenting a case to Drs. Corbett and Butler. Cost is $140 for non members of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, $55 for students and trainees. Lunch will be including if you register before February 19th. April 1-3, 2005 Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual meeting in Napa Ellen Haller, MD the first openly lesbian president of NCPS has chosen the theme "Sex and Psychiatry: The Role of Gender in Current Practice for the annual meeting." The movie on Friday night will feature the movie the Hours written by gay novelist Michael Cunningham with Howard Rubin, MD as one of the discussants. During the conference there will be 14 gay and lesbian speakers and 3 LGBT workshops. These include a workshop on Transgender issues with Robin Dea, MD and Dan Karasic, MD, a workshop on gay and lesbian issues including Sharone Abromowitz, MD on developmental issues, Tom Mills, MD on depression and David Sutherland,MD, and John Fuhrman, MD on cultural issues, as well as a workshop on same sex marriages with Gene Nakajima, MD, Bob Kertzner, MD, Ellen Haller, MD and John Kruse, MD. In addition Murtuza Ghadilai, MD will speak about crystal met use. Preliminary information is available on the NCPS website and the final program is available on this site. ----------------------- Saturday, April 9, 9:30 - 12:30. A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach to Homosexuality: Science Versus Ideology. Otto Kernberg, MD presenter; Betsy Kassoff, Stephen Seligman, discussants; Mary Margaret McClure, moderator. location: the Erik Erikson Library of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute & Society, 2420 Sutter Street. for information/registration call 415-563-5815, <finance@sfpi.org>, or visit the website of the SFPIS: <www.sfpi.org/2004_2005_Events/Dialogues_2004_2005.htm> The ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS AGLP is an organization of over 500 psychiatrists. For information about the organization (and how to join online) please see www.aglp.org APA annual meeting in Atlanta May 21-26, 2005. AGLP meets during the APA annual meeting. We will present a day-long CME symposium on LGBT care on Sunday May 22, 2005. The next foreign meetings include 1) Athens, March 12-15, 2005 (smaller regional WPA conference) http://www.era.gr/wpa2005athens.htm 2) Cairo Sept 10-15, 2005 WPA congress www.wpa-cairo2005.com 3) Nice March 4-8, 2006 European Psychiatry conference http://www.kenes.com/aep2006/ 4) Istanbul July 12-16, 2006 WPA regional conference www.wpa2006istanbul.org 5) Prague Sep 19,-25, 2008 WPA congress If you have any suggestions for any future activities (talks, parties, activities, cultural events etc) let us know. We also need volunteers to host meetings at their homes. If you know any Bay area LGBT psychiatrists who are not receiving this email, please have them send an email to ncpslgbt@yahoo.com We currently have 143 people on our email list, but we know there are more out there. Best, Dan Karasic, MD Associate Clinical Professor Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF/SFGH 1001 Potrero Avenue, Suite 7E San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 206-3809 |
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