Conferences

This section will provide information on forthcoming conferences within the region and further afield. Readers who attend a specific conference are invited to submit a report on the conference. Where possible, this section will also advise readers of the publication of conference abstracts and where they can be obtained.

National Disaster Mental Health Conference

October 20-22, 2005
Estes Park, Colorado, USA

The Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute is presenting a National Disaster Mental Health Conference in Estes Park, Colorado October 20-22, 2005. We have put together what we think is a first class program with presenters from various parts of the US and other countries. One emphasis of the conference will be on the Tsunami responses. We will also have daily Table Top Discussions on a number of hot issues and topics. Given the recent devastation due to Hurricane Katrina, we are also attempting to have an update on that incident as well. This conference will be a great opportunity for sharing information and networking. We also plan some fun after hour activities for attendees.

Pre-conference workshops on:

CISM,
Compassion Fatigue
Crisis Intervention in Disasters.

 

We have a 4-day post-conference workshop in

Traumatic Incident Reduction.

Continuing Education certificates will be available for each of these as well as certificates for contact hours for conference attendance. Here is the link for the Conference Web Page with all the information:
http://www.rmrinstitute.org/Estes-Conference.html

On November 10-11, 2005, the Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Institute will present the Fifth Annual Critical Incident Stress Management Training Workshops at the Holiday Inn On The River in Casper, Wyoming. The following is the link to the Web Page with information on these important workshops:
http://www.rmrinstitute.org/CISM2005.html

Please call 307-399-4818 with any questions or concerns about both the Conference in Estes Park and the Workshops in Casper.

We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at these events.

George W. Doherty, President
Rocky Mountain Region
Disaster Mental Health Institute
Box 786
Laramie, WY 82073-0786
Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Newsletter Online: http://www.rmrinstitute.org

New Zealand Psychological Society Conference 1997

• held at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand : August/September 1997

• The keynote address presented by Dr Bessel van der Kolk entitled The psychobiology of post traumatic states. as reported by A.J.W. Taylor, Psychology Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.

• Comprehensive emergency management: An emerging role for the social sciences. A report on the Disaster Psychology Symposium by Douglas Paton, Department of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

• Psychological Aspects of Trauma. A report on the Trauma Psychology Symposium by Christine Stephens, Department of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

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