Symposium - Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD; Suzan Song, MD, MPH, PhD;  Allen Dyer, MD, PhD; Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD; James Griffith, MD, Presenters

In contrast to immediate resources, case studies of humanitarian responses will describe needs, facilitators, and barriers related to sustainable mental health care in emergency-affected populations . Common themes across emergencies will be highlighted in terms of training, research, policy, and standardized national approaches. 

Workshop - James L Griffith, MD, Presenter

Brief psychotherapeutic interventions that can fill a practice gap for persons struggling with "normal suffering" such as demoralization, spiritual crises and other normal syndromes of distress

Symposium - Consuela C Cagande, MD, Chair, Shridhar Sharma, MD, R Rao Gogineni, MD, Erick Messias, MD, Francis Aguilar, MD. Presenters, Dilip Jeste, MD, Discussant

Presenters will elaborate on the philosophy, features, and clinical application of each of these related interventions, which share a humanistic appreciation of promoting well-being and positive traits such as resilience, optimism, wisdom, compassion, and spirituality.

Council on International Psychiatry Workshop - James L. Griffith, MD and Dyani Loo, MD, Chairs, Amitha Prasad, SuZan Song, MD, PhD, MPH, Presenters

Addressing migration and post-migration stressors, different subgroups with needs, & treatment strategies. The APA Human Rights Award will be presented at the start of the workshop to the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Centers.

Council on Children, Adolescents and Their Families Workshop - Megan E Baker, MD and Gabrielle L Shapiro, MD, Chairs, Lorena E Reyna, MD, Christina Tara Khan, MD, PhD, Tiffany Ho, MD, Presenters

Experiences and challenges in implementing child and adolescent collaborative care in various treatment settings, including federally qualified & other community mental health centers, clinics in ethnic neighborhoods, & county networks

Media Workshop - Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, Chair, Patrice K. Malone, MD. PhD, Alan Stone, MD. Presenters

Course - Rajesh Tampi, MD, Director, Shilpa Srinivasan, MD, Aarti Gupta, MD, Ilse Wiechers, MD, MHS, Faculty

Symposium - Simon Chiu, MD, PhD, Michel Woodbury-Farina, MD, Chairs, Mariwan Husni, MD, Mujeeb Shad, MBBS, MSc, John Copen, MD, MSc, Presenters,James Fleming, MD, Discussant

Critical reviews of epigenetic dysregulation in age-dependent cognitive impairment, how nutraceuticals and other modalities influence regulatory enzymes and pathways, issues in translating research into actual interventions

Workshop - Leah Dickstein, MD and Michelle B. Riba, MD, Chairs, Anne K. Costakis, MD, Becca Munro, Dayna Menninger, Pooja Lakshmin, MD, Christina Demopulous, Presenters

A highly interactive and popular workshop, offered for two decades, on what makes a good parent, and how parents know when they have erred or succeeded

Minority and Underrepresented Caucus for Asian-American Psychiatrists Symposium - Rona Hu, MD and Amy Poon, MD, Chairs, Megan E. Baker, MD, Steven Sust, Paula Tran, Grace Lee, Grace Liu, Bharat Sampathi, BA, Presenters, Francis Lu, MD, Discussant

Cultural stigma & pressure to succeed were identified as some factors in suicide clusters that affected adolescent male teens of Asian-American descent.  Vignettes to address difficult parent-teen scenarios will be performed and discussed.

The 2017 AASP Humanitarian Forum - Kenneth Thompson, MD, Chair, Benard P. Dreyer, MD, FAAP, Presenter, Paul Summergrad, MD, Discussant

The 2017 Abraham L. Halpern Humanitarian Award of the American Association for Social Psychiatry will be presented to Dr. Benard P. Dreyer for his tireless work with medical & other organizations around the country to end childhood poverty

APA Caucus on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychiatry Workshop - Rama Rao Gogineni, MD, Chair, Steven Moffic, MD, Driss Moussaoui, MD, John Pettit, MD, Shridhar Sharma, MD, Chris Winfrey, MD, Presenters

World Psychiatric Association Forum - Rama Rao Gogineni, MD, Chair, Ann Becker, MD, Dinesh Bhugra, MD, Roy Kallivayalil, MD, Pedro Ruiz, MD, Paul Summergrad, MD, Presenters