Psychiatr News August 17, 2007
Volume 42, Number 16, page 18
© 2007 American Psychiatric Association
'Conversations' Event
The American Psychiatric Foundation is following up on the great success it
has enjoyed at the past six APA annual meetings with its
"Conversations" event by sponsoring a similar event at APA's 2007
Institute on Psychiatric Services for the first time.
This inaugural "Conversations" event will be particularly
poignant given its New Orleans location (see Institute Promises to Be Fulfilling and Fun). Musicians from the area will gather to tell their stories
of survival and recovery after Hurricane Katrina, as well as to share their
music.
The foundation created "Conversations" so that psychiatrists
would have an opportunity to hear from and interact with people whose daily
liveshave been affected by mental health problems and serious mental
illness.
The event will be held Saturday, October 13, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the
Mardi Gras Ballroom on the third floor of the New Orleans Marriott.
The foundation will also host a silent auction during the event. The
proceeds will benefit several New Orleans mental health groups and the
foundation. Winners need not be present to win.
The foundation's sixth annual "Conversations" at APA's 2007
annual meeting featured Brooke Shields and drew a standing-room-only crowd
(Psychiatric News, July 6). DVDs of the session may be ordered by
sending an e-mail to
lmcclenathan{at}psych.org.
"Conversations" is supported by an unrestricted educational
grant from AstraZeneca. 
Related Article:
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Institute Promises to Be Fulfilling and Fun
- Stephanie Whyche
Psychiatr News 2007 42: 18.
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