April 4th Schedule

46th ANNUAL MEETING

Bridging Cultures in Mental Health: Local Insights, Global Implications

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration (Foyer)

8:30 - 8:45am

Welcome Remarks & Keynote Introduction (Regal/Wurlitzer)

Brieanne K. Kohrt, PhD, George Washington University, District of Columbia (she/her)

8:00 - 9:30am

Coffee & Tea Bar (Foyer)

8:45 - 10:15am

Keynote Presentation: Mental Health in a World of Imperiled Empathy (Regal/Wurlitzer)

Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, George Washington University, District of Columbia (he/him)

Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and anthropologist who has worked for 25 years to improve mental health services in countries affected by war and political violence, disasters, and other forms of adversity. He holds the Charles and Sonia Akman Professorship in Global Psychiatry at George Washington University, where he is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Global Health, and Anthropology, and Director of the Center for Global Mental Health Equity. He works regularly with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and humanitarian organizations around the world.

Dr. Kohrt is the academic partner lead for the World Health Organization/UNICEF Ensuring Quality in Psychosocial and Mental Health Care (EQUIP) initiative to establish competency frameworks and assessments for providers of psychological and other mental health services around the world. EQUIP has been used in more than 1000 mental health trainings across 40 countries.

Dr. Kohrt’s work also addresses development of mental health assessment tools and research trials for reducing stigma in healthcare settings to improve the quality of mental health services. Dr. Kohrt was a Commissioner for the Time for United Action on Depression: A Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission and The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health.

10:15 - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 12:00pm Four Sessions

1. Local Symposium: The Complex Journey Towards Decolonization of Mental Health Interventions in Indigenous Communities (Ivory)

Facilitator: Lucie Nadeau, MD, MSc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (she/her)

  • Implementing collective reflexive spaces to improve mental health of Indigenous contexts: the necessary transformations of the Atautsikut intercultural community of practice.

Lucie Nadeau, MD, MSc, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (she/her)

  • Safe enough? Toward Intercultural Spaces of Dialogue Centering Local Knowledge: The Atautsikut Community of Practice in Youth Mental Health and Wellness in Nunavik

Youma Konate, MSc(c), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (she/her)

2. Featured Workshop: The Cultural Critique of Global Mental Health— Still Salient Concerns or Questions of a Bygone Era? (Regal/Wurlitzer)

  • James Griffith, MD, George Washington University, District of Columbia (he/him)
  • Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, George Washington University, District of Columbia (he/him)

3. Paper Session: Structural and Systemic Factors in Mental Health: The impact of structural and systemic influences on mental health access and care (Serenade)

  • Structural Factors Influencing Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American University Mental Health: A Narrative Review

Jonathan Chou, MD, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (he/him)
Kelly Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (she/her)

  • Effects of Community-Driven Approaches on Mental Health Access, Quality, and Utilization Among Asian Americans

Daniel Chen, MD, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, NY (he/him)

  • Symptom vs. Context: Lessons Learned From a Large-Scale Implementation of the Cultural Formulation Interview

Samrad Ghane, PhD, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute (The Hague, The Netherlands) (he/him)

4. Workshop: Keeping Telehealth Firmly Rooted in Served Communities (Sonata)

  • Jonathan Betlinski, MD, OHSU, Portland, OR (he/him)

12:00 - 1:15pm

Annual Meeting Assembly and Awards (Lunch Included) (Regal/Wurlitzer)

Alan Teo, MD, MS, President, SSPC Board of Directors
James Boehnlein, MD, Chair, Award Committee

1:30 - 3:00pm Four Sessions & Trainee Case Consultation Session

1. Work in Progress: Addressing mental health challenges, care models, and legal considerations for refugees and asylum seekers (Serenade)

  • A Stratified Care Model for Refugee Mental Health: A Work in Progress from Boston Medical Center’s Immigrant and Refugee Health Center

Joelle Taknint, PhD, MSc, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA (she/her)
Sandra Mattar, PsyD, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (she/her)
Maithri Ameresekere, MD, MS, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

  • Establishing a forensic evaluation clinic for asylum seekers in an under-resourced border state: Lessons learned and pathways forward

Meghan Colpas, PsyD, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)
Emily Rodriguez, MD/MPH Student, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)
Victoria Carlson, MD Student, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)
Olivia Shadid, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)

2. Workshop: Redefining Community: The Co-Creation of Peer Support Spaces for Bilingual Mental Health Providers Serving Immigrants and the Undocumented (local) (Ivory)

  • Brieanne Kohrt, PhD, PMH-C, Children’s National/George Washington University, Washington, DC (she/her)
  • Elisa DeVargas, PhD, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)
  • Hannah Meisels, BA, University of Denver, Denver, CO (she/her)

3. Workshop: Harmony with Nature and the Self: Indigenous Knowledge to Promote Mental Health in a Time of Climate Crisis (Sonata)

  • Emily Schutzenhofer, MD, MPH, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (she/her)
  • Mary Hasbah Roessel, MD, DLFAPA, Santa Fe Indian Health Center, Santa Fe, NM (she/her)
  • Joe Neidhardt, MD, Private Practice, Santa Fe, NM (he/him)
  • Hope VanBuren, BS, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada (she/her)

4. Paper Session: Intersectionality in Mental Health Care: Addressing intersectional identities in mental health care and human rights. (Regal/Wurlitzer)

  • Holding Multiple Perspectives: Assessment and Treatment in the Context of Culture, Autism, and Trauma in Young Children (local)

Julia Oppenheimer, PhD, University of New Mexico- Center for Development and Disability, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)
Janeth Nuñez del Prado, LCSW, University of New Mexico - Center for Development and Disability, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)

  • International Human Rights in the Elderly

Robert Kohn, MD, Brown University, Providence, RI (he)

  • Silent Narratives: Unveiling the Psychiatric Complexity of Native Sign Language Users

Jessica Williams, MD, WashU/Barnes-Jewish Hospital; St. Louis, MO (she/her)

5. Trainee Case Consultation Session (Ebony)

  • Anna Fiskin, MD, MSc, University of California, San Francisco (she/her)
  • Kenneth Fung, MD, MSc, Professor and Director of Global Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto (he/him)

3:00 - 3:15pm

Break

3:15 - 4:45pm Five Sessions

1. Work in Progress: Reframing Mental Health: Community Narratives and Cultural Partnerships in Global and Immigrant Contexts (Ivory)

  • Changing the narrative about “psychosis” among immigrant communities in the United States

Supriya Misra, ScD, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (she/they)
Shea Hazarian, MPH, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (she/her)

  • Collaboration with mental health professionals: a qualitative study on the perspectives of clergy and church members in Ghana

Elizabeth Okundaye, bachelor’s degree, MD Candidate, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (she/her)
James Griffith, MD, George Washington University, District of Columbia (he/him)

2. Featured Conversation: Recent Changes on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the US: Implications for Cultural Psychiatry and Global Perspectives (Regal/Wurlitzer)

  • Francis Lu, MD, UC Davis, Davis, CA (he/him)
  • Anna Fiskin, MD, MSc, University of California, San Francisco (she/her)
  • Kenneth Fung,  FRCPC, MSc, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (he/him)

3. Workshop: Pasung Multimodal Workshop: Exploring Pathways of Community Care and the Personal Experience of Shackling in Indonesia (Ebony)

  • Robert Lemelson, PhD Anthropology, Psychocultural Studies, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (he/him)

4. Paper Session: Intersecting Beliefs and Practices: Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Mental Health in Africa (Sonata)

  • Child Intellectual Disability in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa: Engaging with caregivers, spiritual healers and traditional healers

Siyabulela Mkabile, BA, MA, PhD, University of Cape Town

  • Pentecostal Prayer Camps and Mental Health in Ghana: A Colonial Legacy or Cultural Heritage?

Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah, PhD, Study of Religions, University of Copenhagen and Åbo Akademi University (he)

5. Workshop: Managing power differentials in mental health collaborations (Serenade)

  • Dristy Gurung, MSc, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal/King’s College London, Kathmandu, Nepal/London, UK (she/her)
  • Lesley Jo Weaver, PhD, MPH, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (she/her)
  • G. Eric Jarvis, MD, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (he/him)
  • Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, George Washington University, Washington, DC (he/him)

4:45 - 5:00pm

Break

5:00 - 6:30

Poster Session & Reception (Galleria)

Network with your colleagues during the poster sessions; serving complimentary cocktails and sodas with appetizers!

  • Bridging Worlds: Ayahuasca as a Pathway to Decolonizing Mental Health: Nicholas Velmahos, MD, Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean University Medical Center located in Brick, NJ (him/his)

    Evaluating the Role of Shared Decision-Making in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Scoping Review: Pamela Ulloa-Franco, BS, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX (she/her)

    Culturally Specific Behavioral Health Alliance: Pilot Project for Community Based Care Model: Dalia Baadarani, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR (she/her) & Irina Chamine, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR (she/her)

    La Voix d'un Réfugié: Giving Voice to the Refugee Resettlement Experience: Kira Panzer, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (she/her)

    Borderlands Learning: Decolonizing Clinical Counseling Training Through Community-Engagement: Ivette Acevedo Weatherholtz, M.A., LPCC, ACS, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (she/her)

    Parental Substance Use on Infant Foster Care Entries and Parental Outcomes in New Orleans: Miriam Hill-Odom, BS, MS, MD Candidate, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry, New Orleans, LA (she/her)

    Understanding Geriatric Suicide: Risk Factors, Determinants, and Effective Interventions: Sophia Xian, Bachelor of Science, Medical Doctor (in progress), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (she/her)

    Plant-based Diets and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review: Supriya Anand, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX (she/her) & Pamela Ulloa-Franco, BS, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX (she/her)

    Culture in Forensic Mental Health Assessments Research: A Scoping Review: Lela Elliot, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (she/her)

    Building community resilience: a multi-level, community-based approach to preventive mental health care: Madeline Villalba, BA, Institute for Health Equity Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (she/her)

    From Trauma-Informed to Resilience-Informed Health Professions Education – Do Positive Childhood Experiences Matter?: David Patron, MD, MS, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA (he/him)

    Culturally Informed Psychiatric Care for the Sikh Community: Challenges and Opportunities: Poojajeet Khaira, MD, MetroHealth Hospital - Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH (she/her) & Avneet Soin, MD, New York University - Langone Health New York, NY (she/her)

    Culturally Inclusive Music Exploration: A DEI Training Initiative: Talitha West, MD, JD, Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center (she/her) & Nicholas Velmahos, MD, Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center (he/him)

    What variables predict stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental disorders and their treatment in Filipinos and Americans?: Noah Ramos, BA Degree in Psychology, Minor in Computer Science, PAU-Stanford PsyD Consortium at Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA (they/them)

    A Scoping Review on the Use, Methods, and Efficacy of Culturally Tailored Music Therapy: Jeri Ann Ramilo, BS Biochemistry, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (Old Westbury, New York) (she/they)

    Mental Health Perceptions and Barriers among Tibetan Immigrant Communities in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Approach:Dorjee Norbu, MD, MS; Tenzin Yeshi, MD, Sci.; Phuntsok Lhamo, BA; Tsering Shola, BA

    Bàyyi xel ci jàmmu yaram (ci lépp,ci sa dundin ak sa yaram ak sa bopp): coppite meloy jamono ak wérug xel ci Kafrin Senegaal: Karen Awura-Adjoa Ronke Coker, PhD Candidate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (she/her)

    Empowering Latinx Parents to Advocate for Children with Special Education Needs in the Public School System: Megan Maher, MD, LSU HSC New Orleans, Louisiana (she/her)

    Humanistic transgender-affirming therapy in Egypt: A cultural perspective: Hani Henry, PhD, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (he/him) & Khaled Salaheldin, MA, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt (he/him)

    Asian American Adolescents’ Perspectives on a Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Smartphone App for Anxiety: a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study: Ashley Wu, MD, University of California San Francisco (she/her)

6:30 - 9:30pm

SSPC Board Meeting & Dinner - By Invitation/Board Members Only (Seasons 52)

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