The 13th Annual IWCH Conference

"Confronting the stigma:  a global and multicultural perspective on the mental health of women and children"

Expose:  Through this conference, delegates will be exposed to individuals, organizations, ideas and opinions that may challenge them to confront their own beliefs about mental health, and to consider it from the perspective of a woman, mother, child, refugee, immigrant, Canadian and global citizen.

Educate:  Through small group workshops with an emphasis on the four sub-themes listed below, we plan to help delegates gain greater knowledge and awareness of the state of mental health in general, and more specifically, as it relates to our sub-themes:

• Mental health of immigrant and refugee women
• Relationship between culture and mental health
• Effect of poor maternal mental health on children
• Mental health of LGBTQ women

Equip:  We hope to ultimately enable delegates to become active in initiatives within their own local communities or the greater global community, by providing necessary tools in the form of personal connections, ideas, and resources.

Speakers:

Dr. Clare Pain

Dr. Clare Pain is the clinical director for the Psychological Trauma Assessment Clinic at Mount Sinai as well as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on the assessment and treatment of patients with psychological trauma and transcultural aspects of psychological trauma. As well, she is known for establishing the TAAPP (Toronto Addis Ababa Psychiatry Project) in Ethiopa, a program aimed towards teaching residents psychiatry in an Ethiopian context.

Dr. Meir Steiner

Dr. Meir Steiner is a professor of Psychology and Behavioural Neurosciences under the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. He is also a founding member of the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic as well as the Brain-Body Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital. In addition, he is also the journal editor of the International Association for Women’s Mental Health. His research focuses on the psychopathology of affective disorders and mental disorders related to reproductive cyclicity in women.

Updates:

• If you are experiencing difficulties purchasing tickets online, please contact iwchconference@gmail.com.  We would be happy to meet you in person to bring you tickets!!
• Sign up for workshops at tinyurl.com/IWCH2011 
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