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Upcoming Seminars & Educational Events

October 2009
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on October 29th at 7:30 PM in the Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: A Better You, A Different You, or Not You?: The Dilemmas of Cognitive Enhancement Medications. Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

November 2009
The Department of Psychiatry presents Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I 2009), a CME-certified course, to be held November 12-14, 2009 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel (1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107). The course will offer a comprehensive overview of what it takes to practice Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BSM) and provide training to Clinical Psychologists, PhD/NP level nurses, and physicians in the treatment of Insomnia. To register for the CBT-I seminar, please click here.

Past Events

September 2009
The Department of Psychiatry Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities is offering a free seminar on Thursday, September 17th at noon featuring Dr. Antronnette Yancey from UCLA, who will present on the following topic: "Changing the Sociocultural Environment to Re-Integrate Physical Activity into Daily Routine". Please call Brenda Bryant at 215-746-7285 for additional information or click here to view the seminar flyer.

April 2009
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on April 6th at 7:00 PM at the Wharton School (Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Room 265, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: Crisis in Confidence: The Recession and the Economy of Fear. Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

October 2008
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on October 15th at 4:30 PM at the Annenberg School of Communication (3620 Walnut Street, Room 110, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: Women Who Rule. Click here to view a pdf of the flier. Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

September 2008
The University of Pennsylvania in partnership with NARSAD presents Healthy Minds Across America: A national day of free public forums on the progress and promise of mental health research. This forum, held on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Biomedical Research Building Auditorium (421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA), is free and open to the public. To register or to learn more please visit www.narsad.org or call (800) 829-8289.

The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on September 24th at 7:30 PM at Penn Hillel, Steinhardt Hall (215 South 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: Anti-Semitism in the Freud Case Histories. Click here to view a pdf of the flier. Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

April 2008
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on April 10th at 7:00 PM in the The Terrace Room, Logan Hall (249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: "The Return of the Soldier". The discussion will address the needs, challenges, and problems of soldiers returning from battle, including historical, cultural, and psychoanalytic perspectives. Click here to view a pdf of the flier. Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

February 2008
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on February 7th at 7:00 PM in the The Terrace Room, Logan Hall (249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: "Privacy Matters: Dislosure and its Discontents". Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

December 2007
The PENN Autism Network will present a screening of the documentary film, Billy the Kid, about a 15-year old boy with Asperger's Syndrome. The film will be shown in the Zellerbach Theater at the University of Pennsylvania on December 13th at 7:30pm. The director of the film, Jennifer Venditti, will be in attendance and a Q & A session with her will follow the screening. Please click here for more details about the event and the film.

November 2007
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on November 14th at 7:30 PM in the Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA). An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: "The End: Closure in Literature and Psychoanalysis". Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

September 2007
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on September 19th at 7:30 PM at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic: "The Incest Taboo: Current Anthropological and Psychoanalytic Views"
Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

April 2007
The Department of Psychiatry and Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia present the public seminar series, Freud, Frankin and Beyond. The next seminar will be held on April 5, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the Logan Terrace Room at the University of Pennsylvania. An interdisciplinary panel will discuss the topic:
Closing Borders, Open Questions: Taking the Immigration Debate Beyond Politics
Please call 215-746-7248 for additional information about the seminar(s).

March 2007
The 2nd Annual Penn Autism Network Conference, "Journeys Through Adolescence and Adulthood" will be held on March 15th-16th at the University of Pennsylvania. Please click here for conference schedule and registration.

The Neuropsychiatry Program, Schizophrenia Research Center, presents the annual Blanche Prince and Harry Stern Memorial Symposium on March 15th. The symposium, Translating Research to Treatment in Schizophrenia is free and open to the public.

On March 15 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, HBO will be airing a 90-minute documentary called Addiction, which is co-presented by NIDA and NIAAA. The documentary is aimed at helping Americans understand addiction as a treatable brain disease, as well as spotlighting new medical advancements and cutting edge research.  The Center for Studies of Addictions in the Department of Psychiatry leads the field in the understanding and treatment of addiction, and as such, several departmental faculty members; including Drs. Charles O’Brien, Anna Rose Childress, and Thomas McClellan, were interviewed extensively for this important public education piece. For the first time, HBO will use all of its digital platforms, including the television stations, podcasts, web streams, and DVD sales to support a campaign that includes a 14-part documentary series, a book published by Rodale Press, four independent addiction-themed films, a comprehensive website and a national community grassroots outreach campaign funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ).