Mental Disorders of the New Millennium  

Friday, November 3, 2006 9:00am-5:00pm

CPSY x235

Santa Clara University, Benson Memorial Center

$60 (Includes lunch), 7 CE hours available for $25

The conference is designed for mental health professionals and students interested in the latest thinking about some of the more challenging contemporary mental health issues of our times from leading experts from across the United States. The conference includes contributors from a just released book series on mental disorders [Plante, T.G. (Ed). (2006). Mental Disorders of the New Millennium Westport , CT : Greenwood . Vol. I: Behavioral Issues, Vol. II: Public and Social Problems, Vol. III: Biology and Function]. Topics will be presented in a series of expert panels. The list below includes confirmed speakers with some additions and subtractions possible.

9:30-10:25 PANEL 1: PARENTS AND YOUNG PARENT ISSUES

• Mothers Who Kill Their Children (Michelle Oberman, JD, Santa Clara University)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders ( Ruth Cook, Ph.D., Santa Clara University )

10:30-11:45 PANEL 2: ADOLESCENT ACTING OUT ISSUES

Youth Gangs (Mike Axelman, Ph.D., Santa Clara University)

• Adolescent Substance Abuse (Steve Sussman, Ph.D., University of Southern California)
• Adolescent Self-Injurious Behavior – Cutting (Lori Plante, Ph.D., Stanford University)

10:30-11:45 Break

11:55-12:45 PANEL 3: SEXUAL MATTERS

• Homosexuality and Mental Health ( John Gonsirek , Ph.D., Capella University)
• Pedophile Priests ( Thomas Plante, Ph.D., Santa Clara University )

12:45-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:45 PANEL 4: DEPRESSION AND CORRELATES

• Postpartum Depression ( Rudy Nydegger, Ph.D., Union University )

• Adult Depression (A. Lembke, MD, Stanford University)
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D., Santa Clara University)

2:50-3:50 PANEL 5: CULTURE

• Narcissism (Jerrold Shapiro, Ph.D., Santa Clara University)
  
• Culture in Psychopathology (Juris Draguns, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)  

Details on the book series can be found at http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C8781.aspx