Letter to the Blog Editor from James Nininger, MD, Area II Trustee:
“I wanted to thank you for your letter of concern regarding the APA Assembly budget of 2010. As you know, the Board approved a budget at the December meeting that did not require a further reduction beyond the original $200,000.”
This means that the Assembly will continue to function while shouldering its share of necessary cuts. Democracy works!
-JS
Depression as a Systemic Disorder – More than a Mental Disorder, depression is intimately involved with Cardio Vascular Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, and HIV. Dr. Strain is Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. The CME presentation will be at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Harrison at 6:00 PM. The cost of dinner is $20 per person. RSVP at centraloffice@wpsych.org or call 914-967-6285
-JS
Paper or Online, it’s time for the National APA Election. If you haven’t already done it, your vote is important to the future direction of the APA. Be sure your voice is heard. Check the Election Page of the APA website for more information.
- JS
For the 23rd year, PSW presents the Annual Legislative Brunch. This is your chance to participate in bringing issues of importance to our patients to the attention of state and local legislators. No prior experience necessary, but it is vital to demonstrate our commitment and concerns. Besides that, there is a fine hot breakfast cooked to order. Crown Plaza, White Plains, 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. RSVP before 12/7 to centraloffice@wpsych.org or call (914) 967-6298
– JS
It’s 1775 again. Taxation without representation. The APA Board is considering a proposal to cut the Assembly budget by 45% or $400,000. This could leave all the APA power in the hands of the elite and insulated Board of Directors, and cripple the ability of the membership to influence policy. Now is the time to email all the Board Members before they vote in a policy that could disenfranchise the membership. Go to BOARD for a block of email addresses of board members.
“The Invisible Generation-Thoughts on
the incarcerated and other responses to
drug use in America”
Speaker John B.Stadler, M.D.
6:00 pm —Dinner and Presentation at
St. Vincent’s-Westchester
275 North Street
Harrison, NY 10528
The cost for dinner is $20 per person. If you plan to attend, please contact the District Branch by Monday, November 6, 2009 by fax, phone or e-mail.
18th Annual PSW Clergy Breakfast. ”The 5 D’s of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Pastoral Care.” Mary Ann Cohen, MD will present this year. Members are urged to invite your favorite clergy for an interesting and thought provoking breakfast from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at St. Vincent’s Hospital, 275 North Street, Harrison, NY 10528. RSVP to the PSW Office, (914) 967-6285 or email centraloffice@wpsych.org Free.
-JS
Westchester ARC is presenting a musical comedy performed by The Singing Doctors, Greg LaGana, MD and Barry Levy, MD. The performance will be held Sunday, November 1st. at 1:00 p.m.. Brunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Westchester ARC, Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center, 265 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532. Brunch & show $35, Show only $15. See the ARC website for more details and information about our friends at ARC.
-JS
Our own Tina Strobos, MD was featured on October 17 in the New York Times Rye Report. The article highlights her story as a teen in Amsterdam helping Jews escape the Gestapo.
“Why would she take such gambles for people she sometimes barely knew? ’It’s the right thing to do,’ she said with nonchalance. ‘Your conscience tells you to do it. I believe in heroism, and when you’re young, you want to do dangerous things.’”
Search the Times online under “Strobos”
-JS
John Bowlby
Jeffery Smith, your PSW web editor, will present “Attachment: Social and Clinical Significance” a review of attachment theory and it’s relevance to life and practice. Dr. Smith will present a case of attachment-based pathology complicated by dissociation. St. Vincent’s Hospital, Wednesday 9/16/09 at 6:30 PM.