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Past Meetings of Interest to Marce Society members
Below is a list of events not hosted by the Marce Society but that may be of interest to members.
Read about the Channi Kumar Memorial Conference, May 2011
Forensic Mental Health Autumn Institute
4-6 April, 2011. Sydney, Australia
For more information click here for the flyer.
World Association for Infant Mental Health,
13th World Congress
17-21 April, 2011. Cape Town, South Africa
Babies in Mind - The Minds of Babies: A View from Africa
Click here for more information
Monash University Faculty of Law
2-4 May, 2011. Prato, Italy
Conference Website
Regional Marcé Society Meeting, Cheltenham, UK In association with the Centre for the Study of Faith, Science and Values University of Gloucestershire
17th May 2011 - 9am - 4.45pm University of Gloucestershire Lecture Theatre (TC014), Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham.
Click here for more infromation.
Review of the Meeting
Perinatal Psychiatry in the 21st Century:
The Legacy of Channi Kumar
19-20 May 2011. The Institute of Psychiatry
For more information click here for a flyer.
Contact: susanna.ruparalia@kcl.ac.uk
National Days of the French Society of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Development
27-28 May, 2011. Limoges, France
"Life is a trauma"
Conference Website
9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder
9-11 June, 2011. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Website: http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/stanley/9thbipconf/
For additional information or to receive a brochure, please contact Maria Pena-Jordan at penajordanmi@upmc.edu or (412) 802-6917.
14th Annual Congress of the Francophone Society Marce
16-17 June 2011. Besançon, France
Contact: snezelof@chu-besancon.fr
West Midlands Regional Perinatal Mental Health Conference
8 July 2011. Birmingham Medical Institute
Click here for more information
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Section of Psychotherapy Annual Conference
22-24 July, 2011. Melbourne, Australia
For more information click here for the flyer.
Queensland Alliance 2011 Conference
1-2 September, 2011. Brisbane, Australia
Conference Website
2011 Turkey International Forum on Psychiatry-Psychology
9-11 September, 2011. Tekirdag, Turkey
More Info
Monash University Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
12-14 September, 2011. Prato, Italy
Conference Website
Postpartum Support International in conjunction with PSI of Washington
25th Annual Conference
14-18 September, 2011. Seattle, Washington
"Whole Care for Whole Family"
Early Bird Registration Deadline July 15
Visit the PSI website for more info and links to register
The Australasian Marce Society 2011 Conference
13-14 October, 2011. Fremantle, Australia
For more information click here for the flyer.
Congres des 5 Continents
Effets Psychosociaux de la Mondialisation
19-22 October 2011 Lyons, France
Click here for more details
Joint Conference of The Australian & New Zealand Association of Psychiatrym Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL) and The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Section of Forensic Psychiatry)
17-19 November, 2011. Wellington, New Zealand
For more information click here for the flyer.
Monash University Faculty of Law
4-6 December, 2011. Melbourne, Australia
Link
Below is a list of the Societies previous meetings.
Biennial Meeting 2010 - 27 October 2010 to
29 October 2010
Over 500 behavioral health researchers, physicians, nurses, and mental health advocates gathered at the biennial Marcé Society Congress October 27-30 to share new findings, collaborate on new pathways, and present scientific discoveries on all matters surrounding women's perinatal and postnatal mental health. With almost 80 posters and over 140 presentations on critical topics including hormones and pregnancy, depression and pregnancy, prenatal anxiety disorders, risk factors for postpartum psychosis, treatment for pregnancy and eating disorders, Father's attachment style, psychotherapy, midwives, screening for partner abuse, lactation failure, bipolar disorder, psychotropic drugs, and clinical trials, it was a busy four days!
Perhaps the most talked-about session was the one featuring former first lady Rosalynn Carter who discussed the $120 billion mental health system in shambles. For more coverage on this sensational talk, click on the following links:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10301/1098718-114.stm
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/25542142/detail.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_706479.html
http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=6824
Another noteworthy session was the presentation of the Marcé Medal Winner, Dr. Ian Jones: Reader in Perinatal Psychiatry at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Psychological Medicine and Neurology at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Awarded every two years, the Marce medal is given to an individual in recognition of a major contribution to the aims of the society. Dr. Jones's speech was entitled, "Postpartum psychosis – known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns."
Also, the Channi Kumar Memorial Lecture this year featured Dr. Margaret Spinelli, of Columbia University, who studied with Channi on his Mother-Baby Unit. Dr. Spinelli spoke on her NIMH-funded studies of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression.
We are working with the Archives of Women's Mental Health to put together a special edition with all of the abstracts from the meeting, so please look forward to more information coming out soon on that.
In the meantime, please make plans now to attend the next Marcé meeting in 2012 in Paris in October. More details to come within the next few weeks.
The DSM-5 update session given by Dr. Ellen Frank, from the University of Pittsburgh, was appreciated by everyone. As expected, the session created a variety of energetic opinions. Dr. Frank is a member of the Mood Disorders group that is considering the DSM-5 proposal for the postpartum onset qualifier. We are seeking additional input to generate a position statement from the Marcé Society. In September, we asked you to send us your feedback on postpartum depression, and the question of its inclusion in DSM-5. Dr. Frank is looking for data sets that would help to specify the duration of the postpartum risk period for unipolar depression. The hope is that there are multiple studies confirming approximately the same risk period. There has been a thorough review of the literature, but there may be other, non-English language, or unpublished work that has been missed, and we want to be sure that every study has been reviewed. If you know of any such material that would be helpful for this direction of the discussion, please reply to Dr. Katherine Wisner and let her know so that we may include it for consideration. Dr. Wisner may be reached at WisnerKL@upmc.edu.
Here is some feedback from a few of the attendees who came to Pittsburgh from 23 countries around the world:
"Thank you for putting together such a fantastic meeting - not only the best Marce meeting I have been to but also, I think, the best meeting full stop. The breadth and quality of the presentations makes me very excited for where our field is going."
"It was wonderful to be there. I really enjoyed the conference, learned things, and met wonderful people!"
"I want to thank you for putting together and being the spirit of the most magnificent conference I have ever been to. The international representation, the sense of inclusiveness from the grass roots level to the academic level, the speakers, the presentations, the accommodations, and the operations were absolutely excellent. I enjoyed meeting colleagues I have heard of and not heard of and having discussions with them."
"The Marce meeting was I think the best meeting I have ever attended!"
"I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference! So much good, new information. And perspectives from around the world. I was a little sad when it was over. Thank you so much!"
"You should be tremendously proud over organizing so scientifically rich a meeting and a group of such committed clinicians and scientists and lay folks, something for everyone."
"What a wonderful Marce meeting you hosted this year. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into it to assure that we would all both academically benefit and enjoy ourselves."
"Thank you for last week's FABULOUS Marcé conference. I left on such a high – but also such a state of information overload! I was especially pleased with all the content on postpartum psychosis – the Scandinavian and European researchers have so much great research going on in that area."
Over 500 behavioral health researchers, physicians, nurses, and mental health advocates gathered at the biennial Marcé Society Congress October 27-30 to share new findings, collaborate on new pathways, and present scientific discoveries on all matters surrounding women's perinatal and postnatal mental health. With almost 80 posters and over 140 presentations on critical topics including hormones and pregnancy, depression and pregnancy, prenatal anxiety disorders, risk factors for postpartum psychosis, treatment for pregnancy and eating disorders, Father's attachment style, psychotherapy, midwives, screening for partner abuse, lactation failure, bipolar disorder, psychotropic drugs, and clinical trials, it was a busy four days!
Perhaps the most talked-about session was the one featuring former first lady Rosalynn Carter who discussed the $120 billion mental health system in shambles. For more coverage on this sensational talk, click on the following links:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10301/1098718-114.stm
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/25542142/detail.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_706479.html
http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=6824
Another noteworthy session was the presentation of the Marcé Medal Winner, Dr. Ian Jones: Reader in Perinatal Psychiatry at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Psychological Medicine and Neurology at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Awarded every two years, the Marce medal is given to an individual in recognition of a major contribution to the aims of the society. Dr. Jones's speech was entitled, "Postpartum psychosis – known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." Also, the Channi Kumar Memorial Lecture this year featured Dr. Margaret Spinelli, of Columbia University, who studied with Channi on his Mother-Baby Unit. Dr. Spinelli spoke on her NIMH-funded studies of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression. We are working with the Archives of Women's Mental Health to put together a special edition with all of the abstracts from the meeting, so please look forward to more information coming out soon on that.
In the meantime, please make plans now to attend the next Marcé meeting in 2012 in Paris in October. More details to come within the next few weeks.
The DSM-5 update session given by Dr. Ellen Frank, from the University of Pittsburgh, was appreciated by everyone. As expected, the session created a variety of energetic opinions. Dr. Frank is a member of the Mood Disorders group that is considering the DSM-5 proposal for the postpartum onset qualifier. We are seeking additional input to generate a position statement from the Marcé Society. In September, we asked you to send us your feedback on postpartum depression, and the question of its inclusion in DSM-5. Dr. Frank is looking for data sets that would help to specify the duration of the postpartum risk period for unipolar depression. The hope is that there are multiple studies confirming approximately the same risk period. There has been a thorough review of the literature, but there may be other, non-English language, or unpublished work that has been missed, and we want to be sure that every study has been reviewed. If you know of any such material that would be helpful for this direction of the discussion, please reply to Dr. Katherine Wisner and let her know so that we may include it for consideration. Dr. Wisner may be reached at WisnerKL@upmc.edu.
Here is some feedback from a few of the attendees who came to Pittsburgh from 23 countries around the world:
"Thank you for putting together such a fantastic meeting - not only the best Marce meeting I have been to but also, I think, the best meeting full stop. The breadth and quality of the presentations makes me very excited for where our field is going." "It was wonderful to be there. I really enjoyed the conference, learned things, and met wonderful people!"
"I want to thank you for putting together and being the spirit of the most magnificent conference I have ever been to. The international representation, the sense of inclusiveness from the grass roots level to the academic level, the speakers, the presentations, the accommodations, and the operations were absolutely excellent. I enjoyed meeting colleagues I have heard of and not heard of and having discussions with them." "The Marce meeting was I think the best meeting I have ever attended!"
"I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference! So much good, new information. And perspectives from around the world. I was a little sad when it was over. Thank you so much!"
"You should be tremendously proud over organizing so scientifically rich a meeting and a group of such committed clinicians and scientists and lay folks, something for everyone." "What a wonderful Marce meeting you hosted this year. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into it to assure that we would all both academically benefit and enjoy ourselves."
"Thank you for last week's FABULOUS Marcé conference. I left on such a high – but also such a state of information overload! I was especially pleased with all the content on postpartum psychosis – the Scandinavian and European researchers have so much great research going on in that area."
The Marcé Society would like to acknowledge the generous meeting support of the UPMC Health Plan and Community Care Behavioral Organization, Pittsburgh, PA.
