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2011 Summer Program

2011 Summer Program Cover

17th Annual Summer Program
May 2 to June 3, 2011

You can download the 2011 Summer Program in PDF format.

2011 Summer Program Brochure听摆.辫诲蹿闭.

General information

Registration information

Courses and workshops

Guest faculty

平特五不中 faculty

Accommodations

2011 Registration for CME Credits & Professional Interest*

Also see听Advanced Study Institute.

In 1995, the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, 平特五不中 inaugurated an annual summer school in social and cultural psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. The program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry and will be of interest to:

  • postdoctoral trainees, researchers, and clinicians in psychiatry and other mental health disciplines
  • residents and graduate students in health and social sciences
  • physicians, psychologists, social workers and health professionals

The summer program forms part of the training activities of the Montreal WHO Collaborating Centre and is endorsed by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology.

General information

Director:听Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD

Administrator:听Tammy Thibault

Administrative Office:
Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry
平特五不中
1033 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1A1

Tel.: 514-398-7302
Fax: 514-375-1459
Email:听tcpsych [at] mcgill.ca

Courses may be taken for academic credit, Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit, or for professional interest. Workshops may be taken only for professional interest or CME.

Academic credit

Cultural Psychiatry听(PSYT711) and听Psychiatric Epidemiology听(PSYT713) may be taken for academic credit. Students enrolled in a graduate program at 平特五不中 must register for these courses through Minerva. Non-平特五不中 Quebec university students may request an interuniversity transfer of credits (). Students not enrolled in a program at 平特五不中 (including visiting non-professionals, 平特五不中 medical residents not in the MSc Program and students from other universities in Canada or elsewhere) must apply for "Special Student" status to register for the courses. Applicants can access the 平特五不中 web application at听. Applications for "Special Student" status from international students must be received by January 15, 2011 and Canadian applicants must apply by February 15, 2011. All applicants must include a $100.00 (Cdn) application fee and official transcripts of undergraduate studies and graduate studies, if applicable (this amount cannot be applied towards course/workshop fees). Official notification of acceptance as a "Special Student" is issued by the听Faculty of Graduate Studies. Transfer of academic credits should be arranged with the applicant's own university. Students must obtain their 平特五不中 student identity number in order to register for the courses on Minerva.

Students wishing to apply for the听MSc program听in Psychiatry (with concentration in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) should direct inquiries to:

Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
平特五不中
1033 Pine Avenue West, Room 105
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1A1

Tel.: 514-398-4176
Email:听graduate.psychiatry [at] mcgill.ca
Website:听

The application deadline is January 15, 2011

CME and Professional Interest

Psychiatrists and general practitioners from North America, who are not seeking academic credits, may enroll for Continuing Medical Education (CME) study credits available from 平特五不中, Division of Continuing Medical Education, which sponsors continuing medical education for physicians and is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) for MAINPRO-M1 credits, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education of the United States (ACCME). Those interested in obtaining CME credits must indicate this clearly on the registration form at the end of this brochure.听Daily sign-in registration is required in order to receive attestation certificates.

Registrations for professional interest are accepted as long as room is available in a course or workshop. These students will receive a certificate from the Department of Psychiatry attesting that they attended the course or workshop.

Courses and workshops

听Courses

PSYT 711 Cultural Psychiatry 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

L. Kirmayer, A. Young, & Faculty听(3 academic credits)

This seminar surveys recent theory and research on the interaction of culture and psychiatric disorders. Topics to be covered include: history of cultural psychiatry; cross-national epidemiological and ethnographic research on major and minor psychiatric disorders; culture-bound syndromes and idioms of distress; culture, emotion and social interaction; ritual and symbolic healing; mental health of indigenous peoples; mental health of immigrants and refugees; psychiatric theory and practice as cultural constructions; methods of cross-cultural research; globalization and the future of cultural psychiatry. [Prerequisites: Courses in abnormal psychology and medical anthropology.] Text: Course readings will be available at the 平特五不中 Bookstore. Begins: May 3, 2011 (4 weeks) T鈥h 飥�13h30-18h00 & F 飥�09h00-12h00, Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West.

PSYT 713 Psychiatric Epidemiology 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

CANCELLED for 2011

G. Galbaud du Fort, N. Frasure-Smith, & Guest Faculty听(3 academic credits)

This course offers an overview of the application of epidemiology in the field of psychiatry. Topics include: epidemiologic research methods in psychiatry; instruments and methods used in community studies; study of treatment-seeking, pathways to care, and use of services; interaction between psychological distress and physical health; methods used in specific populations and for specific disorders; evaluation of treatments, interventions, and needs for care. Text: Course readings will be available at the 平特五不中 Bookstore. Begins: May 2, 2011 (4 weeks) M鈥鈥 飥�13h30-16h45, Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West.

Workshops

Working with Culture: Clinical Methods in Cultural Psychiatry
C. Rousseau, J. Guzder & Faculty

This workshop for mental health practitioners provides an overview of clinical models and methods in cultural psychiatry. Topics include: working with translators and culture brokers; attending to culture, ethnicity, racism and power in individual and family interventions with migrants and ethnocultural minorities; how cultural work transforms the therapist; ethical issues in intercultural work; strategies for working in different settings including schools, community organizations and refugee immigration boards. Invited lectures will frame the basic issues of clinical intervention through the paradigms of cultural voices and languages of symptoms, art, and play. The clinical intersection of healer, culture, diagnosis, and therapy will be approached by a review of developmental theories, identity and life cycle variations in migrant or minority experience. Text: Course readings will be available at the 平特五不中 Bookstore. Begins: May 3, 2011 (4 weeks) T鈥h 飥�09h00-12h00, Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West.

Violence, Trauma and Recovery
D. Pedersen & Faculty

This workshop presents a critical introduction to current issues in psychological trauma aimed at reviewing research advances and reassessing clinical and public health interventions in response to organized violence, massive traumatic experiences and environmental adversities. Topics include: social and political issues shaping traumatic experience; traumatic memory; the role of culture in shaping individual and collective responses to trauma; critical perspectives in trauma theory and practice; gender issues; intervention models at individual (clinical), community-based and population (public health) levels; policy implications for managing complex emergencies and humanitarian interventions. Participants are expected to review the literature, present summaries of selected readings, and discuss the reviewed materials as required. Case-studies (Guatemala, the occupied Palestinian Territories and/or Nepal) will be presented. Texts: Kirmayer, L. J., Lemelson, R., & Barad, M. (Eds.). (2007).听Understanding trauma: Integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press; Shalev, A., Yehuda, R., & McFarlane, A. (Eds.). (2000).听International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma. New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers. Begins: May 4, 2011 (4 weeks) W鈥 飥� 13h30-16h45, Room 102, Social Studies of Medicine Building, 3647 Peel Street.

Qualitative Research Methods in Social and Cultural Psychiatry听
D. Groleau & R. Whitley

This course provides an overview of selected topics while focusing on a practicum approach to qualitative research relevant to social and cultural psychiatric research. A particular focus will be given to practicing methods for generating and analyzing qualitative empirical material. Role-playing methods will be used to introduce methods including individual interviews, focus groups, and participant observation. Participants will also gain familiarity with ethnographic interviewing with the听平特五不中 Illness Narrative Interview. In-class work will also provide the opportunity to practice qualitative coding using thematic analysis and grounded theory. Finally, the course will address how to write a fundable qualitative research grant and a qualitative research paper for publication. Begins: May 2, 2011 (4 weeks) M鈥 飥�09h00-12h00, Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West.

Community-Based Participatory Research
A. Macaulay, Jon Salsberg & Kahnawake Community-Researcher Team

This workshop, facilitated by members of the centre 'Participatory Research at 平特五不中' () together with Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project researchers and community members (), will address participatory research based on their experiences. Topics will include: participatory research theory; building and maintaining healthy respectful partnerships; developing collaborative project strategies from design through dissemination; ownership of research data; maximizing benefits and minimizing community risks; capacity building and sustainability and increased knowledge translation. . The development and application of the听CIHR Guidelines for Research Involving Aboriginal People and the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project Code of Research Ethics听will be included. Obligations of researchers and community partners will be discussed in the context of the ethics of respecting individuals and community. Date: May 30, 2011 (6 hours) M 飥�09h00-16h00. This workshop takes place in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, but students are required to present themselves to Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West, by 8:00 in order to be transported as a group to Kahnawake.

Global Mental Health Research
D. Pedersen, L. Kirmayer, & Guest Faculty: V. Patel, D. Summerfield

The seminar and workshop will provide an introduction to key issues in global mental health research in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Current health system responses to mental health needs will be presented, using WHO Atlas data, regional summaries, and more detailed narratives of case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Global mental health research requires cross-disciplinary skills and a solid knowledge of the social determinants of mental health, use of research methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative) adapted to resource-poor countries, cross-cultural sensitivity and competency in negotiating roles and expectations with collaborating partners in LMICs. This course will survey: a) the global burden of mental illness; b) poverty, social inequalities and health outcomes; c) connections between macro- and micro-social determinants of mental illness; d) innovative policies and interventions for decentralization of health resources and implementation of community-based care, including packages of care for specific disorders and comprehensive programmes of mental-health care for groups at risk; e) adaptations of research methods across different cultures, regions and levels of development; and f) scaling up the coverage of mental health interventions, financing and related issues. The seminar will include lectures, presentation and discussion of readings by faculty and students, and case study presentations, supplemented by video documentaries and films. Begins: May 31, 2011 (28 hours) T, W, Th, F 飥� 09h00-17h00. Location: TBD.

Guest faculty

Naomi Adelson, Ph.D.,听Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, York University.

Vaughan Bell, Ph.D.,听Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.

Gilles Bibeau, Ph.D.,听Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universit茅 de Montr茅al; Co-chair, International Network for Cultural Epidemiology and Community Mental Health.

Tom Boellstorff, Ph.D.,听Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California Irvine; Editor-in-Chief, American Anthropologist.

St茅phane Bouchard, Ph.D.,听Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cyberpsychology, University of Quebec at Ouatouais.

Sylvaine de Plaen, M.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Universit茅 de Montr茅al; Consultant, Out-Patient and Consultation-Liaison Services, H么pital Ste-Justine.

Suman Fernando, M.D.,听Honorary Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at European Centre for Migration & Social Care, University of Kent.

Ghayda Hassan, Ph.D.,听Professor, Department of Psychology, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM).

Myrna Lashley, Ph.D.,听Professor of Psychology, John Abbott College; Research Associate, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital.

Alain Lesage, M.D., M.Phil.,听Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Centre de recherche Fernand-S茅guin de l'H么pital L-H Lafontaine.

Fran莽ois Lesp茅rance, M.D.,听Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montreal; Chief of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universit茅 de Montreal.

Kwame McKenzie, M.D.,听Senior Scientist, Social Equity and Health Research Section, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.

Vikram Patel, M.Sc., MRCPsych, Ph.D., FMedSci.,听Professor of International Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.

Sadeq Rahimi, M.Sc., Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan.

Eugene Raikhel, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago.

Andrew Ryder, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal.

Radhika Santhanam, Ph.D.,听Clinical Psychologist & Supervisor, The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture; Consultant, Koori Kids Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, Melbourne, Australia.

Marian Shermarke, M.S.W., M.Sc., M.A.,听Social Worker, C.L.S.C.-C么te des Neiges (Service d'aide aux r茅fugi茅s immigrants Montr茅al m茅tropolitain, SARIMM).

Carlo Sterlin, M.D.,听Director, Transcultural Psychiatry Service, H么pital Jean Talon; Consultant, C.L.S.C.-C么te des Neiges.

Derek Summerfield,听Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.

平特五不中 faculty

Please see our听Faculty web page听for more information.

Lawrence Annable, Dip. Stat.,听Professor, Division of Psychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry.

Alain Brunet, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre.

Nancy Frasure-Smith, Ph.D.,听Professor of Psychiatry; Senior Research Associate, Montreal Heart Institute; Invited Researcher, Centre hospitalier de l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Research Centre.

Kia Faridi, M.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Guillaume Galbaud du Fort, M.D., Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Researcher, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital; Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, 平特五不中 Health Centre.

Danielle Groleau, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Research Associate, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital.

Jaswant Guzder, M.D.,听Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Head of Child Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital; Director, Day Treatment Program in Child Psychiatry; Staff Consultant (former Co-Director), Cultural Consultation Service.

G. Eric Jarvis, M.D., M.Sc.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Cultural Consultation Service, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital.

Suzanne King, Ph.D.,听Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre.

Laurence J. Kirmayer, M.D.,听James 平特五不中 Professor; Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Editor-in-Chief of听Transcultural Psychiatry; Director, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital.

Eric Latimer, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre.

Karl Looper, M.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital.

Nancy Low, M.D., M.Sc.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Ann C. Macaulay, M.D.,听Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Director of Participatory Research at 平特五不中, and previous Scientific Director Kahnawake Centre for Research and Training in Diabetes Prevention.

Toby Measham, M.D., M.Sc.,听Assistant Professor, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry. Department of Psychiatry.

Lucie Nadeau, M.D.,听Assistant Professor, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry.

Ronald Niezen, Ph.D.,听Canada Research Chair in the Comparative Study of Indigenous Rights and Identity, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology.

Duncan Pedersen, M.D.,听Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Scientific Director, International Programs, Douglas Hospital Research Centre; Scientific Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health.

Michel Perreault, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre.

Amir Raz, Ph.D.,听Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry.

Ellen Rosenberg, M.D.,听Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Research Associate, C.L.S.C.- C么te des Neiges.

C茅cile Rousseau, M.D., M.Sc.,听Associate Professor, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Transcultural Child Psychiatry Clinic.

Norbert Schmitz,听Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre.

Brett Thombs, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Research Associate, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Sir Mortimer B. Davis鈥擩ewish General Hospital.

Ashley Wazana, M.D.,听Department of Psychiatry, Montreal Children's Hospital.

Robert Whitley, Ph.D.,听Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Allan Young, Ph.D.,听Professor, Departments of Social Studies of Medicine, Anthropology, and Psychiatry.

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