ISPS-US 23rd Annual Conference | November 1-3, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh & Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, PA & Hybrid Online | Preliminary Schedule
Preliminary, non-complete list of sessions, subject to change. Full session schedule to be released soon. (V) denotes virtual-only session
The Utility of Psychological Assessment in Detecting Psychosis: A Case Illustration - Connor Adams, PsyD
A Retrospective of the Icarus Project: Lessons for Contemporary Mental Health Movements (Hybrid) - Sascha Altman DuBrul, MSW, Jacks McNamara, Erica Hua Fletcher, PhD
Psychosis in Underserved Communities - Kenneth Kozi Arrington
Straight From The Cuckoo's Nest: A Patient's & A Caregiver's Perspective - Perri Bach, BS, Ethan Back
(V) Archetypes of Home and Homelessness: Social Displacement, Alteric Spaces, and the Trauma of the Unhoused -Claude Barbre, MDiv, PhD, LP
Online Hearing Voices Groups in the NHS: A Feasibility Study - Alison Branitsky, Mres
Voices of practitioners learning a combined OD and CSC model: Exploring content and research processes - Beth Broussard, MPH, CHES, Rusty Gilbert, CPS, Emily Griner, MPH, Melissa Uehling, MA, Jen Van Tiem, PhD
How to Discussion: Lived Experience Writing in Academia - Sirikanya Chiraroekmongkon, MD
(V) I am 41 Despite My Best Efforts - Diana Frame, Christine Pebbles
Madness and the Real: Recentering the Unconscious in the Clinic of Psychosis - Elan Y. Cohen, PhD
After 40+ Years of Analysis: New Beginnings in Treatment Leading to a Successful Outcome - Martin Cosgro, PhD
(V) Sanctuary in the Forest: An Australian Peer-led Respite for Post-Psychosis Integration Using a Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Approach - Louisa Dent Pearce, MSW
(V) Alfred Adler's Understanding of Extreme States - Thomas Federn, MDiv, MS
Creating an Effective Natural Team based on the Windhorse Approach - Eric Friedland-Kays, Victoria Yoshen
M-PATH: A Statewide Effort To Decrease DUP and Increase Psychosis-Informed Care - Emily Gagen, PhD
Incorporating the Voices of Lived Experience of Psychosis into Medical Education - David Goldsmith, MD, Deon Hamm, Will Hiltman, Justin Palanci, MD
Clinicians with Lived Experience - and the Limits of the "Lived Experience" Paradigm - Ben Goldstein, MSS, LCSW, Mike Wimberley, MSW, Sascha DuBrul, MSW, Marie Brown, PhD, Elan Cohen, PhD
Lessons From the Lodge, Riggs, Sheppard Pratt, McLean, and Menninger - James E. Gorney
(V) The Report on Improving Mental Health Outcomes - James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.
(V) Systemic Reforms for Sustainable Change in Psychosis Care: The Crucial Role of DRG 885 - Carolyn Green, BS
Breaking the Taboo on Group Corruption and Misconduct: Empowerment Or Burnout? - Will Hall, MA, DIplPW, Phd Candidate
Not Just Hot Flashes: Navigating Extreme States in the Menopausal Transition - Leah Harris, MA
Counter-transference Hopelessness and Hate and the Burnout of FEP Clinicians - Irene Hurford, MD
Veteran Voices and Visions: Adapting the Hearing Voices Approach to an Urban VA Healthcare System - Ippolytos Kalofonos MD PhD MPH, Erica Hua Fletcher, PhD, Carol Jahchan, PhD, Sahastri Hercules, Cindy Hadge, Tim Laprade
Remembering Rachel a Sister's Perspective - Deborah Kasdan
Oral Health Recovery: A Peer Specialist-Led Dental Education Program - Adrienne Lapidos, PhD
(V) Highlighting family members' experience of psychosis-REACH in an early psychosis setting: A qualitative analysis - Melanie Lean, DClinPsych, Katie Benitah, MSc, MA
Swimming to the Horizon: Crack, Psychosis, and Street-Corner Social Work - Zak Mucha, LCSW
Crisis Response: From Critique to Action - Brian Nuckols et al.
Meaningful Lived Experience Involvement across Mental Health Systems - Shannon Pagdon, B.A., Kate Hardy, Clin.Psych.D, Katherine Sanford, B.A., Will Hall, MA, DiplPW, PhD Candidate, Brandon Daniels
EMDR and Psychosis: Nudging the United States Into the Modern Age of Trauma Treatment - Chris Perry, MS, MA, LMFT
Phenomenology panel: Psychosis at the Intersection of Subject and System - Elizabeth Pienkos, PsyD, Cherise Rosen, MD, PhD, Shannon Pagdon, BA, Anthony Pavlo, PhD, Nadika Paranamana, PsyD
Voicing peripartum psychosis: Toward an experience-informed practice - Elizabeth Pienkos, PsyD, Marie Brown, PhD, Tate Hudson, MA
Structural Influences on Mental Health Crisis (Care) in the US: Barriers and Pathways to Transformation - Sarah F Porter, MHS, MSW, Jeffrey Ciak, MSW, Jess Stohlmann-Rainey, Nze Okoronta, Tim Saubers
Anti-Carceral Crisis Care: Cultivating Agency and Self-Determination for those Experiencing Altered States - Jessie Roth, Noah Gokul, Jazmine Russell
(V) Proposed Mechanisms for Spiritual Coping in Psychosis: A Realist Review - Ola Skudlarska, Bsc, MSW (Pending)
Family Fragments: Pressure and Proximity in First-Episode Psychosis - Cassandra B. Seltman, LCSW, PhD
(V) Supporting Students with Extreme Experiences - Olivia Wills, LCSW
Stigma in Professional Psychology Advice-Giving - Philip T. Yanos, PhD, Dan Bernstein MHS, Soo Min Kim, MA
POSTERS
Voices of Black Clients and Their Families: Keys to Better Engagement in Psychosis Care - Yasmine Boumaiz, BS
Re-stigmatizing Mental Health: Semiotics of Oppression in the Medical Model of Schizophrenia - Alexej Gundy, BA
Psychosis: Just a Bump in the Road? - Erin McGrath
Connection and Shared Meaning in Psychosis: A Qualitative Investigation into the Psychiatrist-Patient Relationship - Melissa Uehling, MA
Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of Theater-Improvisation Interventions for Psychosis: Insights from Outpatient Service Users - Selin Yalcinkaya, BA