February 13, 2024 APPA Webinar
What We Do and Do Not Know About
Social Determinants of Mental Health:
Addressing Gaps in Our Knowledge and Practice
Speaker: Dilip V. Jeste, MD
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm EST - 3:30 pm EST
Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE for both APPA Members and Non-Members
Social determinants of health (SDoHs) are receiving growing attention at various levels. There is now a nearly universal agreement about the serious impact of these factors on health and longevity. Yet, major gaps remain in our understanding of how they affect health, including mental health (SDoMH). There is currently no standardized definition of SDoMH; as a result, the number of listed social determinants varies widely. Few validated and pragmatic measures exist for assessing individual SDoMHs that are used routinely in clinical practice. Similarly, our understanding of the biology of many SDoMHs is limited.
Promising strategies are emerging that can help reduce these knowledge gaps. Collaborations among international experts in relevant psycho-bio-social fields and in clinical care and public policy areas are likely to provide insights that can lead to improved health of individuals with, or at risk of, developing mental illnesses. There are also “positive” SDoMHs that contribute to better physical, mental, and cognitive health. This webinar will describe a few examples.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Dilip V. Jeste, MD, is Director of the Global Research Network on Social Determinants of Mental Health and Exposomics, President-Elect of the World Federation for Psychotherapy, and Editor-in-Chief of International Psychogeriatrics. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and past president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He recently chaired the APA Task Force on Social Determinants of Mental Health.
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On December 1, 2023 APPA hosted a webinar titled
"Psychopathology and/or resistance strategies:
Revisiting the usefulness of diagnosis for youth externalizing disorders in situations of structural violence"
Thank you for all who joined the webinar.
To watch the recording of the webinar, CLICK HERE
The over-representation of racialized minorities, first-nations youth, and some refugee samples among individuals with conduct disorder and adolescent-onset conduct disorder suggests that sociocultural factors may shape behaviors and that some externalizing behaviors may constitute idioms of distress and of resistance.
Based on a literature review and clinical cases, this webinar will explore the sociocultural biases inherent in the epidemiology of externalizing behaviors in children and youth and address the need to account for structural violence when assessing and conducting interventions with youth presenting with conduct and oppositional behaviors. The present political context and institutional emphasis on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion policies may represent a timely opportunity to examine some of our professional blind spots regarding youth externalizing behaviors. This will help us determine whether these behaviors constitute at times normal responses to a society perceived as unfair and discriminatory towards one’s family and community.
Date: Friday, December 1, 2023
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: Zoom
Price: FREE for APPA Members and Non-Members
Speakers:
Dr. Cécile Rousseau, MD is a professor in McGill University’s Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry and holds a Canada Research Chair in the prevention of violent radicalization. She has worked extensively with immigrant and refugee communities, developing specific school-based interventions and leading policy-oriented research. Presently her research focuses on intervention and prevention programs to address social polarization and violent radicalization.
Dr. Pascal Chavannes, PsyD, MD is a 2nd generation immigrant of Haitian descent, a clinical and forensic psychologist, a psychiatrist and a child and adolescent psychiatry resident who has worked for several years with immigrant and refugee communities. His work focuses on better understanding and helping marginalized youth and their families to offer care, prevent further discrimination, and foster alternatives to help avoid violent radicalization.
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