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🚨 Session Spotlight 🚨 Join us at the 2024 ISPS-US Annual Conference for "The Psychedelic Therapy Train Wreck: Ethical Responses to a Corrupt Industry" with Will Hall, MA, DiplPW, PhD Candidate! As the psychedelic revival gains momentum, Will Hall takes a critical look at the hype. This session will explore the ethical dangers of psychedelic therapy, how the industry mirrors the problems of mainstream psychiatry, and the need for real harm-reduction strategies. Don’t miss this eye-opening talk on how we can respond to psychedelics in a way that innovates our approach to psychosis—without falling into the same traps. Register now: www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #Psychosis #PsychedelicTherapy #MentalHealth #DuquesneUniversity #PittsburghPA

🚨 One Week Left! 🚨 Don't miss our upcoming webinar: Working with Psychosis Using the Internal Family Systems Model with Sascha Altman DuBrul, MSW – happening in just ONE week! 🗓 Date: 10/17/24 ⏰ Time: 3pm-6pm, Eastern This session is perfect for clinicians eager to integrate IFS strategies into their work with clients diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and psychosis. Learn practical tools, explore the transformative power of IFS, and discover how this non-pathologizing approach fosters recovery and resilience. 💻 Proceeds from this webinar support our upcoming ISPS-US Annual Conference! Register today and be part of this powerful learning experience! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gAwrhw3C #Psychosis #MentalHealth #IFS #ISPSUS #Webinar

🌟 3 Weeks Until the ISPS-US Conference! 🌟 Today's session Spotlight: Madness and the Real: Recentering the Unconscious in the Clinic of Psychosis with Elan Y. Cohen, PhD. This session challenges classical psychoanalytic views on psychosis, questioning the idea of a “defective ego” and offering a liberating approach that recasts psychosis as a form of resistance to oppressive social realities. Elan will explore Freud’s mental functioning principles, Bion’s concepts of psychic metabolism, and Lacan’s ideas on the Real and Symbolic, providing fresh perspectives for clinicians. Learn more: www.isps-us.org #ISPSUS2024 #Psychosis #Psychoanalysis #MentalHealth #Conference #Pittsburgh #DuquesneUniversity

🌍✨ World Mental Health Day Flash Sale! ✨🌍 On World Mental Health Day, we reflect on how mainstream approaches often fall short for those experiencing psychosis and extreme states. That's why we’re committed to reimagining mental health systems—and we want you to be part of the change. Join us at the ISPS-US Conference and dive into transformative conversations about psychosis and mental health. For the next 24 hours, we’re offering 10% off tickets to the conference! Use code WMHD24 at checkout. Our hybrid event takes place in Pittsburgh, PA, and Online from November 2nd-3rd. Sale ends tomorrow at midnight ⏳. www.isps-us.org/conference #WorldMentalHealthDay #ISPSUS2024 #Psychosis #MentalHealth

With just over 3 weeks until the ISPS-US Conference, we're spotlighting some of the sessions you won’t want to miss!⁠ Session Spotlight: A Retrospective of the Icarus Project: Lessons for Contemporary Mental Health Movements. Join Sascha DuBrul, Jacks McNamara, and Erica Hua Fletcher as they reflect on the legacy of The Icarus Project, a pioneering radical mental health movement that from 2002-2020 fostered peer support, creativity, and solidarity for those navigating extreme states. This session will explore the project’s innovative critique of the medical model, its focus on mutual aid, and its influence on mental health social movements worldwide. Gain insights from the successes and challenges of this influential movement and how its lessons can shape future approaches to mental health. Learn more: www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #IcarusProject #RadicalMentalHealth #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Conference #PittsburghPA #DuquesneUniversity

With just over 3 weeks until the ISPS-US Conference, we're spotlighting some of the sessions you won’t want to miss! Session Spotlight: Psychosis is Not What You “Think” Join Becky Brasfield for a powerful presentation that reimagines psychosis through a personal and academic lens. In "Psychosis is Not What You ‘Think,’" Becky will explore how systemic discrimination, social traumas, and paradigm shifts in academia can lead to psychosis, challenging conventional definitions and assumptions. Drawing from her experience as an African-American woman in academia, Becky invites us to engage in a social exercise of reality testing, uncovering how resilience and innovation can redefine mental health in America. Learn more: www.isps-us.org/conference #psychosis #mentalhealth #conference #ISPSUS2024 #PeerSupport

With 4 weeks until the ISPS-US Conference, we're spotlighting some of the sessions you won’t want to miss!⁠ Session Spotlight: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Track Psychotherapy training often overlooks working with individuals diagnosed with psychosis, and many trainees are discouraged from exploring in-depth, long-term, relationship-based work with this population. This two-part workshop offers an open forum for discussion and a deep dive into clinical transcripts, revealing the rich and transformative potential of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for people with psychosis. 🗣️ Led by Nancy Burke and Sol Pittenger, clinicians with decades of experience, this workshop is perfect for students and early career professionals interested in psychological approaches to psychosis. www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #PsychoanalyticPsychotherapy #Psychosis #MentalHealth

🚨 Update: The 2024 pre-conference workshop with Professor Craig Steel is now fully booked! 🚨 Thank you to everyone who registered for our pre-conference workshop "Formulating Psychosis in the Context of Trauma". We’re thrilled to see the excitement around this event! For those who weren’t able to secure a spot, there are still plenty of incredible sessions available at the ISPS-US Annual Conference, including Professor Steel's Saturday keynote address " Is Psychosis a Complex Reaction to Trauma? ". Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join us in Pittsburgh or online from November 2nd - 3rd! Register now for weekend or day tickets! 💻👇 www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #Psychosis #MentalHealthConference #MentalHealth #Trauma #SoldOut

Exciting news! Single-day tickets are now available for our 2024 ISPS-US Annual Conference: New Beginnings: Reimagining Psychosis Services and Systems in the US 📅 Date: November 2-3, 2024 📍 Location: Pittsburgh, PA & hybrid online 💸 Registration starts at just $15 + fees! 🧠 CEs offered, and all hybrid and virtual sessions will be recorded for later viewing. Don't miss out on incredible sessions like: ✨ Is Psychosis a Complex Reaction to Trauma? – Craig Steel, PhD ✨ Dismantling Power Hierarchies – Alison Branitsky, Andrew Grundy, Nev Jones ✨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 ✨ A Retrospective of the Icarus Project: Lessons for Contemporary Mental Health Movements: Sascha Altman DuBrul, MSW, Jacks McNamara, Erica Hua Fletcher, PhD ✨ Involuntary Commitment and its Potential Impacts: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue Spanning Research, Ethics and Methodology: Nev Jones, PhD, Pim Welle, PhD, Morgan Shields, PhD, Awais Aftab, MD, Travis Donahoe, PhD And many more! 🎟️ Check the schedule and get your tickets now! www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #ISPS #conference #pittsburghpa #psychosis #mentalhealth #mentalhealthconference

With less than 5 weeks until the ISPS-US Conference, we're spotlighting some of the sessions you won’t want to miss! Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Mad Studies Perspective – Kathleen Lowenstein This session critically examines the emerging concept of palliative psychiatry and the question of autonomy in care. Through the lens of Mad Studies, Kathleen will explore how lived experience perspectives challenge current ethical arguments around palliative care and offer new insights into agency, care, and dignity for those navigating long-standing mental health conditions. Learn more and register at: www.isps-us.org/conference #ISPSUS2024 #MentalHealth #MadStudies #PalliativeCare #Ethics #Psychosis