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Event Name:International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Annual Meeting
Sponsor:International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
Dates:7/13/2008 - 7/19/2008
Time:
Event Description:The meeting will take place in Vienna, Wien, Austria. For more information please contact:
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
718-333 Brooksbank Avenue
Suite 617
North Vancouver BC V7J 3V8
Canada
604/924-5026
604/924-5027 fax
info@iafmhs.org
 
Event Name:Obsessive Compulsive Foundation 15th Annual Conference
Sponsor:OCD Foundation
Dates:8/1/2008 - 8/3/2008
Time:
Event Description:The conference will be held in Boston, MA. For more information, please contact:
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
Suite 501
112 Water Street
PO Box 961029
Boston, MA 02196
203/401-2070
203/401-2076 fax
203/874-3843 info
info@ocfoundation.org
 
Event Name:116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
Sponsor:American Psychological Association
Dates:8/14/2008 - 8/17/2008
Time:
Event Description:The event will be held in Boston, MA. For more information visit apa.org or call 800-374-2721
 
Event Name:30-th Biennial Congress Working Together for Mental Health
Sponsor:World Federation for Mental Health
Dates:9/2/2008 - 9/6/2008
Time:
Event Description:World Federation for Mental Health
6564 Loisdale Court
Suite 301
Springfield, VA 22150-1812
703/313-8680
703/313-8683 fax
info@wfmh.com
 
Event Name:Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Scientific Meeting
Dates:9/3/2008 - 9/4/2008
Event Description:The meeting will take place in Vancouver, Canada. For more information, please contact:
Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
c/o Lilian Thorpe
Clinical Gerontology
Saskatoon City Hospital
701 Queen Street
Saskatoon, SK S7K 0M7
Canada
thorpe@duke.usask.ca
 
Event Name:58-th Annual Conference (assemblée annuelle)
Sponsor:Canadian Psychiatric Association
Dates:9/4/2008 - 9/7/2008
Time:
Event Description:For more information:
Canadian Psychiatric Association
701-141 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3
Canada
800/267-1555
613/234-2815
613/234-9857 fax
cpa@medical.org
 
Event Name:From Margins to Mainstream: 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders
Dates:9/10/2008 - 9/12/2008
Event Description:The conference will take place at the Melbourne Convention Center. For more information visit http://www.margins2mainstream.com/

From Margins to Mainstream is organised by VicHealth, the World Federation for Mental Health, the Clifford Beers Foundation and the Carter Center Mental Health Program. It is supported by the World Health Organization and the Global Consortium for Prevention and Promotion in Mental Health.

 
Event Name:The Power of the Peers DBSA 2008 National Convention
Sponsor:Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Dates:9/10/2008 - 9/14/2008
Time:
Event Description:The event will take place in Norfork, VA. For more information please visit http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_conference2008
 
Event Name:14-th World Congress of Psychiatry "Science and Humanism: For a Person-Centered Psychiatry"
Sponsor:World Psychiatric Association
Dates:9/20/2008 - 9/25/2008
Time:
Event Description:For more information:
Email: ftorres@ugr.es
Andalusian Research Group on Mental Health
University of Granada
Avenida deMadrid 11
Granada 18071
Spain
+34/958/272651
+34/958/240709
+34/958/275214 fax
 
Event Name:The 14th NIMH Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health: Toward Building a High Performance Mental Health System
Sponsor:NIMH
Dates:9/25/2008 - 9/26/2008
Time:
Event Description:The conference will take place in Washington, DC.

The biennial economics conferences are an integral part of the dissemination and research portfolio development activities of the Division of Services and Intervention Research of NIMH. These scientific conferences are convened exclusively for presentation and discussion of original, rigorous and innovative technical research papers in mental health economics.

For more information visit http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-funding/scientific-meetings/announcements/index.shtml
 
Event Name:Institute on Psychiatric Services
Sponsor:American Psychiatric Association
Dates:10/2/2008 - 10/5/2008
Time:
Event Description:The meeting willt ake palce in Chicago, IL. For more information please visit www.psych.org.
 
Event Name:World Mental Health Day
Sponsor:World Federation for Mental Health
Date:10/10/2008
Time:
Event Description:For more information Contact World Federation for Mental Health
Secretariat:
6564 Loisdale Court
Suite 301
Springfield, VA 22150-1812
USA
Main Phone: 703.313.8680
Fax: 703.313.8683
Email: info@wfmh.com
 
Event Name:20th Annual Conference
Sponsor:Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Dates:11/21/2008 - 11/23/2008
Time:
Event Description:The conference will be held in Atlanta, GA. For more information, please contact:
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
9605 Medical Center Drive
Suite 280
Rockville, MD 20850
240/403-1901
240/403-1909 fax
ffcmh@ffcmh.org
 
Event Name:American College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting
Sponsor:American College of Psychiatrists
Dates:2/25/2009 - 3/1/2009
Time:
Event Description:For more information, please contact:
American College of Psychiatrists
122 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 1360
Chicago, IL 60603
312/662-1020
312/662-1025 fax
angel@ACPsych.org
 
Event Name:22nd Annual Meeting
Sponsor:American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
Dates:3/5/2009 - 3/8/2009
Time:
Event Description:For more information, please contact:
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20814-3004
301/654-7850
301/654-4137 fax
main@aagpgpa.org
 
Event Name:Anxiety and Health:Translating Basic Science Into Practice
Sponsor:Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Conference
Dates:3/12/2009 - 3/15/2009
Time:
Event Description:The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

 
Event Name:International Congress - Treatments in Psychiatry - A New Update
Sponsor:World Psychiatric Association
Dates:4/1/2009 - 4/4/2009
Time:
Event Description:The meeting will take place in Italy. For more information, please contact:
secretariat@wpa2009florence.org
University of Naples SUN
Largo Madonna delle Grazie
80138 Naples
Italy
+39/081/5666501
+39/081/5666523 fax
 
Event Name:9-th International Review of Bipolar Disorders Conference
Sponsor:International Review of Bipolar Disorders
Dates:4/6/2009 - 4/8/2009
Time:
Event Description:The conference is being held in Lisbon, Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. For more information please contact:
RPA Congress
Unit 2B, Hampton Works
Sheen Lane
London SW14 8AE
UK
+44/20/84 87 14 21
+44/20/88 78 75 79 fax
infor@irbd.org
 
Event Name:APA 162 Annual Meeting
Sponsor:American Psychiatric Association
Dates:5/16/2009 - 5/21/2009
Time:
Event Description:The meeting will take in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/groups/apa.asp
 
Event Name:70th Annual Convention
Sponsor:Canadian Psychological Association
Dates:6/11/2009 - 6/13/2009
Time:
Event Description:The meeting will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada. For more information contact:
Canadian Psychological Association
141 Laurier Avenue West
Suite 702
Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3
Canada
888-472-0657
613/237-2144
613/237-1674 fax
cpa@cpa.ca
 
Event Name:117 Annual Convention APA
Sponsor:American Psychological Association
Dates:8/13/2009 - 8/16/2009
Time:
Event Description:The meeting will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information contact: American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
800/374-2721
202/336-5500
or visit http://www.apa.org/
 

 

 

 

 

 

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