FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release 97-18
Contact:
Gus Cervini
Telephone: (202) 682-6142
E-mail: [email protected]
* * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * *
CALIFORNIA PRESENTERS HIGHLIGHTED AT APA'S 150TH ANNUAL MEETING
Note: All presentationa are EMBARGOED until date and local time of
presentation.
Scientific presentations on topics by many of California psychiatric researchers will
be presented at the upcoming 150th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, to be held in San Diego, CA, May 17-22. The following represents but
a small sampling of presentations by California researchers (as available to us on of
the date of publication of this release). Many more will be added:
ESTROGEN FOR DEPRESSED PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
Tuesday, May 20, 1997. 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) Location: Marina Ballroom, Level
3, Marriott.
SLEEP DISTURBANCE IN THE ELDERLY
Monday, May 19, 1997. 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Location: Room 7A, Upper Level,
Convention Center.
CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN CHILD CUSTODY: WHAT WE DO AND
DON'T KNOW
Wednesday, May 21, 1997. 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) Location: New York/Orlando
Rooms, Lobby Level, Marriott. .
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Note to Media: To register to cover APA's 150th Annual Meeting on-site in San Diego,
contact Gus Cervini at (202) 682-6142. The Press Office will be located at the San Diego
Convention Center, Mezzanine level, Rooms 17A/B. Hours of operation will be: Saturday, May 17, Noon - 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, May 18 through Thursday, May 22, 8:00
a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Media registration for the meeting is complimentary. All annual
meeting sessions will be open to registered media EXCEPT Continuing Medical
Education (CME) Courses, the Business Meeting, and Clinical and Continuous Case
Conferences. Preliminary programs are available by contacting Gus Cervini, Media
Coordinator, at (202) 682-6142 or by e-mail at
to attend may cover the meeting from off-site. Contact Gus Cervini to obtain media
materials on the meeting.
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This release and other APA materials for media are available in electronic format.
On the World Wide Web, visit the SciNews-MedNews library of Newswise at
http://www.newswise.com. On APA's website, go to http://www.psych.org, and
look in the "News Stand" area. Compuserve subscribers can visit Compuserve's
Journalism Forum (go jforum), look in the SciNews-MedNews Library (library 17),
and select files ending in the extension ".apa." If you wish to obtain a copy of this
release by fax, it is available through APAFastFAX (APA's toll-free fax-on-demand
service). Call 1-888-267-5400. Request a copy of the APA FastFAX menu when
prompted. After you have received the menu by fax, look under the heading
"Public Information," and select the particular release(s) you wish to have faxed to
you.
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The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical speciality society, whose 42,000 physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.
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