FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 1998
Contact: Melissa Saunders Katz
202-682-6142
fax 202-682-6255
[email protected]
www.psych.org
*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***
GAY AND LESBIAN ISSUES FEATURED
AT APA 151ST ANNUAL MEETING IN TORONTO, CANADA
Note: All presentations are embargoed until the day of presentation.
Psychiatric experts will share the latest research into the causes and
treatment of mental illness at the American Psychiatric Association?s 151st
Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 30-June 4, 1998, at the
Toronto Convention Centre. The following are a few, highlighted
presentations:
GAY MEN, LESBIANS, AND BISEXUALS: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES (Symposium 10,
Monday, June 1, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Presenters include: Graeme Hanson,
M.D., Amy E. Banks, M.D., Robert M. Kertner, M.D., Francisco J. Gonzoles,
M.D., Maggie Magee, M.S.W., Robert P. Cabaj, M.D.
INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN HIV-POSITIVE
MEN AND WOMEN (Review of Psychiatry, Part IV, 18, Tuesday, June 2, 9:00
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Presenters include: Holly A. Swartz, M.D.
PATHOLOGY TO PRIDE: EVOLVING VIEWS OF HOMOSEXUALITY (Component Workshop 55,
Thursday, June 4, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Presenters include: Kenneth B.
Ashley, M.D., Robert J. Mitchell, M.D.
Note: media wishing to attend sessions must register in the APA
Communications Center.
The APA Communications Center will be located in the Toronto Convention
Centre, lower level. Hours of operation will be Saturday, May 30th 12:00
noon to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, May 31st through Wednesday, June 3rd, 8:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 4th, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 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 Erin Murphy
at 202-682-6324 or e-mail [email protected]. Journalists unable to attend
may cover the meeting off-site by contacting the Division of Public Affairs
and requesting materials.
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