FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 98-20
April 27, 1998
Contact:
Melissa Saunders Katz
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fax 202-682-6255
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* * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * *
VIOLENCE IN SPORTS EXAMINED AT APA 151ST ANNUAL MEETING IN TORONTO, CANADA
Note: All presentations are embargoed until the day of presentation.
With violence in sports ever-present in the news -- players attacking coaches, unnecessary roughness in the Olympic women's hockey competition, even ear-bitting in boxing -- psychiatrists, coaches and players join a panel at the American Psychiatric Association's 151st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 30 - June 4, 1998, at the Toronto Convention Centre:
WHEN SPORTS GOES OVER THE LINE
(Symposium 58, Tuesday, June 2, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.)
Presenters include: Antionia L. Baum, M.D., Robert W. Burton, M.D., Ronald L Kamm, M.D., Panel of athletes and sports experts: Bobby Chez, former boxer and referee for Holyfield/Tyson fight; Stu Gavin, former hockey player; Phyllis Ellis, Olympic silver medalist in field hockey; Thane Campbell, sports attorney and former athlete
Other sessions dealing with violence:
DEALING WITH VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS
(Component Workshop 7, Monday, June 1 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
Presenters include: Lois T. Flaherty, M.D., Carl C. Bell, M.D., Paul Jay Fink, M.D., Joan Evelyn Kinlan, M.D., Joseph J. Palombi, M.D.
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND VIOLENT CRIME
(Review of Psychiatry: Part II, Tuesday, June 2, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
Presenters include: Andrew E. Skodol, II, M.D.
VIOLENCE PREVENTION: A PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN
(Lecture 13, Tuesday, June 2, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Solomon Carter Fuller Award lecture)
Deborah B. Prothrow-Stith, M.D.
PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: A TIME OF VIOLENCE, PARTS I & II: JUVENILE JUSTICE
(Wednesday, June 3, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon)
Lawrence A. Stone, M.D.
INTERGROUP VIOLENCE
(Wednesday, June 3, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Alan A. Stone, M.D.
VIOLENCE TURNS ME ON: NAZI SKINHEAD ADOLESCENTS IN GERMANY
(Symposium 86C, Wednesday, June 3, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Presenters include: Annette Streeck-Fischer
Note: media wishing to attend sessions must register in the APACommunications 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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