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• Conduct original research on the theory and treatment of eating disorders and related women's mental health problems
• Provide meaningful training for professionals in the field of women's mental health
• Support advocacy in women's mental health

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• Pennsylvania
• Florida
• New York
• New Jersey
• Connecticut
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas

1. 21-st Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals: "Feminist Relational Perspectives and Beyond - The Next Generation" (November 11-13, 2011: Philadelphia, PA)

21-st Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals
"Feminist Relational Perspectives and Beyond - The Next Generation"

(Please refer to the meeting's Web pages.)

Event sponsor: Renfrew Center Foundation

November 11-13, 2011
Philadelphia, PA

The numerous accomplishments of the last several decades lay a strong foundation for significant future contributions as the field of eating disorders continues to evolve. This Conference is dedicated to the next generation of clinicians and researchers as well as to prevention and advocacy, advances in treatment, and to a more in-depth exploration of theory and data.

Topics:

• Neuroscience Applications
• Empirically Supported Treatments and Empirically Supported Relationships
• Mentoring, Supervision and Clinical Growth
• Mindfulness
• Family Based Approaches
• Treatment Motivation
• Traits and Temperament: Implications for Treatment
• Significance of Resilience for Patients and Therapists
• Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder
• Use of the Internet in Treatment and Prevention

Keynotes:

• The Mindful and Relational Brain: The Next Integration
  • Daniel Siegel, MD
  • Amy Banks, MD
  • Beth McGilley, PhD
• “Cinderella Ate My Daughter”
  • Peggy Ornstein
• Mindfulness and Intimacy: Enhancing Personal and Professional Relationships
  • Ronald D Siegel, PsyD

Deadline for abstracts or proposals: 3/16/2011.

There can be as many as 17.5 continuing education credit hours available for
  -psychologists
  -social workers
  -marriage & family therapists
  -counselors
  -various disciplines

Event Contact:

Debbie Lucker
Renfrew Center Foundation
475 Spring Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19128

877/367-3383
215/482-2695 fax

dlucker@renfrew.org

(Specially mailed in by Lindsay Abbott on 25 APR 11.)

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• Studies concerned with group decision making and social judgment
• Conformity and independence
• Violence and aggression, scholastic achievement, delinquency, and alternative schools
• Social relationships and social support within African American communities
• Aging in a variety of social contexts
• Effects of educational television, computers, and other novel technology in classrooms
• Stereotyping and social judgment
• Culture and cognition, cognitive anthropology
• Human mating strategies and conflict between the sexes
• Mental representation of social categories with a focus on the development of notions of race in young children

Founded in 1970, RIA scientists study alcoholism, substance abuse, and related issues such as crime and violence. The Institute offers addiction treatment services through its Clinical Research Center [CRC], an exemplary program which applies clinical research to improved treatment strategies. The history of alcoholism and the biomedical consequences of alcohol consumption are addressed by the Center for the Clinical and Medical Epidemiology of Alcohol.

Research topics include:

• Etiology, prevention, intervention, and treatment of addictions
• Role of alcohol and other drugs in crime and violence
• Needs of special populations, including minorities, women, and youth
• Driving while intoxicated
• Social and psychological aspects of addictions
• Health and medical aspects of addictions

The official publication of RSoA is Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.