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The Marcé
Society
in conjunction with
Postpartum Support International
Perinatal Mental
Health Research: Harvesting the Potential
The next Marcé meeting,
to be held with PSI,
is October 27-30, 2010 (Wednesday
through Saturday). It will be located at the Sheraton Station Square in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Pittsburgh is a lovely city that is
situated on the confluence of three rivers (the Monongahela and
Allegheny Rivers form the Ohio River. Our meeting site is on the
Monongahela River near that confluence. Shopping, a comedy club, river
and city tours, and good restaurants are within walking distance.
This picture used with permission of the Pittsburgh CVB:http://www.visitpittsburgh.com;
To visit the Pittsburgh CVB Photo Tour click below:
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Key Note Speaker:
Former
First Lady Mrs. Rosalynn Carter
Both during and upon leaving the White House in 1981, Mrs.
Carter has continued to remain active advocating for mental
health reforms. We are honored to have her as a key note
speaker at our 2010 International Marcé Society Conference. She
created and chairs The Carter Center's Mental Health Task Force,
and hosts an annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health
Policy. Mrs. Carter also chairs the International
Committee of Women Leaders for Mental Health and launched the
campaign" Every Child By Two," to publicize the need for
early childhood immunizations as well as working with Habitat
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Recently Mrs. Carter has authored WITHIN OUR REACH: Ending the
Mental Health Crisis along with Susan K. Golant and Kathryn E.
Cade (Rodale Books, May 1, 2010; $22.99; 192 pages hardcover).
In her book, Mrs. Carter shares insights she gained during her
35 years of work in the field and issues a call to action for
creating greater equity for mental illnesses in our health care
system.
As taken from the press release for her book “Carter has been
deeply invested in this issue since her husband’s gubernatorial
campaign, when she saw firsthand the horrific dehumanizing
treatment of people with mental illnesses. Carter writes,
“Americans think of ourselves as decent, generous and
compassionate people and for the most part we are. But we treat
a large portion of our own population as if they are second
class citizens. Ultimately, the way we treat people with mental
illnesses in our society is a moral issue—to neglect those, who
through no fault of their own, are in need runs counter to our
core principles—the values of decency and equality that we hold
dear.
Carter maintains that those populations most keenly
shortchanged are children, the elderly, the poor, those affected
by trauma (everyone from Katrina victims to veterans), and those
trapped in the criminal justice system, among others. Through
deeply personal reflections, based on her years of advocacy,
Carter illustrates why these groups are suffering and reveals
the solutions we can implement now to remedy the situation.” |
Call for
Abstracts:
We are no longer accepting
abstracts.
Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., M.S., has selected the
overarching theme of the Marcé
Society 2010 meeting: Perinatal Mental Health Research: Harvesting
the Potential. The conference has three formats for which abstracts
will be accepted: oral paper presentations (within symposia with
3-4 other related papers), poster presentations, and special interest
groups. The latter format is a new addition to the meeting. This is a
1.5 hour interactive discussion (not a lecture, no slides allowed!)
suggested by an individual (alone or on behalf of a larger group) for a
topic of interest to multiple members. An example might be Ethical
Issues in Prescribing Medication during Pregnancy.
The
conference includes a wide range of topics of interest to the membership
of the Marcé Society:
1) Promote discovery in the brain and behavioral sciences
to fuel research on the causes of perinatal mental disorders; 2) Chart
perinatal mental illness trajectories to determine when, where, and how
to intervene; 3) Develop new and better interventions that incorporate
the diverse needs and circumstances of women with perinatal mental
illnesses and their families; 4) Strengthen the public health impact of
research for women with perinatal disorders and their families.
Presentations from representatives of all disciplines of health care and
consumers of health care, from all countries, will be considered.
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