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2012 NASPOG Annual Meeting

April 22-25, 2012

Renaissance Hotel

Providence, RI

Please mark your calendars and
 plan to attend!

We're looking for good ideas!  Yours!

Please submit suggestions for future newsletter items, personal news, or even suggested topics for the next meeting.  

Send them to info@naspog.org

NASPOG 

The North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, is a Society of researchers, clinicians, educators and scientists involved in women's mental health and healthcare. Formed in the 1960s as a collaboration among Obstetrician Gynecologists, Psychiatrists and Psychologists, the Society's aim is to foster scholarly scientific and clinical study of the biopsychosocial aspects of obstetric and gynecologic medicine. 
 
 For more information:  www.naspog.org  

President's Corner

Welcome to the new Newsletter!  With the long span between meetings, it has been easy to lose track of what is going on in NASPOG.  Hopefully this newsletter will be a convenient way to stay apprised of what is going on in the world of women's mental health.

I am looking forward to the next year as your President and hope to see you in Providence next April for the 2012 NASPOG Annual Meeting.  The planning for our meeting is currently underway!   A planning committee headed by Margaret Howard and myself are busy planning a fun and educational event.  In addition to Margaret, committee members are Beth Prairie, Sarah Fox, Claudio Soares, Hadine Joffee, Marlene Freeman, Katherine Wisner and Susan Kornstein.

Please email me any comments or suggestions for the meeting or how we can improve NASPOG at Teri_Pearlstein@brown.edu.

2010 NASPOG Annual Meeting

Last year's meeting was held in Richmond, Virginia,  at the tail end of one of the worst snowstorms the Middle Atlantic states have seen!  Unfortunately several members and speakers were unable to make it.  Thanks to some quick negotiations by President Susan Kornstein, some excellent speakers were found to fill the spots.  Some highlights of that meeting included Marce symposia on ethical considerations in pregnancy and perinatal depression screening, as well as symposia on diversity issues in reproduction and psychosocial aspects of pelvic floor disorders.  Dr. Kenneth Kendler delivered a fascinating luncheon lecture on genetic epidemiology of psychiatric disease, and the Weinberg Memorial lecture was delivered by Dr. Gerry Joseph, the president of ACOG, who presented an ob/gyn's view of perinatal depression screening. 

Thanks to all who contributed and attended!

IAWMH - 4th World Congress on Women's Mental Health - March 2011 in Madrid

President Susan Kornstein

The NASPOG meeting was not held this year because many of our members attended the 4^th World Congress of the International Association for Women's Mental Health, which was held in March in Madrid, Spain.  Almost 850 attendees from 68 different countries met to discuss research, practices and developments in the field of women's mental health. 

More information about the organization and the details of the meeting can be found at their website: www.iawmh.org

Flamenco dancers opened the Congress in Madrid.

IAWMH Executive Committee - (from left) Anita Riecher-Rossler, Teri Pearlstein, Susan Kornstein, Donna Stewart and Marta Rondon

NASPOG Executive Committee

The NASPOG Executive Board also held their annual meeting at the World Congress on Women's Mental Health.  The following members have been elected to the board:

President - Teri Pearlstein, MD 

Vice President - Jonathan Schaffir, MD  

Secretary/Treasurer - Shari Lusskin, MD                   

Immediate Past President - Susan Kornstein, MD               

Members at Large:

   Michael O'Hara, PhD

   Lori Ross, PhD

   Chiara Ghetti, MD

   Cynthia Neill Epperson, MD

Marce Society Rep - Katherine Wisner, MD 

Update from Marcè Society

A memorial conference in honor of Channi Kumar was held at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College & King's Health Partners in London on May 19 and 20, 2011.  Channi was a beloved member and founder of the International Marcé Society.  Two other founding members of the Marcé, John Cox and Ian Brockington, participated in the program.  The program was top-notch, and organized by Carmine M. Pariante (Chair), Sue Conroy, Paola Dazzan, Louise Howard, Susan Pawlby and Trudi Seneviratne.   The breadth of interests that Channi had were reflected in the program, which included topics such as Biological Correlates of Anxiety and Depression in the Perinatal Period, Treatment of Perinatal Psychiatric Disorders, Parenting Skills: Assessment and Intervention, Biological Correlates of Psychosis in the Perinatal Period, Global Epidemiology of Perinatal Psychiatric Disorders and Keeping the Baby in Mind.  Superb plenary lectures were given by Margaret Oates and Dale Hay.  The speakers, many of whom are Marcé members, are listed below.  Included are our current President Nine Glangeaud, Treasurer Vivette Glover, and Past Presidents Louis Appleby, Ian Brockington, John Cox, Lynne Murray, Margaret Oates, Mike O'Hara and Kathie Wisner.  Thanks to the organizers for an excellent program! 

International Biennial Congress of The Marcè Society