Behavioral
Emergencies Update
In this issue...
The 109th Annual APA Convention
Minutes from the Section 7 Business Meeting
Helping Youth Cope with Terrorism
Special Offer for Section VII Members
Extras
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Welcome
New Members of Section VII!
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| Jack Annon, Ph.D., Honolulu, HI |
James Collins, Ph.D., Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara |
| Katherine Ann Comtois, Ph.D., University of Washington |
Lori I. Greene, Ph.D., Larchmont, NY |
| Marc Gurtman, New York, NY |
Kelly Hyman, Boston VAMC |
| John Monahan, Ph.D., UVA School of Law (honorary member) |
Masako Mori, Columbia University |
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Merrie Lee Stringall-Irwin, MFTI, Comprehensive Child Crisis Services, San Francisco |
David T. Susman, Ph.D., Lexington, KY |
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Elizabeth Wagner, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Lina Weissman, San Francisco, CA |
Congratulations!
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Bruce Bongar, Ph.D. has been elected as President-Elect
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Phil Kleespies, Ph.D. has been elected as Treasurer of Section VII.
- Marilou Gonzales, Psy.D., has been appointed as the next editor of Behavioral Emergencies Update.
- All will start their terms on 1/1/02.
FYI
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention awards research grants to investigators conducting clinical, biological, or psychosocial research on the problem of suicide, for one or two-year periods, and for up to three years for postdoctoral research fellowships. Established Investigator Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Standard Research Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowship applications must be received by December 15 for funding decisions in May. Pilot grants are accepted throughout the year, with funding decisions four to six months after the Foundation’s receipt of the application. For more information, go to the AFSP website at http://www.afsp.org.
Mark Your Calendars!
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35th Annual AAS Conference April 10-13, 2002 Bethesda, MD http://www.suicidology.org
- 3rd National Congress on Childhood Emergencies April 15-17, 2002 Dallas, TX http://www.ems-c.org
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110th Annual APA Convention August 22 - 25, 2001 Chicago, IL http://www.apa.org
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the Listserv
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on to the Section VII listserv, send an email to: listserv@lists.apa.org
with the following in the body of the message: “SUBSCRIBE EMERGENCY-PSYCH
(YOUR NAME).” To submit an item to the listserv, send an email to Emergency-Psych@lists.apa.org
and your message will go to all on the list.
Nominations are welcome for our next Lifetime Achievement
Award.
If you have suggestions, please contact Dr. Bob Yufit at R-Yufit@nwu.edu,
or any member of the Executive Board.
Contribute to the Spring 2002 issue of Behavioral Emergencies
Update!
Contact Marilou Gonzales, Psy.D., at mlgo@ix.netcom.com.
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