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Upcoming Events
Riggs Clinicians Presenting at the 2018 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting
May 7, 2018 – May 9, 2018
Drs. Belnap, Forouhar Graff, Gerber, Habl, Mintz, Plakun, Seery, and Tillman will be presenting on a variety of topics such as the continuing struggle for equitable mental health care coverage in the United States, approaches to treatment-resistant adolescents, practical psychodynamics, and much more. >>Learn more
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Leadership and Institutional Integrity
July 21, 2018
This one-day conference, which will examine current leadership pressures in our major institutions of education, arts, government, and healthcare, is being held in memory of Rev. Dr. A. Wesley Carr, former Dean of Westminster Abbey (1997-2006), former Erikson Scholar, and former member of the Erikson Institute Council of Scholars of the Austen Riggs Center. >>Learn more
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DUALITY’S END:
Computational Psychiatry and the Cognitive Science of Representation
September 28-30, 2018
The 2018 Erikson Institute Fall Conference for scientists, researchers, scholars, and clinicians aims to bring together, for the first time, experts in the psychology and cognitive science of representation with experts in the emerging field of computational psychiatry for a conference at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, a premier destination in Western Massachusetts. >>Learn more
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit www.austenriggs.org/conferences.
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The Riggs Blog
Check out these popular articles from the Riggs Blog:
Director of Admissions Dr. Samar Habl Talks About the Admissions Process at the Austen Riggs Center
Dr. Habl talks about who should consider treatment at Riggs, what the admissions process entails, and the importance of negotiating a partnership during the admissions consultation. >>Read more
Eric Plakun_ MD
Dr. Eric M. Plakun’s Psychotherapy Column in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice
Read Dr. Plakun’s latest column, titled “Clinical and Insurance Perspectives on Intermediate Levels of Care in Psychiatry.” >>Read more
Austen Riggs Center Research Psychologist Dr. Katie Lewis
Interviewed by New England Psychologist
Dr. Lewis is the recipient of the Robert S. Wallerstein Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Research. New England Psychologist’s Catherine Robertson Souter spoke with Dr. Lewis about the grant and the study it will help to fund. >>Read more
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