Mental Health and Telemedicine Organizations and Their Events

A Worldwide Calendar and Locator Resource
Maintained by Myron Pulier, MD

This Page Runs From FAMINSD- to FAMZ-

The current phase, FRC IV focuses on 4 types of transition:

1. Geographical, including immigration and migration
2. Life course, which includes biologically-rooted and stage-related change
3. Economic, including poverty and job change or loss
4. Traumas, which include loss and unusually stressful events

Objectives:

• Promote scholarly exchange and training in the study of transitions among diverse families
• Advance substantive, theoretical and methodological knowledge on transitions among diverse families, as they influence and are influenced by family processes and the mental health of family members

FRC IV activities include:

• Generating and engaging in collaborative research
• Convening annual Summer Institutes that promote interchange among scholars in the field and disseminate information on advances in conceptual development, research design, measurement and statistical methodology appropriate for research on diverse families and mental health
• Conducting a multi-site postdoctoral training program that prepares a new generation of scholars to address mental health and family issues in diverse populations
• Facilitating the development of scholar study groups that independently pursue advancement and discovery on specialized subtopics related to the FRC IV themes

At the Annual Symposia, 2,500 professionals gather. There is also a nationwie system of Forums, small local discussion groups. International Training Scholarships bring in professional clinicians from countries that lack training programs. The Minority Scholarship Program gives grants to training institutions to increase the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of the family therapy profession. The Public Education Project sponsors programs for the general public. The Network also provides books, periodicals and training materials to professionals worldwide who otherwise would have no access to such resources.

Goals:

• Ensure parity for clinical social workers as family practitioners and educators
• Ensure our national identity by setting our own family therapy standards
• Ensure inclusion in managed care and future national health care programs
• Promote broader acceptance of relational diagnosis for insurance reimbursement
• Keep clinical social workers, family therapists informed on issues affecting their practice
• Advocate for Clinical Social Workers/family therapists both within and outside the mental health field

The FVPF trains judges and police officers to respond appropriately when they are confronted with battering, and to treat it as a serious crime. It works with healthcare providers across the country to educate them about how to identify and help victims of abuse and their children. The FVPF has developed a multi-faceted public education campaign to raise awareness about the problem and let people know what they can do to get involved in their communities.

The official publications of FVSAI are:

• The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
• The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma
• The Journal of Emotional Abuse
• The Journal of Child Custody

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