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MEETING THE SUICIDAL PERSON
The therapeutic approach to the suicidal patient: New perspectives for health professionals
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6th Aeschi Conference, 20.- 23. March 2011
Hotel Aeschi Park, Aeschi, Switzerland
Main Theme
Patient-Oriented Concepts of Suicide:
Trauma and Suicide
With a maximum of 70 conference participants, there will again be an intimate conference atmosphere with presentations, workshops, and discussions focusing on patient-oriented models of suicidal behavior and its therapy.
Speakers/discussants/workshop directors
A. Andreoli • M. Bostwick • G.K. Brown • L. Firestone • M. Goldblatt • C. van Heeringen • H. Hjelmeland • M. Ghahramanlou Holloway • D.A. Jobes • B.L. Knizek • S. Kupferschmid • A. Malafosse • J.T. Maltsberger • K. Michel • I. Orbach • A. McQuillan • E. Ronningstam • M.D. Rudd • M. Schechter • U. Schnyder • L. Valach • I. Weinberg • R. Young
Lectures
The Experience of Trauma in PTSD • Dissociation and the Suicidal Mode • Trauma Narratives • The Vulnerability Concept in Suicide Research • What Are “Adverse Childhood Experiences”? • The Traumatic Experience of Intolerable Affective States • Trauma and the Critical Inner Voice • The Destiny of Kronprinz Rudolf II. (1858-1889) • Borderline Personality Disorders and Trauma • Do We Have the Right Research? Some Reflections on the Best Way Forward
Workshops
Trauma and Suicide: The Case of Peter F. • Combat Related Trauma and Suicide: Concepts of Therapy • Genetic and Neurobiological Aspects • SSF/CAMS Update and Feedback Session • Suicide and Trauma, Dissociation, and Mental Pain • Traumatic Mourning Focused Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (TMFPP) • Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Suicidality • Qualitative Research in Suicidology: Challenges and Opportunities • Trauma by Their Own Hands - Two Case Studies of Suicidal People
Plus
VIDEO-RECORDED INTERVIEWS • GENERAL DISCUSSIONS • POSTER SESSION • SOCIAL EVENT
Target audience
Health professionals (physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, volunteers, etc.).
Educational Objectives
For clinicians to share experiences, to develop a patient-oriented understanding of suicidal behaviour, and to improve the therapeutic competence in the treatment of suicidal patients.
Posters
Poster submissions related to the conference theme are welcome. There will be a chaired poster session with oral presentations.
Registration
The conference package includes conference fee, hotel accommodation (full board), handouts, and social event. There is a limited number of places for conference only participants. The total number of participants will be limited to 70. The registration form should be filled in on your PC and sent or faxed to Anja Maillart, University Psychiatric Hospital Bern (UPD), Murtenstrasse 21, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland, Fax +41 31 632 89 50. Receipt of registration form will be confirmed by fax or e-mail. Final registration will be confirmed by fax or e-mail after payment has been completed.
Organisation
Konrad Michel, and the Aeschi Working Group