Trauma And The Brain, Mind And Body: International Conference

Main Category: Anxiety / Stress
Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry;  Conferences;  Neurology / Neuroscience
Article Date: 08 Oct 2008 - 10:00 PDT

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Ute Lawrence is a survivor of one of the most horrific car pile-ups in Canadian history, involving 87 vehicles and killing eight people. The trauma changed her life, bringing personal distress and the end of her 22-years as a magazine publisher. She is the CEO and founder of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Association, the author of "The Power of Trauma" and one of the featured speakers at an upcoming professional seminar titled "Brain, Mind and Body: Trauma, Neurobiology, and the Healing Relationship.

"PTSD is rampant in our society and yet it's one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed disorders," says Lawrence. "Every time I go out to speak at least ten people come up to me afterward and say 'you described what I have'. These people need professional help."

The two-day seminar is the first bi-annual conference sponsored by the Harris-Woodman Chair in Psyche-Soma in the Department of Psychiatry at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario. Dr. Ruth Lanius, who holds the research chair, says this conference will discuss mechanisms underlying the healing psychotherapeutic relationship from both a behavioural and neuroscientific perspective.

The conference features speakers who are world leaders in understanding the mind-body relationship covering a wide range of topics including disassociation and attachment theories, self-reflection, dream interpretation and the parallels between neuroscience and Buddhism. The conference is aimed at psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, nurses and mental health providers, and is approved for Continuing Medical Education credits.

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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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For more information on the conference and the speakers go to http://www.traumarecoverycenter.com/ and click on the conference.

Source: Kathy Wallis
University of Western Ontario