21st Annual Summer Program
May 4 to July 9, 2015
You can download the 2015 Summer Program in PDF format.
2015_Summer_School_Program.pdf
General information
Registration information
Courses and workshops
- Cultural Psychiatry
- Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Working with Culture
- The 鶹AV Illness Narrative Interview (MINI)
- Mixed-Methods in Culture and Mental Health
- Global Mental Health Research
- Cultural Therapy: Dream-A-World Workshop
- Use of Film in Cultural Psychiatry
- Indigenous Mental Health Research
- Critical Neuroscience
Guest faculty
鶹AV faculty
2015 Registration for CME Credits & Professional Interest*
In 1995, the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, 鶹AV inaugurated an annual summer school in social and cultural psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. The program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry and will be of interest to:
- postdoctoral trainees, researchers, and clinicians in psychiatry and other mental health disciplines
- residents and graduate students in health and social sciences
- physicians, psychologists, social workers and health professionals
The summer program forms part of the training activities of the Montreal WHO Collaborating Centre and is endorsed by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology.
General information
Director: Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD
Administrator:Consuelo Errazuriz
Administrative Office:
Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry
鶹AV
1033 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1
Tel.: 514-398-7302
Email: tc.psych [at] mcgill.ca
Registration Information
Courses may be taken for academic credit, Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit, or for professional interest. Workshops may be taken only for professional interest or CME.
Enrolment for courses and workshops is limited and early application is stronglyadvised. Please take note of the application deadlines in order to submit your applicationon time.All applicants must submit their CV to the Summer Program Coordinator at tc.psych [at] mcgill.ca to obtain permission to attend the course(s). Be sure to include your current contact information (mailing address, telephone, e-mail and 鶹AV ID (if applicable)) and specify which course(s) you would like to attend.
Professional Interest and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit
Students and professionals applying to the summer program for professional interest can doso through the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry. On successful completion ofthe course or workshop a certificate of attendance will be provided by the Division. This doesnot confer formal academic credit, for which a separate application is required (see below).Registrations for professional interest are accepted as long as room is available in a courseor workshop.
Medical practitioners may take courses and workshops for CME credit. Psychiatrists and general practitioners from North America, who are not seeking academic credits, may enroll for Continuing Medical Education (CME) study credits available from 鶹AV, Continuing Professional Development Office. The CPD grants continuing medical education credits for physicians and is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Education (CACME), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Those interested in obtaining CME credits must indicate this clearly on theregistration form at the end of this brochure. Participants must sign in daily in order toreceive CME credits and attestation certificates.
Registration for Professional Interest or CME credit can only be completed through theDivision of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry.
To register for Professional Interest and CME credit please contact: Summer ProgramCoordinator, tc.psych [at] mcgill.ca, Tel:514-398-7302
Academic credit
The Cultural Psychiatry (PSYT711) and Psychiatric Epidemiology (PSYT713) courses may be taken for academic credit by students enrolled in a graduate program at 鶹AV or another university.All applicants for academic credit must submit their CV to the summer programcoordinator at tc.psych [at] mcgill.cato obtain permission to attend thecourse(s). Be sure to include your current contact information (mailing address, telephone,fax, and e-mail) and specify which course(s) you would like to attend. After this initial step,all further correspondence regarding the registration process for academic credit will be with the Department of Psychiatry Graduate Program Coordinator, by e-mail at:graduate.psychiatry [at] mcgill.ca, Tel: 514-398-4176 or Fax: 514-398-4370.
鶹AV Graduate Students
After receiving permission to attend the course(s), students may register on Minerva once thesummer registration period for graduate students begins. Students are billed by .
鶹AV Double Program Students and 鶹AV Psychiatry Residents
After receiving permission to attend the course(s), students need to apply for “SpecialStudent” status at by February 15, 2015. A $100.00(CAD) application fee is required. (This amount cannot be applied towards course/workshopfees). Official notification of acceptance as a “Special Student” is issued by the Faculty ofGraduate Studies. Double program students must use the paper Minerva forms to register for course(s), not theonline Minerva registration process. 鶹AV double program students and 鶹AV psychiatryresidents are billed by 鶹AV Student Accounts:/student-accounts/tuition-fees/general-information/exchange-senior-citizens-part-time-and-double-program
Non-鶹AV, Québec University Students
After receiving permission to attend the course(s), students need to request an interuniversitytransfer of credits (). Fees are paid to your home university.
Students from University of Toronto and University of British Columbia
After receiving permission to attend the course(s), students need to submit a registrationexchange form to their home university and to the graduate program coordinator at 鶹AV.Fees are paid to your home university.
Students from other Universities in Canada (Inter University Credit Transfer)
Students must first receive permission to attend the course(s) as described earlier. If you areregistered in a graduate program at a Canadian university (different from those mentionedabove) and would like to take courses at 鶹AV, you can apply as a visiting student. If youwould like to take graduate-level courses, without the intention of obtaining a degree ordiploma, you may apply as a special student. Applicants must apply by February 15, 2015at
. A $100.00 (CAD) application fee is required. (Thisamount cannot be applied towards course/workshop fees). Official notification of acceptanceas a “Visiting Student” or a “Special Student” is issued by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.Students obtain a 鶹AV student identity number when applying and use this to register forthe course(s) on Minerva. Transfer of academic credits should be arranged with theapplicant’s own university. Fees are paid to your home university.
International Students
After receiving permission to attend the course(s), students need to apply for “SpecialStudent” status at by January 15, 2015. A $100.00(CAD) application fee is required. (This amount cannot be applied towards course/workshopfees). Official notification of acceptance as a “Special Student” is issued by the Faculty ofGraduate Studies. Students obtain a 鶹AV student identity number when applying and usethis to register for the course(s) on Minerva. Transfer of academic credits should be arrangedwith the applicant’s own university. Students are billed by .
M.Sc. Program in Psychiatry
Students wishing to apply for theMSc programin Psychiatry (with concentration in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) should direct inquiries to:
Graduate Program Coordinator
Ms. Danielle Bastien
Department of Psychiatry
鶹AV
1033 Pine Avenue West, Room 105
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1
Tel.: 514-398-4176
Email:graduate.psychiatry [at] mcgill.ca
Website:
The deadlines for applications and documents from International and Canadian students for the MSc and PhD programs are:
September 15 for entry in January.
January 15for entry in May for international applicants for MSc and PhD andpart time International applicants for summer courses.
February 15for entry in May for Canadian degree program applicants and for part time in the Transcultural courses.
March 15for Canadian and international applicantsfor entry in September.
For more information please visit:
2015 Registration for CME Credits & Professional Interest*
Enrolment is limited. Early registration is advised to ensure a place. Registration must be accompanied by an up-to-date curriculum vitae and a $60.00 (CDN) non-refundable registration fee, by cheque payable to 鶹AV or credit card (authorization form included in brochure). The balance of fees must be paid by the first day of classes. The department reserves the right to cancel under-subscribed courses in the Summer Program. In such cases, fees will be returned to the applicant.
NOTE: If paying by credit card, please send the credit card authorization form by MAIL only.
Courses and workshop
First Session: May 5-27, 2014
Courses
- Click on the course number to see full description.
- Click here for a list of Required and Recommended readings for these courses.
L. Kirmayer & Faculty (3 academic credits)
This seminar surveys recent theory and research on the interaction of culture andpsychiatric disorders. Topics to be covered include: history of cultural psychiatry; crossnationalepidemiological and ethnographic research on major and minor psychiatricdisorders; culture-bound syndromes and idioms of distress; culture, emotion and socialinteraction; somatization and dissociation; psychosis; ritual and symbolic healing andpsychotherapy; mental health of indigenous peoples; mental health of immigrants andrefugees; psychiatric theory and practice as cultural constructions; methods of crossculturalresearch; models of mental health care for multicultural societies; globalizationand the future of cultural psychiatry.
Prerequisites: Courses in abnormal psychology and medical anthropology.
Text: Course readings will be available at the 鶹AV Bookstore.
Begins: May 4-28, 2015 (4 weeks) M 09:00-12:30 & T•Th 13:30-18:00
Location: Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
G. Galbaud du Fort, N. Low & Faculty (3 academic credits)
This course offers an overview of the application of epidemiology in the field ofpsychiatry. Topics include: epidemiologic research methods in psychiatry; instrumentsand methods used in community studies; study of treatment-seeking, pathways to care,and use of services; interaction between psychological distress and physical health;methods used in specific populations and for specific disorders; introduction to clinicaltrials, needs for care and evaluation research.
Prerequisites: EPIB 601 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Text: Course readings will be available at the 鶹AV Bookstore.
Begins: May 4-29, 2015 (4 weeks) M•W•F 13:30-16:45
Location:Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
Workshops
Working with Culture: Clinical Methods in Cultural Psychiatry
C. Rousseau, J. Guzder & Faculty
This workshop for mental health practitioners provides an overview of clinical modelsand methods in cultural psychiatry. Topics include: working with translators and culturebrokers; attending to culture, ethnicity, racism and power in individual and familyinterventions with migrants and ethnocultural minorities; how cultural work transformsthe therapist; ethical issues in intercultural work; strategies for working in differentsettings including schools, community organizations and refugee immigration boards.Invited lecturers will frame the basic issues of clinical intervention through the paradigmsof cultural voices and languages of symptoms, art, and play. The clinical intersection ofhealer, culture, diagnosis, and therapy will be approached by a review of developmentaltheories, identity, and life cycle variations in migrant or minority experience.
Text: Course readings will be available at the 鶹AV Bookstore.
Begins: May 5-28, 2015 (4 weeks) T•Th 09:00-12:00
Location:Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
The 鶹AV Illness Narrative Interview (MINI)
D. Groleau
The 鶹AV Illness Narrative Interview is a semi-structure protocol for elicitinginformation about illness experience that has been widely used in psychiatry, medicineand global health research. This workshop will present the theoretical basis of the MINIas a tool for qualitative health research. We will also cover the potential links with theconcepts and values of Person-Centered Medicine. The workshop will discuss ways toadapt the MINI to study issues involving health behavior, bodily practices, illness,diseases, somatic and emotional symptoms. Participants will practice the MINI in one-toone interviews and learn ways to code and analyze qualitative data produced withthe MINI.
Begins: May 4-13, 2015 (12 hours) M•W 01:30-5:00
Location: Room #1, Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
Mixed-Methods in Culture and Mental Health Research
R. Whitley, A. Ryder & Faculty
This course will introduce participants to mixed-methods research in cultural and social psychiatry in a stepwise manner. The course will consist of three modules: (1) introduction to qualitative research; (2) introduction to quantitative research; (3) introduction to mixed-methods studies. Modules 1 and 2 will focus on methodologies, study design, execution, analysis and dissemination. In Module 3, students will learn how and when to integrate qualitative and quantitative approaches into a mixed-method study. Ample time will be given for questions and discussion of individual projects.
Text: Course readings will be available at the 鶹AV Bookstore.
Date: May 5-28, 2015, T·W·Th4 09:00-12:30
Location: TBD
Global Mental Health Research
D. Pedersen & Faculty
The seminar provides an introduction to key issues in global mental health (GMH)research with special reference to low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We willexplore the tensions between a vertical public health approach, grounded in a biomedicalframe and current evidence-based practices, and a horizontal community-based approach,that emphasizes local taxonomies and priorities, empowerment of local resources andendogenous solutions. The seminar will build a cultural critique of GMH and raise basicissues for discussion: (a) current priorities in GMH research have been largely framed bymental health professionals and their institutional partners based in Northern countries,reflecting the dominant interests of psychiatry and paying insufficient attention toSouthern partners and local priorities; (b) the assumption in GMH that major psychiatricdisorders are biologically determined and therefore universal; (c) the focus on existingevidence-based treatments, and the assumption that Western standard treatments can bereadily applied across cultures with minimal adaptation; and (d) the emphasis on GMHinterventions that may marginalize indigenous forms of healing and coping which maycontribute to positive outcomes and recovery. The ultimate goal of this seminar is tooutline a balanced critical perspective on GMH as a new field of enquiry and practice thatacknowledges the importance of the social determinants of mental health and theinterplay between the social and the cultural with the biological dimensions of mentalhealth. The seminar will include lectures, panel presentations, case studies and plenarydiscussions of readings by faculty and students, supplemented by video documentariesand films.
Begins: May 8-29, 2015 (24 hours) F 09:00-12:30
Location:Room 101, Department of Social Studies ofMedicine, 3647 Peel Street
Cultural Therapy: Dream-A-World Workshop
F. Hickling, G. Walcott, H. Robertson-Hickling, & J. Guzder
Dream-A-World Cultural Therapy is an innovative program to foster self-esteem, mental health and school performance among children. Originally developed for high-risk primary school children in inner city Kingston, Jamaica, the program has met with great success and is currently being scaled up in school districts across Jamaica. This workshop will familiarize participants with the philosophy and methods of Cultural Therapy by engaging in the process. Topics will include: a framework for collective behaviour change; using creative imagination to address attachment issues of childhood; creating a script and “culturing” the performance. The workshop will be videotaped for later presentation at the 鶹AV ASI. All participants must sign a consent and intellectual property release form before the workshop. Participants should bring musical instruments of their choosing to the workshop.
[Limited to 20 participants with clinical/therapy backgrounds or equivalent]
Date: May 30-31, 2015 (15 hours)S•Sun 9:00-18:00
Location:Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry (Room G-23), 4333 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montréal H3T 1E4
Indigenous Mental Health Research
L. Kirmayer, A. Bombay, J. Burack, E. Chachamovich, S. Dandeneau, S. Fraser, A. Laliberté, & C. Tait
This workshop will survey recent work on the social determinants of mental health anddiscuss issues in the design and implementation of culturally appropriate mixed-methodsresearch with Indigenous communities and populations. The emphasis will be onconceptual issues and the development of research methodology to address both commonand severe mental health problems and interventions. Specific topics will include: ethicalissues in Indigenous health research; the role of Indigenous identity in mental health,resilience and well-being; suicide prevention and mental health promotion; visualmethods in Aboriginal mental health research; evaluation of community-based mentalhealth services; culturally adapted interventions; and Indigenous approaches to healing.
Text: Kirmayer, L. J., & Valaskakis, G. G. (2009). Healing traditions: The mental healthof Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Date: June 15-18, 2015 (18 hours) T•W•Th 09:00-17:00
Location: Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
Use of Film in Cultural Psychiatry: Healing Inter-group Divisions Through Film
F. Lu
In a world marked by racial, ethnic and religious divisions, we desperately need to see each other again in a human way. Film can help us take this step. This workshop will explore one way to use film to foster intercultural understanding and healing. We will bring a mindfulness perspective to the experience of viewing 4 feature films (To Kill a Mockingbird, Bagdad Café, Freedom Writers, Invictus). We will learn to observe conscious and unconscious biases that divide people from each other and question how these biases might be transformed. The films all tell stories in which people are moved to consider compassion and collaboration rather than confrontation when engaging differences. One film will be shown in its entirety each morning and each afternoon of the 2-day workshop with a brief introduction and centering exercise to begin the session, and individual and group processing after the film. Processing will include silent reflection, journaling, dyadic sharing, and group discussion focused first on the participants’ experience of the film and then on how the film could be used in teaching cultural psychiatry.
Date: May 30-31, 2015, S•Sun 9:00-17:00
Location:Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry (Amphitheatre), 4333 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montréal H3T 1E4
Critical Neuroscience
S. Choudhury, I. Gold, L. Kirmayer & Faculty
This course provides an overview of current controversies surrounding cognitive neuroscience and the implications of recent advances in research for psychiatry, education, bioethics and health policy. It will present the interdisciplinary project of critical neuroscience as a framework and set of tools with which to critically analyze interpretations of neuroscience data in the academic literature, their representation in popular domains and more broadly, the growth of neurocultures since the Decade of the Brain. This course will problematize and consider alternatives to neurobiological reductionism in psychiatry, neuroethics, cultural neuroscience and neuropolicy, attending to the models, metaphors and political contexts of mainstream brain research. It will also explore various avenues for engagement between neuroscience, social science and humanities. Sessions will be devoted to: critical methods; methodological problems in neuroscience; cultural neuroscience, social determinants of health; psychiatry, neuroeducation; mindfulness; and neuroethics.
Text: Choudhury, S. & Slaby, J. (Eds). (2012).Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience, New York: Wiley.
Date: July 6-9, 2015 (24 hours)M•T•W•Th 9:00-17:00
Location:Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building, 1033 Pine Avenue West
Guest faculty
Gilles Bibeau, PhD, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal
Amy Bombay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Nursing and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Gregory Brass, PhD (Cand), Assistant Executive Director, Aanischaaukamikw, Cree Cultural Institute, Oujé-Bougoumou, Québec
Stéphane Dandeneau, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal
Sarah Fraser, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal
Frederick Hickling, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of the West Indies
Arlene Laliberté, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychoeducation, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Stephanie Lloyd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Université Laval
Francis Lu, MD, Luke & Grace Kim Professor of Cultural Psychiatry Emeritus, University of California, Davis
Georg Northoff, MD, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, ELJB-CIHR Michael Smith Chair in Neurosciences and Mental Health, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Eric Racine, PhD, Associate Professor & Director, Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Université de Montréal
Eugene Raikhel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Hilary Robertson-Hickling, PhD, Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies
Andrew Ryder, PhD, Associate Professor & Director, Culture and Personality Laboratory, Concordia University
Stephen Snow, PhD, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University
Caroline Tait, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan
Geoffrey Walcott, MD, Head of the Kingston and St. Andrew Mental Health Services (KSAMHS), Jamaica
Gilah Yelin Hisrch, MFA, Professor of Art, California State University, Dominguez
鶹AV faculty
Please see our Faculty web page for more information.
Lawrence Annable, Dip. Stat., Professor, Division of Psychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry
Alain Brunet, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Jacob Burack, PhD, Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology
Eduardo Chachamovich, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Suparna Choudhury, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry
Ellen Corin, PhD, Associate Professor, Emerita, Department of Psychiatry
Nancy Frasure-Smith, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry; Senior Research Associate, Montreal Heart Institute; Invited Researcher, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Research Centre
Kia Faridi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Guillaume Galbaud du Fort, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital
Ian Gold, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Psychiatry
Danielle Groleau, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Research Associate, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Jewish General Hospital
Jaswant Guzder, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Head of Child Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital
G. Eric Jarvis, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Cultural Consultation Service, Jewish General Hospital
Suzanne King, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, James 鶹AV Professor; Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Director, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Jewish General Hospital
Myrna Lashley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 鶹AV
Eric Latimer, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Marc Laporta, MD, Director, Montreal WHO-PAHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Douglas University Institute and 鶹AV Health Center
Eric Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Karl Looper, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Jewish General Hospital
Nancy Low, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Ann C. Macaulay, CM, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Director of Participatory Research at 鶹AV, and previous Scientific Director Kahnawake Centre for Research and Training in Diabetes Prevention
Ashok Malla, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Canada Research Chair in Early Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Toby Measham, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Lucie Nadeau, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Duncan Pedersen, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Scientific Director, International Programs, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Michel Perreault, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Amir Raz, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Ellen Rosenberg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Cécile Rousseau, MD, MSc, Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Research and Training Centre, CSSS de la Montagne
Monica Ruiz-Casares, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Norbert Schmitz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Brett Thombs, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry; Research Associate, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Jewish General Hospital
Ashley Wazana, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital
Robert Whitley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Allan Young, PhD, Marjorie Bronfman Professor, Department of Social Studies of Medicine, Anthropology, and Psychiatry