August 2000
Bulletin Issue 7
(for internal circulation to members only)
World Psychiatric Association
Consensus Statement on the use and usefulness of Second
Generation Antipsychotic Medication
The consensus statement (second
draft) by WPA on the above issue is available at the SPA
website. WPA will fund a local meeting in Singapore to
discuss the above issue. The tentative date is 21.10.00.
Details will be available later.
SINGAPORE MENTAL
HEALTH WEEK'S PROGRAMMES :
- Public Seminar : Be Positive in
setbacks. Take charge.
Date : 7 Oct 00, Sat
Time : 1.00-5.00 pm
Venue : Marriot Hotel, Level 3, Ballroom II & III
Speakers :
Mr David Lim (team
leader, Mt Everest Expedition 99)
Mr Khoo Swee Chiow (team leader, Antarctica Team
2000)
Dr Mok Yin Jang (team leader, Mt Vinson Team 2000)
Dr Joseph Ozawa
- For mental
health professionals : Helping people to cope
Date : .8 Oct 2000, Sunday
Time : 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue : Seminar room 1, Level 2
Mt E Hospital
Speakers :
Mr Long Foo Yee
A/P Lim Meng Kin
Dr Sathya Devan
Ms Jessica Leong
- Public Forum
: Be Positive. Take Charge-Life experiences to share
Date : 14 Oct 2000, Sat
Time : 2-5 pm
Venue : National Cancer centre
Speakers :
A/P Chee Kuan Tsee
Dr Vijay Sethi
Dr Joseph Ozawa
Contact Jessica/Ginny at
7343636/7348411 to register
Public Forum( Mandarin)
: Anxiety and Depression
Date : 2 Sep 2000, Sat
Time : 1-5 pm
Venue : The Pan Pacific Hotel
Ballroom , Level 1
Speakers :
Dr Yeo Seem Huat
Dr Tan Lay Ling
Dr Joshua Kua
Dr Ong Say How
WH Open House : Mental
Health and Work
Date : 30 Sep 2000
Time : 9 am –12.30 pm, 2-5 pm
Afternoon session will focus
on mental health in working women
Target participants will be workers from NTUC, SNEF, MOM
and employers of WH patients
Senior Citizens’
Week – Talks by Prof David Ames
- Depression and Psychosis in the Elderly
Date : 23 Nov 00, Thu
Venue : Lecture Hall, WH
Time : 2 pm
-
Olanzepine in Elderly Psychoses
Date : 24 Nov 00, Fri
Venue : Lecture Hall, WH
Time : 11 am
- Depression
& Psychosis in the Elderly (GP Forum)
Date : 25 Nov 00
Venue : Mandarin Hotel
Time : 2.30-4.00 pm
OVERSEAS CONFERENCES
- Fifth World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
3-7 Sep 2000
Melbourne, Australia
Email: conforg@ozemail.com.au
-
First International Forum on Mood
and Anxiety Disorders
29 Nov-2 Dec 2000
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Email: info@publicreations.com
-
WPA-European
Congress
30 Sep-4 Oct 2001
Madrid, Spain
"The young man who
has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not
laugh is a fool"
-George Santayana
