(most of) the panels, presented in the order they occurred, as approved by speakers
welcome
joseph sexton (director) (undergraduate @ vanderbilt university)
an introduction to the conference.
mental health and (the omission of) ethics, violence, capital
leah giorgini (director @ united states chapter, international society for psychological and social approaches to psychosis [ISPS-US])
cristian montenegro (researcher @ the wellcome centre) (co-founder @ platform for social research on mental health in latin america [PLASMA])
manuel capella (prof @ university of guayaquil critical psych)
rafik wahbi (phd student @ ucla public health)
this panel wonders: how have the politics of mental health been deliberately omitted from mainstream discussions?
becoming a (neuro)migrant: psy-technologies and Haitian migrants in Santiago, Chile
gabriel abarca-brown (researcher @ university of copenhagen) (co-founder @ platform for social research on mental health in latin america [PLASMA])
a keynote exploring the role of health institutions and practitioners in the normalization of “psy-technologies” (e.g., medications, “evidence-based therapies”) among migrant communities.
what makes a valid medium, claim, author…?
lauren bickle (undergrad @ new york university) (tiktok creator)
awais aftab (psychiatrist and prof @ case western reserve university)
joseph sexton (director @ this conference) (undergrad @ vanderbilt university)
jargon-laden, peer-reviewed papers vs. alternative mediums: blogs, social media posts, and books, oftentimes written by technically “unqualified” (e.g., PhD-less) authors
science <-> politics <-> the (involuntary) clinic
juan r. pantoja-patiño (phd student @ loyola university counseling psych)
celia canavan (undergrad @ university of maine farmington)
hyein sarah lee (md-phd student @ university of massachusetts medical school)
osiris rankin (phd student @ harvard university clinical psych)
joseph sexton (conference director, undergrad @ vanderbilt university)
the ways medicalization and science are defined, taught, upheld, and enforced – with a special focus on involuntary hospitalization
studying felt presence in the general population: a union of science and phenomenology
sohee park (prof @ vanderbilt university clinical psych)
tatiana baxter (phd student @ vanderbilt university clinical psych)
cherise rosen (prof @ university of illinois at chicago psychiatry, neuro, public health)
shannon pagdon (research coordinator @ new york state psychiatric institute)
a panel exploring the common phenomenon of felt presence – feeling as though another being is with you, despite a lack of visual evidence – and other nuanced approaches to “psychosis”.
academic, activist, always the pragmatist…
matt jackman (founder @ the australian centre for lived experience [TACFLE])
juan r. pantoja-patiño (phd student @ loyola university counseling psych)
shannon pagdon (research coordinator @ new york state psychiatric institute)
rafik wahbi (phd student @ ucla public health)
tethered but respected academic research; liberatory but unpaid activist work; compensated but demoralizing careers in non-profit. is anyone happy in this system of forced compliance?
global mental health: addressing who, how, why
steven hollon (prof @ vanderbilt university clinical psych)
agastya jhaveri (high school student and blogger @ the manas project)
sumeet jain (lecturer @ university of edinburgh social work)
alma ionescu (phd student @ university college london global health)
what’s the purpose and utility of exporting western approaches to mental health? what evidence is necessary to show this is justified or effective? and who gets to answer these questions in the first place? how can global mental health do better?
youth, against all odds, inevitably: resisting “destigmatization“
lauren bickle (tiktok creator undergrad @ new york university) (tiktok creator)
agastya jhaveri (phd student @ loyola university counseling psych)
crystal widado (research coordinator @ new york state psychiatric institute)
joseph sexton (conference director, undergrad @ vanderbilt university)
a panel where gen z talks about a tiktok filter called “what psych medication are you?” and other symbols that revealed just how dystopian mainstream mental health movements have become
closing
joseph sexton (conference director, undergraduate @ vanderbilt)
the conference comes to a close, joseph makes acknowledgments and false promises (i.e., that materials would be posted within a week [when it in fact took almost three months])