Interpersonal & Communication Skills

ECHO – Psychiatry in Primary Care Community of Practice

The purpose of this 9 session community of practice is to build the capacity of primary care clinicians and clinical teams to effectively manage common mental health conditions in adults. It will feature interactive case presentations from the participants. The…

ECHO – Substance Use Disorders in Jails

This 12-session ECHO aims to increase Substance Use Disorder (SUD) identification and treatment by Oregon jail using the Project ECHO model. ECHO is a tele-mentoring program that uses videoconferencing technology to combine brief expert presentations with interactive and practical case…

ECHO – Dermatology in Primary Care

This ECHO program will Empower primary care clinicians with the knowledge and skills needed to treat common skin conditions in their practices

Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP) Webinar Series

The Association of Medicine & Psychiatry (AMP) hosts a monthly webinar series that serves as a platform for dual trained psychiatrists to discuss the intersection of medicine and psychiatry. These webinars cover a range of topics relevant to both fields,…

Hormone Replacement in Peri- and Post-Menopausal Women

Many women experience significant, negative symptoms of hormone deprivation or are inadequately treated for those symptoms which can negatively impact their health and quality of life. As a reaction to the initial report of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study…

The Unremembered Contributions of Drs. William Alanson White, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Clara Thompson: Social Reformers and Clinical Innovators

Underrecognized now, but yet in the early half of the twentieth century, these analysts made revolutionary contributions to socio-cultural theory in psychoanalysis and advanced efforts toward advocating societal reforms. Their seminal writing on psychiatric education, institute training models, community mental…

Dialogues With Holmes Report – Racism as a Central Definer Of Culture

The Holmes Report reminds us that the basis of racism, what it flourishes on is the stance of “we and they”. This impacts almost all aspects of the organizational identity and structure, and there are thin margins from everyday microaggressions…

Freud, Gandhi, and South Asia: Historical, Philosophical and Clinical Perspectives

In an era that is increasingly conscious of race and diversity, analysts and therapists are seeking to identify their own biases in understanding other cultures. Freud (depth psychology) and Gandhi (psychosocial/mutual understanding) will be contrasted and explored in the context…

Ernest Becker’s Magnum Opus “The Denial of Death,” Fifty Years On

In 1974, Ernest Becker was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for “The Denial of Death”. Fifty years later, we will highlight its keen interdisciplinary contributions and theories it has spawned (Terror Management Theory) in synthesizing ideas from philosophy, anthropology, and religion,…

The Right to Privacy and Its Psychic Relevance

Protection of patients’ privacy has always been a priority for psychoanalytic practitioners. Although prioritized and guaranteed, privacy has not been examined in light of the multiple theoretical perspectives psychoanalysts and psychotherapists use in their work with patients. The right to…