Upcoming Events
Monday,
October 6, 2008: 3:30-5:30PM
"Distinguishing Scientific from Pseudoscientific Mental Health Practices"
SCOTT LILIENFELD, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology at Emory University, Recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award, Founder and editor of the Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, Associate Editor of Applied and Preventive Psychology and a regular columnist for Scientific American Mind magazine
Monday, November 3, 2008: 6:00-8:00PM
Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D.
"Sleepy, Dopey, and Grumpy: Sleep and Sleep Disturbances in Children and Adolescents"
Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate
Psychology at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia
Associate Director of the Sleep Center at the Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia
Location
Drexel University
Bossone Research Enterprise Center
Mitchell Auditorium
(Market Street
between
31st & 32nd St.)
Admission (to be paid at the door):
Free for PBTA members and Drexel
faculty, staff, and students;
$25 for non-members; $10 for non-member students
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At the completion of this talk, participants will be able to:
1. Survey the burgeoning problem of pseudoscience in mental health practice
2. Provide user-friendly tips for distinguishing scientific from pseudoscientific therapy and assessment techniques
3. Discuss constructive remedies for placing the field of clinical psychology on firmer scientific footing
Scott O. Lilienfeld received his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1986-1987. He was assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990-1994, and now is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. He recently was appointed a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science, and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. Dr. Lilienfeld is a past president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology within Division 12. He is the founder and editor of the Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, Associate Editor of Applied and Preventive Psychology, and a regular columnist for Scientific American Mind magazine. He has authored or co-authored six books and over 160 journal articles and chapters. Dr. Lilienfeld has also been a participant in Emory University's "Great Teachers" lecturer series, as well as the Distinguished Speaker for the Psi Chi Honor Society at the American Psychological Association and Midwestern Psychological Association conventions.
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