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APA’s 164th Annual Meeting Saturday, May 14 to Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Honolulu at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Register for APA 2011 today!  APA President Carol Bernstein, M.D., worked with the Scientific Program Committee to recruit prominent speakers, including:

·         Thomas Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health and David Lewis, M.D., director of the Translational Neuroscience Program at the University of Pittsburgh headlining the NIMH-sponsored track;

·         John Walkup, M.D., New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, discussing new research on anxiety disorders in children and adolescents;

·         Dilip V. Jeste M.D., University of California, San Diego, presenting the latest research on successful cognitive aging and wisdom;

·         Wayne Katon M.D., University of Washington Medical School, addressing the link between depression and diabetes and its implications.

The theme of the meeting is “Transforming Mental Health through Leadership, Discovery and Collaboration,” and the program will feature lectures, continuing medical education courses, as well as hundreds of educational sessions and new research posters.

Convocation Speaker: Desmond Tutu

World-renowned human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu will present the William C. Menninger Memorial Convocation Lecture at the APA Annual Meeting in Hawaii.

The convocation will be on Monday, May 16, 2011, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Beginning with his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, Tutu has worked tirelessly to spread peace, justice and democracy, and to end racial divisions throughout the world.