Eliot Sorel, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A., former WPS President and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & of Global Health at the George Washington University School of Medicine & School of Public Health delivered the keynote lecture on Psychiatry & Primary Care Integration: American & British Perspectives at the invitation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Thursday, June 24th 2010.

Photos by David Hathcox

Honorees at the President's Dinner


Beny J. Primm, M.D., President, Urban Resource Institute
Annelle B. Primm, M.D., M.PH., Deputy Medical Director of the APA and Director of APA's Office of Minority and National Affairs
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Hampton: Handbook of African Merican Health
Chapter by D. Lawson, WPS board member

Global Disaster: Lessons Learned from New Orleans, Haiti & Chile News
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Award Winners from the WPS 60th Celebration Front Row (L to R): Mrs. Betty Robinson, widow of Dr. Luther Robinson, 2009 Psychiatrist of the Year; Dr. Kristen Reese, Chair, Montgomery County Citizens Review Panel, 2009 Community Service Award; Dr. Harold I. Eist, WPS Immediate Past President, 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Back Row (L to R): Dr. David Driver, 2009 Resident of the Year Award, Dr. Eliot Sorel (Wellstone Award Founder), Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) 2009 Wellstone Award Not present – Franklin Goldstein, Esq, 2009 Meritorious Service Award.

60th Anniversary Video
November 20, 2009
JW Marriott, Washington, DC.

WPS Members Meet with Haiti Ambassador- March, 2010
"Dr. Lawson, Dr. Perman and I had a meeting with the Ambassador Raymond Joseph at the Embassy of Haiti. We had a nice meeting with the Ambassador, although he had a very busy schedule. Drs. Lawson, Perman and I talked with him; Jerry Perman spoke in French.

The Ambassador felt so much at ease that he played the harmonica and he played a nostaligic song about his country. Dr. Perman could relate to him, with his passion for music. I felt moved by his desire to play nostalgic music. What a deep moment in communicate with people he barely knows! It is true that emotions have no geographic boundaries!

We all wish the Ambassador the best success in helping Haiti to recover as fast as possible, given the circumstances/ We are very concerned about the emotional consequences for the victims of such a trauma and the percolating effect in the future generations, as we have seen this happening over and over.

-- Erminia Scarcella, MD

American Psychiatric Association to Spotlight Symposium on 'Hot Topics in Afro-American Mental Health'
This year the American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues facing the African American community, at its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 22-26. Leading the team is David W. Smith, M.D., Addiction Psychiatrist with the Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services in Sacramento, California. More information...

On Friday, November 20, 2009 WPS presented its 2009 AWARDS to individuals and organizations for their exceptional and distinguished contributions to the mental health profession. Without their collective efforts we would not be as successful in our work. Click to see award winners (posted 12/4/09).

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