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TRENDING TOPICS
We've curated eight topic tracks to help you make the most of your APA 2018 experience.
LIVING HISTORY
Thu: 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Rooms 153 and 155
A Conversation with Irvin Yalom, MD: Celebrating a Lifetime of Distinguished Contributions to Group Therapy
Irvin D. Yalom
Thu: 1:00-1:50 p.m
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine-South Building, Rooms 153 and 155
A Conversation with Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck
Thu: 2:00-2:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine-South Building, Rooms 153 and 155
A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Fri: 10:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Rooms 153 and 155
Address by Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness as a Way of Being—in Psychotherapy and in Life
Jon Kabat-Zin
Fri: 4:00- 4:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2018
Address by Elizabeth F. Loftus: Memory Malleability
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Sat: 2:00- 2:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 215
A Conversation With Paul Ekman, PhD
Paul Ekman; Robert W. Levenson
OPIOID EPIDEMIC
Thu: 12:00-1:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level Three - South Building, Rooms 310 and 311
Hub and Spoke: California's Targeted Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Gloria M. Miele, Mark Stanford, and Darren Urada
Fri: 8:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 156
Clinical Responses to the Opioid Crisis: A Cross-Divisional Task Force
Katie Witkiewitz, Kelly E. Dunn, and Michael W. Otto; Ravi Prasad
Fri: 8:00-11:50 a.m.
Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel, Ballroom Level - Yosemite Room B
Continuing Education Workshop #123
Minimizing Opioid Use by Optimizing Pain Psychology
Beth Darnall
Fri: 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 206
Cannabis: An Alternative to Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Our Military Veterans?
J. Blair Cano
Sat: 1:00–1:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 157
Are We There Yet? Primary Care Treatment of Opioid Addiction
David A. Fiellin, MD
Sat: 5:00-5:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - South Building, Room 312
Opioid Misuse and Management in the Military Health System: Trends, Clinical Outcomes, and Strategies
Bradley E. Belsher, Daniel P. Evatt, and Fuad Issa
Sun: 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 154
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Integrated Approaches for Education, Assessment, and Treatment
Valerie W. Jackson and Heather Poupore-King
IMMIGRATION
Thu: 8:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 158
Exploring the Psychological and Social Harm to Immigrant Youth and Families in Detention Facilities
Claudette Antuña, Eddy Ameen, Fabricio E. Balcazar
Thu: 3:00-3:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3011
Beyond Social Justice Work of International Immigrant Scholars, Practitioners: Global Justice
Jungeun Kim, Hang-Shim Lee, Bong Joo Hwang
Fri: 8:00-8:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2014
Black Ethnics: Educational, Identity, and Occupational Outcomes of Black Immigrants
Barbara Thelamour, Carla Hunter, and Teceta T. Tormala
Fri: 8:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2022
Psychologists Responding to the Needs of Immigrants in the Context of Sociopolitical Hostility
German A. Cadenas, Nadine Nakamura, Casey O. Stewart
Fri: 10:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3007
Immigration Policies and the Well-Being of Young Latinos: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Judy London, Norma Ramires, Josephine Hwang Koo, and Rev. Alexia Salvatierra
Sat: 8:00-11:50 a.m.
Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel, Ballroom Level, Franciscan Room B
Continuing Education Workshop #137
Fostering Positive Mental Health Outcomes for Immigrant Youth in Schools and the Community
Charmain Jackman, Vanessa Prosper, and Soundhari Balaguru
Sat: 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3018
Dreaming of a Better Community: Latinx Immigrant Social Justice and Action in the Age of Trump
Jade K. Heffern, Vesna Pepic, and Laura Rodriguez
Sat: 2:00-2:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 160
Out of the Box Alliances: Advocating for Undocumented Immigrants in the Face of Uncertainty
Alejandra Rincon
Sat: 4:00-4:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 151
Making Psychology a Sanctuary Discipline: A Call to Protect and Humanize Immigrants
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Jessica G. Perez-Chavez, and Hector Y. Adames
Sun: 8:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level Three - South Building, Rooms 310 and 311
Novel Approaches to Improving Evidenced-Based Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Youth
Cindy Y. Huang, Miya Barnett, Maryam Kia-Keating, and May Yeh
SUICIDE
Thu: 1:00-1:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 208
Postvention in the United States Military: Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss
Kristin G. Schneider, Tiffany E. Ho, and Jessica A. Wortman
Thu: 2:00-3:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - South Building, Room 308
Youth Resilience, Depression, and Suicide in Schools: Prevention and Social Emotional Learning
Molly Adrian, Leslie M. Babinski, James J. Mazza, and Jennifer L. Hughes
Thu: 3:00-3:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 216
Ethical Issues Relevant to Collaborative Suicide Prevention Between Psychologists and Chaplains
Gloria M. Workman, Don E. Workman, and Jennifer Tucker
Sat: 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3008
Religion and Spirituality and Suicide Prevention
Nadine J. Kaslow and Sherry Molock
AI AND TECHNOLOGY
Thu: 1:00-1:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2001
Address by Thomas R. Insel: Smartphones Are a Problem: Can They Be a Solution?
Thomas R. Insel
Fri: 1:00–1:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 158
Irresistible: Why We Can't Escape Our Screens
Adam Alter, PhD
Sat: 8:00-8:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Exhibition Level - West Building, Halls ABC
mHealth Apps: Leveraging Technology to Drive Behavior Change
Courtney Beard, Martha Neary, Dana Klisanin, and Roger Vilardaga
Sat: 8:00-8:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - South Building, Rooms 310 and 311
Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: What's a Psychologist to Do?
Linda Nishi-Strattner and Celeste E. Jones
Sun: 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 216
Social Robotics to Enhance Treatment and Rehabilitation in Public Settings: Theory and Applications
Arielle Scoglio, Erin Reilly, Karen Quigley, and Momotaz Begum
THE ENVIRONMENT
Thu: 10:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 158
Environmental Injustice in the Lives of Marginalized Populations
Sarah Cunningham, Patricia L. Winter, and Joseph P. Gone
Thu: 2:00-2:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - South Building, Room 214
Advocating for Human and Animal Welfare Through a Nonviolent Diet
J.S. Butler and Rachel M. MacNair
Fri: 3:25-3:45 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2002
15 Years+: The Future of Conservation Psychology
Film Festival
Sat: 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3020
Interventions to Reduce Household Energy Consumption---Going Beyond What Works to Understand Why It Works
Nicole Sintov, Ian J. Adams, and Reuven Sussman
Sat: 12:00-12:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2003
Address by Beth Karlin: Telling Our Stories: Addressing Sustainability in the Digital Age
Beth Karlin
Sun: 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2011
Environmental Camps as an Avenue for Learning and Creating a Relationship With Nature
Carmen A. Carrion, Andrea Kunze, and Gulsen Leblebicioglu
MINDFULNESS
Fri: 8:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3014
Cultivating Mindfulness: Multicultural Contexts, Research, and Ethical Practice
Amy L. Ai, Justin Laplante, and Megan Rundel
Fri: 10:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Rooms 153 and 155
Address by Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness as a Way of Being—in Psychotherapy and in Life
Jon Kabat-Zin
Sat: 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - West Building, Room 3000
Associations Among Mindfulness, Psychological Symptoms, and Addictive Behaviors
Rachel Davies, Tessa M. Frohe, and Katie Witkiewitz
Sat: 10:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 158
Applying Mindfulness to Social Justice Work: Coping, Resistance, and Healing for Diverse Communities
Karen Suyemoto, Jessica R. Graham-LoPresti, Helen Y. Weng, and Rhonda V. Magee
Sat: 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Upper Mezzanine - South Building, Room 159
Barriers to Mindfulness for Marginalized Groups: When Systemic Oppression Makes It Harder to Breathe
Bini B. Sebastian and Christopher D. Slaten
Sun: 9:00- 9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - South Building, Room 312
The Three Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence: Finding the Balance of Power, Heart, and Mindfulness
Sam A. Alibrando
CAREER PATHS
Thu: 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 3 - South Building, Room 313
Representation of Women in High-Tech: Attraction-Selection-Attrition Framework Gone Wrong?
Meribeth Germino, Mary Hogue, Maraya Smith, Gigi Geoffrion, and Wendy Burruel
Thu: 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2005
Six Distinguished Early Career Science Award Winners Present Their Research and Reflect on Their Career Paths in Psychology
Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Andrei Cimpian, Fiery Cushman, Donald Edmondson, Kristin E. Naragon-Gainey, and Darby E. Saxbe
Fri: 9:00-10:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2011
Roads Less Traveled: Health Psychologists in Nontraditional Careers
Bhrett A. McCabe, J. Rick Turner, Parinda Khatri, and Michael J. Follick
Sat: 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Moscone Center, Level 2 - West Building, Room 2008
Working Outside the Box: Alternative Careers in Psychology
Judith S. Blanton and Alok Sawhney
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