May 2008

Forum focus on grief

Experts from the United States, Israel and the Netherlands will be among guest speakers at the 8th International Conference on Grief & Bereavement in Contemporary Society conference.

The conference will be held at Hilton on the Park on July 15 to 18.

Presenters will be:

•           Professor George Bonnano of Columbia University, whose research over the past 15 years has examined how adults and children respond to and cope with extremely tragic events, such as the death of a loved one, war, infectious disease, sexual abuse and terrorist attack;

•           Professor Grace Christ of Columbia University’s School of Social Work;

•           Professor Robert Neimeyer, Director of Psychotherapy Research at the University of Memphis’ Department of Psychology;

•           Professor Mario Mikulincer, Head of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzliya, Israel;

•           Associate Professor Holly G. Prigerson of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute;

•           Beverley Raphael, Professor of Population Mental Health and Disasters and Director of the Centre for Scientific and Collaborative Investigation of Mental Health Adversities at the University of Western Sydney;

•           Margaret Stroebe, Professor of Psychology at Utrecht University’s Department of Clinical Psychology.

•           For more information visit http://www.icgb08.com/conference_program/.