Review past events at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for Psychiatry.
2023
"Genre, Non-Genre, and the Imagination"
November 15, 2023
1:15pm to 2:45pmGeoff Dyer, acclaimed writer of "The Last Days of Roger Federer and Other Endings," in conversation with Dr. George J. Makari
Youth Suicide Prevention
September 21, 2023
3:15pm
Join expert clinicians from Weill Cornell Medicine for a panel discussion on suicide prevention for children and adolescents. Gain valuable insights and strategies to support our youth, tailored for school administrators, counselors and teachers.
Featured Panelists
Lauren Antler, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Alexandra Huttle, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Alexandra Huttle provides care for children throughout various stages of their development and support to families to help optimize health and overall well-being. She has been involved in development and implementation of a suicide prevention curriculum for pediatric trainees. She is also currently a Cornell-Hunter Health Equity Research Fellow where she will continue to focus her efforts on suicide prevention in the primary care setting.
Stephanie Rohrig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Stephanie Rohrig has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, ADHD and related conditions in youth, adolescents, and young adults. Her specific research interests include anxiety and school avoidance in youth and emotion dysregulation in parents.
"Asylum is God": Maura Lopes Cançado, Brazilian Modernism, and the Permeability of the Asylum Walls
September 20, 2023
1:15pm to 2:45pmDylan Blau Edelstein Ph.D. candidate Princeton University
"Asylum is God": Maura Lopes Cançado, Brazilian Modernism, and the Permeability of the Asylum Walls
September 20, 2023
1:15pm to 1:45pmDylan Blau Edelstein, Ph.D. Candidate
Princeton University
Suicide Prevention in Diverse Communities
September 18, 2023
12:00pm | Zoom
Suicide Prevention in Health Care
September 14, 2023
12:00pm | Zoom
Join your peers for a panel discussion on suicide prevention specifically tailored to the unique challenges faced by health care workers. Gain valuable insights and practical guidance to promote well-being within the healthcare community.
Featured Panelists
Jonathan Avery, M.D.
Vice Chair of Addiction Psychiatry·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Avery’s primary academic focus is on examining and developing interventions to improve clinicians’ attitudes towards patients with substance use disorders. He focuses on educating all physicians on how to treat individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness.
Sam Boas, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Boas' primary academic and clinical interests are in the improvement of psychiatric education and physician well-being.
Michelle H. Loy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Clinical Medicine·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Loy is passionate about listening to and partnering with her patients to better understand the specific physical, psychological, social, environmental, and spiritual influences on their health. She curates a personalized prevention or treatment plan tailored to each individual’s needs, circumstances, philosophy, and season of life.
Randy Martin, Ph.D.
Director, CopeNYP EAP·Weill Cornell Medicine Profile
Dr. Randy Martin is a licensed psychologist, behavioral health executive, positive psychologist, human resources/management consultant, Employee Assistance Program manager, thought leader and teaching/training specialist with 36 years of experience impacting the performance, productivity and profitability of Fortune 1000 companies, educational institution, and non-profit organizations.
Jewish Women Psychoanalysts: Between Poland, the Nazis, and the United States
September 6, 2023
1:15pm to 2:45pmKlara Naszkowska, Ph.D. Fordham University
Understanding Mental Health & Resilience
May 18, 2023
12:00pm | ZoomIn recognition of Mental Health Month in May, the Department of Psychiatry is offering a free, virtual event to the Weill Cornell Medicine community on maintaining mental health and cultivating resilience.
Learn the basics of mental health and resilience along with coping strategies and mindfulness practices that can be useful when processing pain, burnout, or everyday stress.
Featured Speaker:
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
Psychiatry Grand Rounds - The Carlson Award Lecture
May 17, 2023
11:00am to 12:30pm | A-950 AuditoriumLecture Title: "Protest Psychosis: What the Race-Based Overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in the 1960s Reveals About Today’s CRT Wars" Jonathan M. Metzl, M.D., Ph.D. Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, Director, Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, Professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Mental Health Awareness in Health Care
May 9, 2023
4:00pm | ZoomIn recognition of Mental Health Month in May, the Department of Psychiatry is offering a free virtual panel discussion on burnout and mental health for health care workers. All are welcome to join.
Featured Speakers
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Wellness Champion, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Wellness Champion, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
Director, CopeNYP Employee Assistance Program
Dr. Lauren Antler supervises fellows in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department, providing guidance on psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions. She draws on her unique background as an educator, and work with children and families in educational, recreational and medical settings, to provide compassionate, holistic treatment for a wide range of conditions.