Review past events at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for Psychiatry.
2023

"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 | ZoomJoin 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
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

Separation and Connection in an Everchanging World: Understanding the Experiences of Parents and Babies
May 6, 2023
9:00amPlease join us for the First Annual Perinatal-Infant Psychiatry Conference - Separation and Connection in an Everchanging World: Understanding the Experiences of Parents and Babies. This one day virtual event will take place on Saturday, May 6th, 2023 from 9:00am - 4:00pm. A recording of the event will be available upon request.
The conference is free of charge and open to all mental health, obstetrics, and pediatric professionals and trainees interested in perinatal and infant mental health.

In Defence of the Notion of "Inner Life": Psychoanalysis, Emotions, and the Historian
April 19, 2023
2:00pm to 3:30pmShaul Bar Haim, Ph.D., University of Essex
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.