WORKSHOP & LUNCH with the LECTURER

INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Porto, Saturday, 16th March 2019

(English language event with no translation)

PROGRAM (all included)

11 AM - WORKSHOP WITH JOHN MARKOWITZ

1 PM - LUNCH WITH THE GROUP AND DR. MARKOWITZ

3 PM - END OF THE EVENT

DESCRIPTION:

Dr. John Markowitz will briefly review the principles of IPT for depression, then explain their adaptation for and efficacy in treating chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

TARGET-POPULATION:

Clinicians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, University Professors, Students from mental health areas.

VENUE

ArtSeven - Restaurant,Coffee & Club

Avenida da Boavista, 919

4100-128 Porto

Portugal

https://www.artsevenporto.pt/

ABOUT THE LECTURER

John C. Markowitz, M.D. is Vice-President of International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, and a Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York. He was trained in IPT by the late Dr. Gerald L. Klerman, M.D. Dr. Markowitz conducts comparative treatment research, studying the benefits of psychotherapies and medications for people with depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and personality disorders. Dr. Markowitz has expertise in delivering many of these treatments, particularly psychotherapies such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for depression and PTSD.