[FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
Merle Lefkoff
merlelefkoff at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 15:52:41 EDT 2017
Oh darn, Marcus. Wish I had thought of that!!
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey Marcus, this is the only thing that works:
>
> The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act
> <https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medicare-for-All-Act-of-2017-FINAL.pdf> has
> injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care
> justice that was already on the ascent.
>
> "The grassroots are more than ready to organize around this bill.
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors
>> than trying to fix our political system. It's broken. Forget it. Go to
>> court. Add your body and voice to the young marchers.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "I thought you guys would be interested in this."
>>>
>>>
>>> Ha! Would or should? What are you saying here?
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Merle Lefkoff <
>>> merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM
>>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>>> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health
>>> Technology
>>>
>>> I thought you guys would be interested in this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Future Tense <events at newamerica.org>
>>> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM
>>> Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology
>>> To: Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: future tense]
>>>
>>> *The Future of Mental Health Technology*
>>> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?>
>>>
>>> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology]
>>> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?>
>>> Register to Attend
>>> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?>
>>>
>>> *Though the impact our digital habits have on mental health may be
>>> increasingly grabbing the spotlight, there’s less talk about how these same
>>> technologies may one day be used to revolutionize how we treat mental
>>> illness. From chatbots that provide therapeutic conversation to apps that
>>> can monitor phone use to diagnose psychosis or manic episodes, medical
>>> providers now have new technological tools to supplement their first-hand
>>> interactions with patients. Even virtual reality, a technology that has yet
>>> to find its footing in popular entertainment, is making waves in the
>>> treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.*
>>>
>>> These technologies are evolving rapidly—more rapidly than their
>>> regulation. Are we on the verge of a new era in psychiatric care, or will
>>> these treatments go the way of other now-condemned methods? Can algorithms
>>> reinvent our understanding of depression, anxiety, addiction, and other
>>> psychological issues, or at least make them easier to treat? Or is the
>>> industry known for "moving fast and breaking things” essentially at odds
>>> with a field governed by an oath “to first, do no harm”?
>>>
>>> Join Future Tense in Washington, D.C. to consider how innovations in
>>> technology are reimagining the way we treat mental illness.
>>>
>>> *Future Tense
>>> <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>* is a
>>> partnership of *Slate
>>> <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>*, *New
>>> America <http://www.newamerica.org/>*, and *Arizona State University
>>> <http://www.asu.edu/?feature=research>*.
>>>
>>> Breakfast will be served.
>>>
>>> *Agenda:*
>>>
>>> *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now*
>>>
>>> *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD <https://twitter.com/JohnTorousMD>*
>>> Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess,
>>> Harvard Medical School
>>>
>>> *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD
>>> <https://twitter.com/StevenChanMD?lang=en>*
>>> Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine &
>>> Psychiatry
>>>
>>> *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs <https://twitter.com/David_Dobbs>*
>>> Journalist
>>>
>>> *Moderator:*
>>> *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>*
>>> Editor, Future Tense
>>>
>>> *9:45-10:00: Virtual Reality, Real Healing*
>>>
>>> *Skip Rizzo, PhD*
>>> Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC
>>> Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School
>>> of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
>>>
>>> *10:00-10:45: How Computer Science Is Reinventing Psychiatry*
>>>
>>> *Skip Rizzo, PhD*
>>> Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC
>>> Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School
>>> of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
>>>
>>> *Munmun de Choudhury, PhD,* * @munmun10 <https://twitter.com/munmun10>*
>>> Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech
>>>
>>> *Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD*
>>> Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry
>>>
>>> *Moderator:*
>>> *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>*
>>> Editor, Future Tense
>>>
>>> *The Future of Mental Health Technology*
>>> Thursday, September 28, 2017
>>> 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM EST
>>> 740 15th Street NW, Suite 900
>>> Washington, DC 20005
>>>
>>> Follow the conversation online using *#FTMentalHealth*
>>> <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23FTMentalHealth> and following
>>> *@FutureTenseNow* <http://www.twitter.com/FutureTenseNow>.
>>>
>>> Live streaming of this event will be available on the *New America
>>> website
>>> <https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/future-mental-health-technology/>*
>>> .
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
>>> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>>> emergentdiplomacy.org
>>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
>>>
>>> Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
>>> Saint Paul University
>>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
>> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>> emergentdiplomacy.org
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
>>
>> Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
>> Saint Paul University
>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>>
>> merlelefkoff at gmail.com <merlelefoff at gmail.com>
>> mobile: (303) 859-5609
>> skype: merle.lelfkoff2
>> twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
> emergentdiplomacy.org
> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
>
> Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
> Saint Paul University
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>
> merlelefkoff at gmail.com <merlelefoff at gmail.com>
> mobile: (303) 859-5609
> skype: merle.lelfkoff2
> twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
>
--
Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
emergentdiplomacy.org
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
Saint Paul University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
merlelefkoff at gmail.com <merlelefoff at gmail.com>
mobile: (303) 859-5609
skype: merle.lelfkoff2
twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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