Treating Depressed Adolescents Using CBT Strategies

Speaker: Dr. Nili Benazon

 

Date: Friday June 4th, 2010

 

Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m

 

Location: Vanier-Katzman Room, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Dr., Windsor, Ontario

 

Lunch: Included in the cost of the workshop .

 

Cost: Early Bird Special (Before May 15th) $135, Group Rates (3 or more) $125, Regular Rate $155

*A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED*

About This Workshop

At any one time, about 1 in 20 children and adolescents suffers from major depressive disorder (MDD). Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a skills-based treatment based on the assumption that depression is either caused by or maintained by deficient social cognitive skills for coping with stress. Among the behavioural and cognitive skill deficits that may characterize a depressed youth are low levels of involvement in pleasant activities, poor problem-solving and social skills, difficulty regulating affect, cognitive distortions that negatively bias perceptions, negative automatic thoughts and negative views of self and future. This workshop will provide participants with CBT skills necessary to treat adolescents with depression and the techniques to help adolescents learn new ways of behaving or thinking, in an effort to resume social activities, improve family relationships, and improve school performance.

 

About the Speaker

Dr. Nili Benazon did her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa. After graduating in 1997 she took an academic position at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Dr. Benazon conducted therapy outcome studies in the area of child psychiatry. She was site Principal Investigator for a large collaborative study of adolescent depression comparing Prozac to cognitive behaviour therapy.

In 2001 Dr. Benazon was recruited to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for a Research Scientist position in Women’s Mental Health. Dr. Benazon received grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada to study the relation between heart disease and depression in women; she has also examined the factors that determine whether or not women engage in health-related behaviour after a heart event. Over the last decade, Dr. Benazon has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals.

Dr. Benazon has a clinical practice. She treats mood and anxiety disorders as well as sexual dysfunctions and marital distress using empirically-validated treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy. Dr. Benazon gives lectures and workshops to mental health professionals across Canada and the United States on how to apply empirically-validated treatments for common psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Skills obtained through this workshop:

* Learn how to conceptualize adolescent depression from a cognitive behavioral perspective

* Learn about empirically based cognitive behavioral strategies for adolescent depression

* Learn how to apply cognitive behavioral strategies for adolescent depression in a step by step manner

Registration

Registration is limited. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

 

Payment may be made by cheque, payable to Solutions on Site. Cheque must accompany registration form. Registration by fax, phone or e-mail accepted if cheque is received in the mail within two weeks of registration. Post dated cheques not acceptable for early registration.

 

 

Rates:

Early Bird Registration (Before May 15th, 2010)
$135.00 CDN

Regular Rate (After May 15th)
$155.00 CDN

Group Rates (3 or more)
$125.00 CDN

For group rates, please contact us for an invoice and total quote.

 

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