8:30 A.M.

Check-In and Registration

Grab your badges and coffee.

8:30 A.M.

Art Exhibition

Works of Pablo Shine, Susie Ximénez and María Elena Ferrer-Harrington.

9:00 A.M.

Introductions

Anne Roschelle, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chair, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, SUNY New Paltz
Barbara G. Lyman, Ph.D., Interim Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, SUNY New Paltz

9:10 A.M.

Welcoming Remarks

Patrick K. Ryan, Ulster County Executive
Michael A. Iapoce, Esq., Commissioner, Ulster County Department of Social Services
María Elena Ferrer-Harrington, Founder and Chair, Athena Network New York

9:30 A.M.

Inaugural Lecture

Joseba Achotegui, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Barcelona, Spain) The Ulysses Syndrome
Magaly Sánchez, Ph.D. (Princeton University, New Jersey) Venezuelan International Migration: Evidence of a Major Catastrophe

10:30 A.M.

Coffee Break

11:00 A.M.

Session 1: Stressors, Social Factors and Mental Health in Current Migration

Anne Roschelle, Ph.D. (SUNY New Paltz, NY) and Elizabeth Greaney, MSW Perilous Journey, Enduring Trauma: Unaccompanied Minors in the Hudson Valley
María Teresa Nagel, MALD (Tufts University, Massachusetts) Learning to Live in Limbo: The Effects of the 'Remain in Mexico' Program on Central American Migrants
Yu Abe, Ph.D. (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan) Mental Health and the Current Situation of Foreign Workers and Foreign Students in Japan
Yalidy Matos, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, New Jersey) and Ramona Hernández, Ph.D. (City College of New York) Social Networks, Community, and Mental Health Among Dominican Immigrants
Pablo Shine, MA (SUNY Ulster, New York) Roots
Angélica Ojeda García, Ph.D. (Ibero-American University, Mexico) Mental Health: Critical Route Integrated by 10 Years of Literature About Psychological Well-Being in Mexican-Latino
Gilberto López, Sc.D. (University of Rochester Medical Center, New York) Migration Stressors and Mental Health in a Mixteco Migrant Community
Tiziana Rinaldi, MA candidate (City University of New York) Immigrant Malemployment: Why 1 in 4 Foreign-Educated Immigrants Endures Socioeconomic Hardship and Professional Identity Loss in the United States
Lourdes Camarena-Ojinaga, Ph.D. and Concepción Martínez Valdés, MA (Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico) Migratory Experience of Female Indigenous Farmworkers in California’s Central Coast
Rennie Scott-Childress, Ph.D. (Common Council, City of Kingston, New York) Kingston New York's Sanctuary Resolution
María Elena Ferrer-Harrington (Humanamente, New York) Living in the ICE Age: The Effects of Hostile Immigration Policies on America’s Mental Health

12:30 P.M.

Lunch Time

We won't provide lunch, but he college campus offers a few options, including the food court on the first floor of the Student Union Building. Feel free to bring your own lunch!

12:30 P.M.

Plenary Session

Athena Network New York

1:00 P.M.

Selections from the musical "Resident Alien"

Katya Stanislavskaya, MFA (Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre, SUNY New Paltz) and SUNY New Paltz students

1:30 P.M.

Session 2: Diagnosis and Psychological Intervention in Current Migration

Dori Espeso, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Barcelona, Psychopathological and Psychosocial Care Service for Immigrants and Refugees [SAPPIR], St. Peter Claver Hospital, Spain) The Ulysses Syndrome in Immigrants Minors
Shannon Kelly, MS, and Dean Scher, Ph.D. (Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster, New York) An Integrated Approach to Immigrant Services in the Hudson Valley
Isabel Güitrón (University of Guadalajara, Mexico) Facing Reality
Leticia Marín (S.A.L. Solidarietà con L'America Latina Onlus, Italy) Differences Between the Maladaptive Schemes of Immigrants in Italy and Their Children Through the MP-MPSQ Questionnaire
Carolina Zanolla Balbuena, Ph.D. (Spanish Red Cross, Spain) A Protocol of Psychological and Psychosocial Care for Migrants, Refugees and People Who Are Forced Displaced
Nancy Liscano (Teléfono de la Esperanza [TEUK], England) Family Reunification, Ulysses Syndrome and Mental Health in Latin American Families in the United Kingdom
Kimberly R. Ochoa-Delgado and Juan Francisco Herrera (Voces Amigas de Esperanza [VOADES], Youth Program, England) Impact of Family Migration on Latino Youth's Mental Health in the United Kingdom
Marta Guarch Rubio, MS (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and University of Limerick, Ireland) Psychosocial Support Program for Sanctuary Groups
Lisa Pineda, LCSW-R and Brenda Punsky, LCSW, LLM (Terra Firma, New York) Terra Firma Meets Zero-Tolerance Policy: Our Program's Response to the Needs of Families Separated at the Border
Leticia Reyes and Nayeli Devos (Familles Du Monde [FaMiDo], Belgium) Migration Processes in Belgium: Belgians vs. Migrants
José López Rodas, MD (Cayetano Heredia University, Perú) The Venezuelan Adolescent as Support for Peruvian Companions With Risk of Self-Aggression
Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Ph.D. (Bath Spa University, England) Supporting Community Engagement and Action-based Research on the Wellbeing and Integration of Refugees

3:00 P.M.

Poster Presentations & Networking

3:00 P.M.

Mexican Expatriates in Italy - Photography Exhibition

Karla Guajardo Ro (Photojournalist, Italy)

3:30 P.M.

Session 3: Psychological and Psychosocial Intervention and Experiences

Liliana Osorio, MPH (University of California Berkeley) Community Health Workers
Annahid Dashtgard, M.Ed. (Anima Leadership, Canada) Breaking the Ocean: A Conversation on Belonging
Mauricio Higuera (Cooper Union, New York) A Museum of Quickroots: On Reappropriating Migrant Becomings
Xitlali Sosa and Monica Vicente (Agri-Business Child Development, New York) (Español/English) Iniciativa de los Padres Embajadores / Parents Ambassadors Initiative
Vesna Golic, MA (New York) and Sandra Lloyd (Australia) Refugee Women’s Circles as Pillars of Collective Healing in Refugee Communities
Gabriela Portas, MA and Karina P. Díaz, ATR (New York) Art Bridging Cultures: A Multifamily Chinese and Latino Art Therapy Group
Geraldine Calvo (Stars and Sprinkles, New York) DreamGlobeProject: A Program to Reconsider Identity and Improve Self Efficacy in Children of Immigrant Parents
Bela Juliana Henríquez Chacín (Icesi University, Colombia) and Alba Lucía Díaz-Cuéllar (National University, California) (Español) El Rol de Jardines en Dos Procesos de Migración: Reconfiguración Territorial de Mujeres en el Pacífico Colombiano y Rehabilitación de Migrantes con Síntomas de Estrés Crónico y Múltiple (Síndrome de Ulises) en California
Lucy Morse Roberts, MA (Family Hui, California) Fostering a Sense of Place and Identity Among Afghan Immigrant Mothers With Young Children
Wendy Brisley, Ed.D. (Virginia) and Geraldine Calvo (New York) Culturally Linguistically Diverse Parents and Their Role in Their Child’s Education and Aiding Their Social and Emotional Development
Salvador Altamirano-Segura (Family of Woodstock, New York) The Relevance of Adapting the Services to the Migrant Community to the Existing Socioeconomic and Politic Context in the Community

5:00 P.M.

Poster Presentations & Networking

5:00 P.M.

Book Signing

Annahid Dashtgard Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation
Joseba Achotegui Test of Evaluation of Stress and Migratory Grief: Kayak Test

5:30 P.M.

Closing Lecture

Cristina Muñiz de la Peña, Ph.D. (Terra Firma, New York) Providing “Terra Firma” to Asylum-Seeking Children and Families: A Multidisciplinary Approach

6:00 P.M.

Closing Remarks

Conclusions and Presentation of the IX International Congress on Migration and Mental Health to Be Held in Bath, England, in 2020