8:30 A.M.

Site Open / Registration

Grab your badges, breakfast, and complimentary coffee drinks.

8:30 A.M.

Art Exhibition

Paintings of Pablo Shine, Susie Ximénez and María Elena Ferrer.

9:00 A.M.

Welcoming Remarks

Michael A. Iapoce, Esq., Commissioner, Ulster County Department of Social Services.

9:30 A.M.

Inauguration Lecture

Joseba Achotegui, MD, PhD (University of Barcelona, Spain) The Ulysses Syndrome
Magaly Sánchez, PhD (Princeton University, USA) 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, PhD (SUNY New Paltz, NY) Perilous Journey, Enduring Trauma: Unaccompanied Minors in the Hudson Valley
Yu Abe (Meijigakuin University, Japan) Mental Health and Current Situation of Foreign Workers and Foreign Students in Japan
Yalidy Matos, PhD (Rutgers University, NJ) and Ramona Hernández, PhD (The City College of New York, NY) Social Networks, Community, and Mental Health Among Dominican Immigrants
Luca Pandolfi, PhD (Pontifical Urbaniana University at Rome) Come Back to Migrate
Angélica Ojeda (Iberoamerican University, Mexico) Mental Health: Critical-Route Integrated by 10 Years of Literature About Psychological Wellbeing in Mexicano-Latino
Gilberto López (University of Rochester, NY) Migration Stressors and Mental Health in a Mixteco Migrant Community
Lourdes Camarena-Ojinaga and Concepción Martínez Valdés (Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico) Migratory Experience of Female Indigenous Farmworkers in California’s Central Coast
María Elena Ferrer-Harrington (Humanamente, NY) Living in the ICE Age: The Effects of Hostile Immigration Policies on America’s Mental Health

12:30 P.M.

Lunch

Presentation of the International Journal of Migration and Mental Health magazine

1:00 P.M.

Selections from the musical "Resident Alien"

Katya Stanislavskaya (SUNY New Paltz) and SUNY New Paltz students

1:30 P.M.

Session 2: Diagnosis and Psychological intervention in current migration

Liliana Osorio (University of California Berkeley, CA) Community Health Workers
Isabel Güitrón (University of Guadalajara, Mexico) Facing Reality
Gabriela Portas and Karina P. Díaz (NY) Art Bridging Cultures: A Multi-Family Chinese and Latino Art Therapy Group
Hamilton Liscano and Alejandro Quintero (Ministerio de Vivienda, Ciudad y Territorio – FONVIVIENDA, Colombia) (Spanish) Círculos Dialógicos Como Técnica de Acompañamiento a Programa de Vivienda de Interés Social en Colombia
Leticia Marín (S.A.L. Onlus, Italy) Differences Between the Maladaptive Schemes of Immigrants in Italy and Their Children Through the MP-MPSQ Questionnaire
Carolina Zanolla Balbuena (Cruz Roja Española, Spain) A Protocol of Psychological and Psychosocial Care for Migrants, Refugees and Forced Displaced People
Micol Maggio Tummiolo, Rosella Carnevali, Martino Volpatti, and Giancarlo Santone (Sa.Mi.Fo, Italy) The Sa.Mi.Fo. Center: A Pioneering and Sustainable Model of Multidisciplinary Assistance for Refugees
Marta Guarch Rubio (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and University of Limerick, Ireland) Psychosocial Support Program for Sanctuary Groups
Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus and Agata Vitale (Bath Spa University, UK) Supporting Community Engagement and Action-based Research on the Wellbeing and Integration of Refugees

3:00 P.M.

Posters Presentation

3:00 P.M.

Mexican Expats - Photography Exhibition

Karla Guajardo Ro (Photojournalist, Italy)

3:30 P.M.

Session 3: Psychological and psychosocial intervention and experiences

Xitlali Sosa and Alejandra Ortega (Agri-Business Child Development, NY) (Spanish) Iniciativa de los Padres Embajadores
Vesna Golic (NY) and Sandra Lloyd (Australia) Refugee Women’s Circles as Pillar of Collective Healing in Refugee Communities
Geraldine Calvo (NY) DreamGlobeProject: A Program to Reconsider Identity and Improve Self Efficacy in Children of Immigrant Parents
Bela Juliana Henríquez Chacín (Icesi University, Colombia) and Alba Díaz-Cuéllar (National University-San Diego, CA) (Spanish) 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 Roberts (Family Hui, CA) Fostering a Sense of Place and Identity among Afghan Immigrant Mothers with Young Children
Wendy Brisley, Ed D (VA) and Geraldine Calvo (NY) 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, NY) The Relevance of Adapting the Services to the Migrant Community to the Existing Socioeconomic and Politic Context in the Community

5:00 P.M.

Posters Presentation

5:30 P.M.

Closing Lecture

Cristina Muñiz de la Peña, Ph D (Terra Firma, NYC) 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 in Bath, UK 2020