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The New York Academy of Medicine has joined with the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene of New York State, Dr. Newton Bigelow, in a project to improve the educational opportunities and facilities for the resident staffs of New York State Mental Hospitals. The Academy of Medicine, through its Committee on Medical Education, has appointed a Subcommittee on the Study of Professional Services for Mental Hospitals of New York State to cooperate in this effort.
In order to collect information and to determine the extent of the reservoir of potential teachers for this project, Dr. Thomas A. C. Rennie a member of the Subcommittee, has prepared a questionnaire approved by the Commissioner. This questionnaire has been sent to all psychiatrists in New York State who are listed in the Directory of the American Psychiatric Association.
The information solicited will make available knowledge useful to the Academy and to the Commissioner in planning and implementing this important professional educational program.
The Subcommittee on the Study of Professional Services for Mental Hospitals of New York State consists of Drs. Bernard S. Oppenheimer, Chairman; Robert L. Craig, Secretary; Benjamin H. Balser; Viola W. Bernard; M. Ralph Kaufman; Lawrence S. Kubie; Sydney G. Margolin; Thomas A. C. Rennie and S. Bernard Wortis.
The American Group Psychotherapy Association has announced its 10th Annual Conference to be held January 9th and 10th, 1953 at the Henry Hudson Hotel, New York, New York.
One session will be devoted to a discussion of “The Applications of Group Psychotherapy to Related Fields” by several speakers. Areas to be covered will include Education, Government, and Industry. Another session will deal with the theoretic aspects of Group Psychotherapy.
Six panel meetings dealing with group psychotherapy in General Hospitals, Child Guidance, Private Practice, Correctional Institutions, Mental Hospitals, and Related Fields, are also announced, and brief summaries of the panels will be pre