The Psychiatry Student Interest Group Network is a working group to foster the involvement, organization, and implementation of student psychiatry interest groups at individual medical schools throughout North America. The group functions as a central hub for the exchange of ideas, information, and resources for student coalitions in psychiatry. It also promotes the discourse for psychiatric education in the medical school community and for advocacy and justice in mental health as an integral part of health overall.
Vision Statement
We believe that mental health is a fundamental part of general well being, and an understanding of its principles should underlie all aspects of medical care, education, and policy. By working to connect students, interest groups, psychiatry faculty, and area psychiatrists to the mental health care needs in the community, we hope to promote a heightened involvement and immediacy in psychiatry at each of these levels.
PsychSIGN Conferences
PsychSIGN holds an annual conference in conjunction with the APA Annual Meeting. The first meeting was held in May 2006 in Toronto, ON and drew over 100 students representing 60 medical schools. The second annual conference took place in San Diego in May 2007.
In addition, PsychSIGN holds a number of regional conferences throughout the year, often in conjunction with professional meetings such as the Institute on Psychiatric Services, the American Medical Association National Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Last year, PsychSIGN held regional conferences in Boston and New York.
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