Author Archive | Malin Bäck

The first international conference “International Online Conference on Application and Progress of Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Treating Adolescent Depression”, approved by the China Ministry of Education, was successfully held online.Our first international conference organized by IPT China Chapter. The results were very good, and the participating experts have given high praise. Here is a newsletter report […]

IPT China is more than glad to invite you to join our International Online Conference on Application and Progress of Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Treating Adolescent Depression on July 9-10!There are 45 experts and professionals in IPT and related disciplines to give talks and discussions in this conference, with 37 coming from China and 8 from […]

For the first time ever, an IPT paper has won the best paper prize of the American Psychoanalytic Association, APsaA. At that association’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, Drs. Barbara Milrod, Jack Keefe, and John Markowitz presented the article, and received the 2019-2020 Scientific Paper Prize. The article:Milrod B, Keefe JR, Choo T-H, […]

The Akademia Motywacji i Edukacji School of CBT in Warsaw, Poland has assembled a series of live, simultaneously translated presentations to help Polish and Ukranian therapists treat the mental health consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Most of the presentations have focused on cognitive behavioral therapy, but on April 21 John Markowitz presented on […]

“2022 Global Mental Health Institute – mhGAP & IPT in Emergencies” online. Due to the online format, registration cost is significantly reduced to $1,000.00 for attendees (as usual, attendees from LMICs will receive a discount).Our instructors, Lena Verdeli, PhD, MSc, Kathy Clougherty, LCSW & Peter Ventevogel, MD, PhD., will conduct this 6-day intensive training online via interactive webinars (May 10th-15th; […]

Paula Ravitz, one go ISIPTS beloved member, has been named the recipient of the 2022 AFMC-John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada for her digital IPT course & Psychotherapy Essentials to Go curricular series on evidence-based psychotherapies used in numerous capacity-building projects!  This is a […]

In Memoriam: Nancy K. Grote (1944-2021) Nancy Grote, a beloved member of the IPT community, passed away on December 23, 2021 at the age of 78.  Nancy was a wise, generous, and open-hearted human being who always put the needs of others ahead of her own. She was adored as much for her warmth and kindness […]

ISIPT has just opened a few Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for its members. A SIG is a Special Interest Group consisting of at least 10 ISIPT members who have a special need or interest in any ISIPT identified subspecialty or interest area. The ISIPT SIG’s aim to create a community of clinicians, teachers/trainers, policymakers, and researchers around the world to gain knowledge from […]

It is about a month since ISIPT held its ninth international conference “How IPT brings us together”. IPT therapists all around the world gathered to share experiences and discuss interpersonal psychotherapy, IPT, from a theoretical, clinical, and scientific perspective. Initially, the plan was to get together in Florida. Due to a strange time of the […]

Yesterday we had an excellent first day at the ISIPT Conference. The Conference was official opened by a Welcome speech from Myrna Weissman and a barnstorming speech with the Keynote Speker Vikram Patel, Harvard Medical School. His work has focused on the burden of global mental health problems, their association with social disadvantage, and the use […]