What's New

This page will update you on anything new within AOOP or the profession as it relates to organizational and occupational psychiatry.

Greetings:

Preparations for 2009 at AOOP are just beginning.  The Board will communicate plans as they progress through this page.

OOP articles that may be of interest--

The April 2008 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is titled "Special Issue: Depression in the Workplace." Two AOOP members contributed articles. If you would like a reprint, please contact Dr. Couser or Dr. Williams. You may contact the authors directly for reprints, or access reprints on the internet through your university library affiliation.

• "Challenges and Opportunities for Preventing Depression in the Workplace: A Review of the Evidence Supporting Workplace Factors and Interventions" by Gregory P. Couser MD MPH reviews the current state of preventive measures for workplace depression and suggests numerous avenues for improving individual, organizational, and societal outcomes through depression prevention. (Couser G. "Challenges and Opportunities for Preventing Depression in the Workplace: A Review of the Evidence Supporting Workplace Factors and Interventions." J Occup Environ Med. 2008:50:411-427).

• "Assessment of Occupational Impairment and Disability from Depression" by C. Donald Williams MD and Ron Schouten MD JD examines the relationship of impairment and disability in the occupational context, proposes strategies for indentifying the level of impairment present and assessing its impact on employment, discusses selection and titration of treatment to severity of the condition and patient characteristics, and recommends practices that minimize the occurrence and effects of role and  boundary confusion. (Williams CD and Schouten R. "Assessment of Occupational Impairment and Disability from Depression." J Occup Environ Med. 2008;50:441-450).

The November 2007 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine contains an article by Munce SE et al, "The Role of Depression and Chronic Pain Conditions in Absenteeism: Results from a National Epidemiologic Survey" (pp. 1206-1211) that I recommend for its substantial data base.

The November 2006 Psychiatric Annals was devoted to Occupational and Organizational Psychiatry. Jeffrey Kahn MD ("Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry: Overview and Examples"), Julia Reade MD ("Impaired Physicians: Role of the Occupational Psychiatrist"), Ron Schouten JD MD ("Workshop Violence: An Overview for Practicing Physicians"), and C Donald Williams MD CGP ("Psychiatric Disability Assessments") contributed individually. You may contact the authors for reprints, or access reprints on the internet through your university affiliation.

Membership Rates

The 2009 U.S. membership dues are $690 if paid by December 10, 2008 ($790 thereafter) and are inclusive of both AOOP annual membership dues and the annual meeting fee (i.e., all membership and meeting fees are bundled into the annual dues charge). Foreign colleagues (including Canadian citizens) are welcome to join AOOP at the reduced rate of $150 per year, with the difference between the currently applicable U.S. and foreign dues payable when our foreign members are able to attend the annual meeting.

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AOOP's 20^th Annual Meeting will be held at The University Club in Chicago, IL April 4-5, 2009.

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