Upcoming Advocacy Activities
12 November 2012
2:30 - 4:30 PM EST
Cahners Theater, Museum of Science, Boston, MA
In partnership with the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), ISBD will hold a program in Boston on November 12, 2012. DBSA and ISBD posit that the puzzle of treatment adherence needs to be addressed jointly and in equal partnership between people who live with mood disorders and those who treat them.
The concordance concept: An analogy proffered by DBSA Scientific Advisory Board member and ISBD member Gary Sachs, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Bipolar Mood Disorder Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, is that of a ship where the patient is the captain and the provider is the navigator. The captain—or consumer—makes the decisions and lives with the far-reaching consequences, while his chief partner the navigator—or clinician—has vital, specialized skills that, if ignored, can result in a potentially devastating crash. When the navigator’s guidelines are understood, agreed upon, and followed by the captain, the sailing can be smooth.
Dr. Sachs’s word for the smooth sailing of such treatment is “concordance,” an inherently more mutual and empowering concept than “adherence” or, certainly, “compliance.” DBSA and ISBD would like to bring forward this concept and explore and report upon it in a way that will be compelling, dynamic, and useful for as broad an audience of both patients and providers as possible.
This free e-seminar will offer participants a moderated, two-hour, in-person and simultaneously live-streamed, and educational event designed for an audience of people who live with mood disorders and their families, friends, and caregivers; clinicians across disciplines, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, and general practitioners; academic and other researchers; and other concerned individuals.
The Concordance event will be hosted by the ISBD and DBSA and will include several components:
- A moderated panel discussion, held as a live event in Boston and live-streamed by video online, including live, interactive online polling and Q&A opportunities
- An online follow-up survey of participants
Visit DBSAlliance.org/Concordance for more information.
Join the Conversation
In Person
Join us in Boston on Monday, November 12 from 2:30–4:30 at the Museum of Science's Cahners Theater. Attendance is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required for entry.
Online
The event is free for anyone to attend, but RSVP is requested so we can provide additional information about joining us online.
RSVP now for the live or web-streamed event.
Special Thanks
We'd like to extend a special thanks to those who provided unrestricted support for Concordance 2012:
Marketing and promotions for this event are supported by a charitable contribution from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Concordance 2012 is supported in part by an independent educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.
This program is funded in part by a contribution from Lilly, USA, LLC, which had no control over its content. No personally-identifiable information regarding attendees is provided to any grant supporters.
Fostering participant-researcher and patient-practioner partnerships: Joint day with the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).
2013
In conjunction with the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), ISBD will hold a joint day of programming, for patients, families, and researchers, in Miami Beach, Florida on June 15, 2013. Please visit http://10thbipolar.org/en/ for more information.
