5^th International Conference on Psychiatrist, Geriatric Psychiatry and Counseling Psychology December 08-09, 2016 San Antonio, USA

Meni Koslowsky received his PhD in Psychology from Columbia University and presently has a dual appointment as Professor of Psychology at Bar-Ilan and Ariel Universities in Israel. He is a Fellow of the APA, has written over 100 articles and has recently focused on geriatric research.

Psychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Dr. Hall earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Iowa. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Hall is a fellow and diplomate of the American Board of Medical Psychotherapy, a fellow and diplomate in geriatric psychology of the International College of Professional Psychologists. He is also certified in clinical hypnosis as well as a certified bereavement therapist.

Thinking and memory disorders in older adults.

Cori Costello PhD, LCPC, ATR-BC is a clinical lecturer and a core faculty for the Family Institute of Northwestern University’s online counseling program out of Evanston, Illinois. She has 20 years of experience as a licensed counselor and is a registered and board certified art therapist. Her clinical research explores merging creativity and mindfulness techniques for increased resiliency in clients with a history of trauma and anxiety based responses.

Clinical research

Dr. Karl Goodkin is currently working as a Professor and chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at East Tennessee State University of USA. He holds his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Miami in Florida. He also holds his MD degree from the University of Miami as well as having been trained in psychiatry at Stanford University, where He also did a psychiatry research fellowship. He did many scientific presentations at national & international meetings. He received many honors and awards. He is a member of Editorial Board. He has been a member of the Committee on HIV Psychiatry of the American Psychiatric Association since 1992. He was the chief editor of books. He has conducted clinical trials of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment, bereavement and chronic pain.

HIV/AID and Mental health.

Andres Fontalba Navas has completed his PhD in Medicine from Malaga University in 2011. He is currently the Research Director of Northern Almeria Health Area and Honorary Associate Professor of Malaga University. He has published more than 15 papers in the fields of Epidemiology.

Diabetes

Dr. Trevor Archer is a Professor of Psychology in University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He did his PhD, in Psychology from the Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden in 1979. He served as a Professor of Psychology in Umeå University, Göteborg University, Karlstad University, Örebro University, Madrid Complutense, Kalmar University, Sweden, Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA; Madrid University, Spain, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Dr. Archer is an author of more than 484 publications & many books. He is an Editorial Board member & Reviewer for many Journals.

Psychology,Neurotoxicity Research

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Professor Tang completed his medical training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an academic staff since 1999. His main research area is Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

His main research area is the psychiatric morbidity in stroke, namely dementia, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, apathy, fatigue, emotional incontinence, suicidality, insomnia, pain, and quality of life. Other research areas include psychiatric morbidity in Pneumoconiosis and Parkinson’s disease, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Schizophrenia, Psychogeriatrics and Substance Abuse