The U.S. Spiritist Medical Association will begin the virtual webinar series on Spirituality in Mental Health with the lecture "Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential & Intensive Treatment  (SPIRIT)" by David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP.     David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry Associate Professor of Psychology McLean Hospital Associate Psychologist ... Read more

Dr. Elaine Drysdale is a physician who attained a BA in Psychology prior to her medical degree, and following medical school, she specialized in Psychiatry.  She is a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Drysdale has worked as a psychiatrist in various medical settings, including over 25 ... Read more

Alexander Moreira-Almeida, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health (NUPES), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil. Chair of the Section on Spirituality of the Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL). Former chair of the Sections on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry of the World ... Read more

  Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc. Dr. Koenig received his undergraduate education at Stanford University, medical school training at the University of California, San Francisco, and geriatric medicine and psychiatry training and Master of Health Science degree in clinical research from Duke University. He has published over 600 scientific peer-reviewed academic articles and has written ... Read more

        Relevant points raised in webinars by Drs. David Rosmarin, Elaine Drysdale, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, and Harold Koenig will be discussed in parallel with Spiritist concepts by a panel formed by Drs. Livia Uehara, Paulo Bispo, Rafael Rezende, and Sonia Doi and moderated by Dr. Lino Rodrigues, Jr.

  Dr. Anahy Fonseca is a psychiatrist, member of the Psychiatric Association of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where she is coordinator and founding member of its Department of Psychiatry and Spirituality. She is also a member of the Brazilian Psychiatric Association and of the Section of Religiosity, Spirituality and Psychiatry of the World Psychiatry ... Read more