ISPS-US Annual Conference 2026

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9:15am EST

Plenary Panel: Beyond the Individual: The Past, Present, and Future of Family-Inclusive Psychosis Care (Hybrid)

Sunday November 8, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EST

Student Dining Hall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Family involvement in the treatment of persons experiencing psychosis has been fraught with challenges. From theories of the ‘schizophrenogenic mother’ to the reductionism of the biomedical model, families have been blamed, neglected, and/or excluded from the treatment process. Despite major treatment guidelines recommending family-based interventions, these services are rarely offered due to lack of program availability.

This multidisciplinary panel will explore the past, present, and future of family-inclusive services in psychosis care. Beginning with how the biomedical model came to dominate psychiatric practice, we will explore how this contributed to an emphasis on the individual at the expensive of a broader view of their social and relational context. We will explore how families with lived experience of psychosis and the mental health system experience psychiatric services and what supports beyond those services have emerged to address their needs. Finally, we will envision a more family-inclusive model of psychiatric care in which families are seen as meaningful partners rather than adversaries.

Speakers

Sydney Laurel Harris

Justin Palanci, MD

Assistant Professor, Emory University

Justin Palanci, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. He serves as Director of Family and Network Engagement in the Clinical and Research Program for Psychosis and staff psychiatrist in the Psychiatric... Read More →

Justin Garson, PhD

Professor, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Justin Garson is professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of Madness: A Philosophical Exploration (2022) and The Madness Pill: The Quest to Create Insanity and One Doctor’s Discovery that Transformed Psychiatry... Read More →

Sunday November 8, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am EST
Student Dining Hall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019

Plenary Panel, Hybrid

ISPS-US Annual Conference 2026

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ISPS-US Annual Conference 2026

9:15am EST

Sydney Laurel Harris

Justin Palanci, MD

Justin Garson, PhD

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