A Scientific Meeting Presented by Dr. Vivian Pender
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Event Price: This event is free but does have a fee for Continuing Education (CE) credits. CE fee is $10 for CPC Members and $20 for non-members. HP and CPC students and candidates receive CEs for free.
Continued Education (CEU/CME): 1.5 credits
Attendance: This is a ZOOM only event. There is no attendance limit.
NOTE: Pre-registration is encouraged.
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Course Description: Sex trafficking is pertinent to psychoanalysis because of its historical roots and its persistence in current culture. It can be traced to ancient civilizations, where adults and children were enslaved for labor and sex. Not until 1921 did the newly formed League of Nations make efforts to ‘suppress trafficking in women and children’. Since then, major protocols, policies and legislation have been enacted to prevent such exploitation and prostitution of others. However, the extent of human trafficking has persisted. One might ask, why hasn’t it been eradicated? Perhaps psychoanalysis may provide clues to the understanding of aspects such as dehumanization, sexual abuse of children, incest, misogyny and patriarchy. Several clinical cases will be presented briefly.
Learning objectives
At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
Recognize common signs and symptoms of victims of human trafficking, as well as common mental health sequelae to consider
Identify social vulnerabilities that survivors of human trafficking face that can challenge long term recovery or pose risk to re-trafficking
Vivian B. Pender, M.D. is Clinical Professor Emerita of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College and was a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at Columbia University for twenty-five years. Shis is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association (2021-22). At the United Nations Dr. Pender has represented the International Psychoanalytical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, both associations with Special Consultative Status. Dr. Pender is a volunteer Asylum Evaluator with the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights, a medical student-run network organization of Physicians for Human Rights.
She has published journal articles and book chapters on pregnancy, affect, child abuse, sex trafficking, social determinants of mental health and leadership. In 2016, The Status of Women: Violence, Identity and Activism and in 2023, Trauma, Flight and Migration books were published.
In 2015, Dr. Pender founded Healthcare Against Trafficking, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting education and advocacy in the healthcare sector. Dr. Pender has mentored and taught medical students, undergraduate and graduate students, residents, fellows and psychoanalytic candidates for forty years.