Paul D. MacLean Festschrift, at Boston BackBay Hilton Hotel. Assess MacLean's theory with respect to its philosophical underpinnings, issues of reification, and unfolding information from molecular biology and the genome project. Note the arguments of certain critical reviews of MacLean along with the reasons that they are suspect. Furnish information on how his perspective augments our understanding of affective disorders, violence, and hyperactivity syndromes. Va. The keynote speaker will be Terry Anderson, former Beirut hostage.
Program includes panels, symposia and workshops.
This year's conference will emphasize broad-based public health approaches for implementing effective cancer prevention and control strategies and activities. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 43rd annual meeting, Houston. Topics may include pharmacologic components, cognitive and behavioral methods, patient and family education, vocational and rehabilitation models, methods of working with specific ethnic and culturally diverse populations, and psychosocial rehabilitation outcome studies in a managed-care environment. Deadline for submissions is July 15. The new Journal of Threat Assessment is accepting manuscripts dealing with all aspects of assessing and managing threats and violence.