ISPS-US 25th Annual Conference, November 6-8th, 2026: Hybrid Online and at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City
Registration is Now Open for the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis - US Chapter (ISPS-US)'s 2026 Conference, Psychosis and the Social Link
The event will take place from November 6-8th, 2026, at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and hybrid online via Zoom.
Sessions Include
We are incredibly proud of the depth and diversity of this year's programming. Below is a preliminary look at some of the presentations and panels featured in this year's lineup. Sessions subject to change.
- The Impact of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: Findings from a Comprehensive Evaluation of New York State’s Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program - Nev Jones, PhD, Philip T Yanos, PhD, and additional panelists
- Women and Psychosis: Trauma, Testimony, and Structural Violence - Marie Brown, PhD, ABPP. Erika Carr, PhD, Leah Giorgini, MS, Nadia Naomi Mbonde, PhD
- Racial Disparities in Psychosis: Why Social Factors and Neighborhoods Matter - Deidre Anglin, PhD
- God, Psychosis, and Blackness: Methodological Reflections from a Grounded Theory Study - Candice NunnTelfort, PhD
- Madness and the Social Link: Forty Years of Our Paris Seminar - Françoise Davoine, PhD
- Urhomelessness: Understanding Psychosis as a Person-World Experience - Sarah Kamens, PhD
- Crisis Alternatives in a Carceral World - Alexander Campanario Araica, Keith Scott, Sera Davidow
- The Uninvited Guest: Psychosis, Pedagogical Failure, and the Analyst who is Unprepared - Danielle Knafo - Danielle Knafo, PhD
- Decarcerating Care: Building Community Responses Beyond Police and Psychiatry - Kimberlee Kristel Lalane, MA, Evan Auguste, PhD, Jessie Roth, Coreena Forstner, MSW
- Can an Alternative Become an Addition? Implementing Hearing Voices in Health Systems - Alison Branitzky PhD, Cindy Marty Hadge, BS, IPS, Sahastri Hercules BS, Erica Hua Fletcher PhD, Ippolytos Kalofonos, MD PhD MPH
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Track - Nancy Burke, PhD, ABPP, Adam Weg, LCSW, Zak Mucha, LCSW, Michael Ryzner-Basiewicz, MA
- Invisible Partners in Recovery: Social Isolation, Discrimination, and Support Among Mental Health Caregivers - Rachel Waford, PhD, ABPP, Ke Wang, PhD, Neetu Abad, PhD, Mitul Desai
- Becoming Creative Architects of the Stories of Our Lives: Making Meaning Through the Symbols in Psychosis Through Honoring the Content of Our Madness - Jennifer Gaita Siciliano, MST
- Twenty Years of INSIGHT FOR ALL: Long Term Psychotherapy with Homeless Adults - Deborah Luepnitz, PhD
- Complex Trauma and Metacognition: From Concrete Symptom to Creative Engagement - Marilyn Charles, PhD, APP, Jeremy Ridenour, PsyD, Danielle Frank, LCSW
Theme
Psychosis is overwhelmingly understood by dominant mental health systems as a problem of the individual: a disease, deficit, or disorder, to be treated by medication and, less frequently, psychotherapy. An enhanced way of approaching psychosis is not merely to conceptualize it as something that exists solely within a person, but as something that emerges in relationship with the social link.
In the aftermath of World War II, a group of French psychiatrists reconceptualized psychosis (or “madness”) as most importantly a social phenomenon, rooted in experiences of intensive social alienation. This movement considered psychotherapeutic treatment to be, foremost, a process of “disalienation”: the undoing of profound social disconnection through community and social engagement. Individual treatment was thus integrated with social treatment, aimed at healing both the individuals within a therapeutic community and the community itself.
ISPS-US’s landmark 25th Annual Conference seeks to re-engage with this thinking as we face a resurgence of policies and practices that further entrench states of alienation, including the expansion of civil psychiatric commitment, and a broader social context in which many, particularly those most affected by racial and economic inequities, displacement, or homelessness, are pushed further to the margins. Appreciation of the social determinants of psychological suffering leads us to an essential question: Rather than being incomprehensible, is psychosis, in fact, an expression of society’s fractures?
New York City serves as a powerful setting for grappling with these questions. As a city of over 8 million people with immense diversity, New York is paradoxically a very social place, and also one of potentially profound social isolation. Many come because their “home” was untenable due to war, disaster, oppression, or simply not fitting in. Therefore, to be a New Yorker is often to be an outsider, bound with other New Yorkers by difference and the attempt to find one’s footing in community. In this way, New York serves as a metaphor for understanding psychosis and the social link – not only as an individual experience, but as something that unfolds within the tensions of connection, disconnection, and the search for belonging.
See you in New York City in November 2026!
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Conference News
The wait is over! We are delighted to announce that the preliminary schedule for the 25th Annual ISPS-US Conference: Psychosis and the Social Link is now available.
We are thrilled to announce that registration is officially open for our landmark 25th Annual Hybrid Conference, Psychosis and the Social Link, taking place in New York City and online via Zoom.
Help us reach our $4,000 goal! Learn how your donation to the Together We Rise scholarship campaign ensures that peers, students, and underrepresented voices can fully participate in the upcoming ISPS-US 2026 Annual Conference.
ISPS-US is thrilled to announce our second keynote speaker, Dr. Deidre Anglin, for our 2026 Annual Conference, Psychosis & The Social Link, taking place November 6-8 in New York City and hybrid online.
Become a Sponsor for ISPS-US's Landmark 25th Conference
You are invited to be a sponsor or exhibitor for our upcoming conference, Psychosis & The Social Link, taking place from November 6-8th, 2026 in New York City and hybrid online.
Over the years, organizations and individuals have leveraged this opportunity to:
- Spotlight their clinical or supportive services
- Promote upcoming events or courses
- Showcase and recruit for research projects
- Promote and sell their authored books
- Demonstrate their commitment to equity by contributing scholarship donations
- By joining us as a sponsor, you'll enjoy:
- Name and Brand Recognition
- Exhibitor Booths: Connect with attendees, both in-person and online.
- Complimentary Registration
- Marketing Opportunities: Through our extensive marketing channels, including our mailing list (6,000+ subscribers), YouTube channel (4,700+ subscribers, 40,000 views per year), and website (2,500+ visitors per month).
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