ORGANIZERS:

Eva Gilboa Schechtman, Bar-Ilan University
Jonathan Huppert, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

The conference is sponsored by the IIAS, ISF and the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University.

The aim of the conference is to discuss the connection between basic research on social stress and the development of evidence-based applications of treatments. Social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders. It has only been considered a diagnosis since 1980, and was first seen as a disorder that is difficult to treat. Progress has been made in the last two decades, but many believe that continued progress will be most likely to occur by translating basic findings into applied interventions.

 

PARTICIPANTS:

Idan Aderka, Israel
Lynn Alden, Canada
Alan Apter, Israel
Yair Bar-Haim, Israel
Eni Becker, Netherlands
Tal Ben Shahar, Israel
Amit Bernstein, Israel
David Clark, UK
Ruth Feldman, Israel
Edna Foa, USA
Ronny Geva, Israel
Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Israel
Richard Helmberg, USA
Haggai Hermesh, Israel
Stefan Hofmann, USA
Jonathan Huppert, Israel
Peter de Jong, Netherlands
Todd Kashdan, USA
Sofi Marom, Israel
Nilly Mor, Israel
David Moscovich, Canada
Pierre Philippot, Belgium
Eshkol Rafaeli, Israel
Ron Rapee, Australia
Tom Rodebaugh, USA
Karin Roelofs, Netherlands
Frank Schneier, USA
Oliver Schultheiss, Germany
Golan Shahar, Israel
Gal Sheppes, Israel
Ulrich Stangier, Germany
Murray Stein, USA
Lusia Stopa, UK
Charlie Taylor, USA
Justin Weeks, USA
Matthias Wieser, Germany
Avraham Weizman, Israel