MOOD, EMOTIONS, AND IMMUNITY
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010 | 8:30AM – 4:00PM

Ever feel fatigued, depressed, or unable to remember why you opened the closet? Want to be more alert and efficient at work? Learn how the immune system can trigger depression, fatigue, and memory disturbances through a chemical imbalance. This continuing education program will describe key components of the immune system, the links with stress and emotions, and how this understanding can be used to achieve optimal health.

This continuing education class will also address how stress and self-destructive emotions can directly impact the immune system along with strategies to improve health through this understanding.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the process of inflammation and links with the brain.
2. Identify the mechanisms whereby nutritional factors can modulate inflammation.
3. Discuss alternative/complementary interventions capable of modulating the immune system and health.
4. Explain the mechanism whereby stress and self-destructive emotions bring about infection and autoimmunity.
5. Describe how immune system cytokines can trigger depression, fatigue, and memory difficulties.
6. Recognize the characteristics of the immune dysfunctional personality.

Nick Hall, PhD, is a medical scientist and professional speaker, who for over 20 years has conducted groundbreaking studies linking the mind and body. This research has been published in over 150 periodicals and featured by the national and international media, including CBS’ 60 Minutes, the BBC’s Nova series, and the Emmy Award-winning program Healing and the Mind, aired by PBS. He also has been the recipient of two prestigious Research Scientist Development Awards, which the National Institutes of Health grants only to the top scientists in the United States.

Nick is no stranger, as well, to the more pragmatic aspects of dealing with change and with making difficult choices. After earning his way through college wrestling alligators and milking rattlesnakes, he worked as an intelligence-operative for the U.S. Government. While working in the islands, he endured the Marxist revolution in Grenada and the La Soufriere volcano eruption in St. Vincent.

At his Saddlebrook Resort headquarters in Florida, Dr. Hall presents highly successful workshops and motivational programs for some of America’s leading corporations. In 2007, Dr. Hall joined the faculty of the University of South Florida, College of Nursing, in Tampa, Florida, as professor and director of the Center for Psychoneuroimmunology.

Schedule and Course Content

8:00 AM           Registration

8:30 AM           Overview

8:45 AM           Inflammation and Links with the Brain

10:15 AM         Break

10:30 AM         Nutritional Interventions

11:15 AM         Alternative/Complementary Interventions

12:00 PM         Lunch (On Your Own)

1:00 PM           Stress and Self-Destructive Emotions

2:15 PM           Break

2:30 PM           Effects of Immune System Cytokines

3:15 PM           Characteristics of the Immune Dysfunctional Personality

There are no special arrangements for discounted hotel rooms for this seminar. The hotels below, local to the Norris Conference Center, are listed for your convenience.

Fee includes morning coffee break. Lunch is on your own. Seminar sites are handicapped accessible and barrier-free. Seminar room temperatures are difficult to control. For your comfort, please plan accordingly.

ALL programs must be attended in their entirety in order to receive a certificate of completion.

To request a receipt or confirmation, call (800) 866-0919 or e-mail ce@gannetthg.com.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Every effort will be made to accommodate your special needs. To request accommodation; please contact the CE office at (800) 866-0919.
  
Grievance Procedure

DIRECTIONS

Take Martin L King Jr. FWY toward downtown. Merge onto TX-280 Spur W. Take the 4th St. exit. Turn slightly left onto E 4th St. Turn right on Commerce St. Turn left on E 2nd St. Turn left onto Houston St. Norris Conference Centers is on the right.

From US-287 S, merge onto I-35W/US-287/US-81 S via Exit 16B. Take Belknap St., Exit 52c, toward TX-347-Spur W. Turn slightly right on E Belknap St. Turn left onto N. Houston St./US-287 Br. S. Norris Conference Centers will be on the right.

Parking is complementary.

Cancellation and Refund Policy for Seminars:

Phone cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Cancellations received four weeks prior to the seminar receive a full refund of the registration fee. Cancellations received after four weeks and up to seven days prior to the seminar are assessed a $50 processing fee. Cancellations received seven days prior to the seminar or “no shows” are nonrefundable. Registration fees are transferable to an upcoming seminar within the same calendar year (expires December 31 each year) or to another participant. In the event that a seminar is cancelled, a full refund will be issued.  

Seminars must be attended in their entirety and the evaluation form must be completed to receive a certificate of completion.

The speaker has declared no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to these educational activities.

Gannett Education guarantees the content of these educational activities are free from bias.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity.

These CNE activities do not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Approval Information for Social Workers

Gannett Education, provider # 1203, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Gannett Education maintains responsibility for the program. Approval Period: February 15, 2010 to February 15, 2011. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

Social workers participating in this course will receive 6.0 continuing education clock hours.

Course Completion Requirements and Awarding Certificate

The seminar must be attended in its entirety and the evaluation form completed in order to receive the certificate.

Jurisdictional Requirements

Continuing education licensing requirements vary by jurisdiction, are not well defined, and may change. We recommend you contact your licensing board or accrediting organization for the latest continuing education requirements of your state or territory.

Accreditation

Gannett Education, formerly known as Nursing Spectrum Division of Continuing Education, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Gannett Education is also accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing (provider no. FBN 50-1489) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider no. CEP 13213).