and Silencing of Black Americans by White Society

10:45-11:00 AM PDT

No CE

Each poster presenter will present a 5-minute overview. Following this, during the break, participants will be able to view each poster, and poster presenters will be available to answer questions via a Chat feature.

Poster Session Blitz (15 minutes)

 Managing Chronic Pain with Hypnosis: Possibilities for Patients on Opioid Maintenance Treatment

Casey Applegate-Aguilar, MA, MS

 Feasibility of Attention Restoration Theory-Driven Hypnotherapy for Fatigue in Cancer Survivors

Mattie Biggs, BA; Joshua Rhodes, BS; Britini Hester; Gary Elkins, PhD and Kimberly Zimmerman, PhD

 Theoretical Model of a Hypnosis-Based Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Behavior among

Aging Women

Morgan Snyder, MA and Gary Elkins, PhD

11:00 AM 12:00 PM PDT Break and Poster Session

Following the Poster Blitz (immediately preceding), participants can view each poster. Poster presenters will be available to answer questions via a Chat feature.

12:00-1:00 PM PDT Invited Address (60 minutes)

Hypnosis and the Sunken Place: How Jordan Peele’s 2017 Movie, Get Out, Illustrates the Dehumanization and Silencing of Black Americans by White Society

Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH, Yale Child Study Center/Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

1 CE

This presentation will discuss the movie, Get Out, and its use of hypnosis and the Sunken Place as a symbol of the silencing and dehumanization of Black Americans by the white majority. The presentation will go on to discuss the effects of racism on the mental and physical health of Black Americans and ways in which the mental healthcare system plays a role in promoting institutionalized racism. Finally, the presentation will discuss actionables for mental health providers seeking to promote anti-racism in their clinical spaces.

Learning Outcomes:

• Articulate the greater message in the movie, Get Out, beyond the controversial use of hypnosis in the media.

• Cite two examples of existing research on the effects of racism on mental and physical health.

• List three ways that mental health providers can play a role in providing an anti-racist space for patients.