Presentations
References are available upon request.
Recent Presentations (2010s–2020s)
Hypnosis and Clinical Innovation (2019-2020)
- Sugar J — Flying Hands and Floating Fingers: Ideomotor Processes in Hypnosis
— Six-hour virtual workshop, Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis Annual Meeting, October 2020 - Sugar J — Learn How and Why to use the Screener for Child Attachment, Adversity, Trauma, Impairment & Resilience (SCAATIR)
— American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Annual Colloquium, Salt Lake City, June 2019
Clinical Case Presentations and Depression Research (2017-2018)
- Sugar J, Ghebrendrias S, Storage S — Hallucinations following Sexual Trauma in a Young Girl: Schizophrenia or Dissociation?
— USC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, December 2018 - Pendi A, Ashraf J, Tsai F-J, Abou El Magd S, Liu C, Hussain H, Khalil M, Wolitzky-Taylor K, Lee D, Gohar S, Sugar J, Pendi K, Lee J, Abdel Maksoud, Adel N, Baron D — Prevalence of depression and associated stigmatized beliefs in university students: results of a survey in the United States, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt
— 30th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, May 2018 - Pendi K, Pendi A, Ashraf J, Wolitzky-Taylor K, Lee D, Sugar J, Lee J, Baron D — The association between depression severity and social stigma in undergraduate students
— 30th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, New Orleans, September 2017 - Pendi K, Pendi A, Ashraf J, Wolitzky-Taylor KB, Lee D, Sugar J, Baron D — Depression severity and depression stigma in undergraduate university students
— 11th International Regional “Stress and Behavior” Neurosciences and Biopsychiatry Conference (North America), Miami Beach, June 2017
Rapid Trauma Assessment and Screening (2016)
- Sugar J, Tiao J, Pun S, Mack W, Ford J — The Next Step After ACES: Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Adversity and Trauma (RAPAT)
— International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Annual Meeting, Dallas, November 2016 - Sugar J, Pun S — Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Adversity and Trauma (RAPAT): Scale Development and Early Results
— International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH, July 2016
Clinical Approaches and Trauma Psychotherapy (2014-2015)
- Sugar J (Chair) — New Directions in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
— Clinical Symposium, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 2015 - Sugar J, Daly J, Spiegel D — Mis(sed) Diagnosis: Trauma, Dissociation, and Psychosis, Revisited
— Invited Clinical Case Conference, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2015 - Sugar J — Treating Child and Adolescent Dissociative Disorders with Hypnosis
— Invited presentation, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, January 2014
Trauma, Dissociation, and Outcomes (2012)
- Sugar J, Grasso D, Ford J — Trauma, Dissociation and Somatization in Psychiatrically Impaired Youth
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, November 2012 - Macbeth L, Sugar J — Trauma Types and Clinical Symptoms in Urban Latino Youth
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, November 2012 - Macbeth L, Sugar J — Decline in Distress Following Trauma Treatment for Urban Latino Youth
— 17th International Conference of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 2012 - Macbeth L, Sugar J — Comparison of Three PTSD Screening Instruments for Children and Adolescents
— 17th International Conference of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 2012
Earlier Presentations (2000s)
Child Trauma Assessment and Education (2010-2011)
- Sugar J — How Experience Becomes Disease: The ACE Study and Beyond
— Invited presentation, Maternal/Child AIDS Clinic, Research and Clinical Seminar Series, USC Department of Infectious Disease, Los Angeles, November 2011 - Sugar J — Meet me in the Space of Illusion, Using Winnicott’s Notion of Transitional Phenomena to Understand Traumatic Dissociation in Children
— Invited presentation, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, December 2010 - Sugar J, Lesca M, Enrile K — Using Winnicott’s Notion of Transitional Phenomena to Understand a Case of Traumatic Dissociation
— USC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, April 2010 - Bangbose S, Sugar J (Mentor) — Residential Schools for Foster Youth: A Promising Intervention
— AACAP Annual Meeting, New York, October 2010 - Sugar J, Pataki C, Ford J — The Rapid Assessment of Pediatric Psychological Trauma
— National Child Traumatic Stress Network Annual Meeting, New Orleans, February 2010 - Macbeth L, Sugar J, Pataki C — Teaching TF-CBT to Child Psychiatry Trainees
— Association of Behavioral Therapists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, September 2010 - Macbeth L, Sugar J, Pataki C — Using a Structured Instrument to Increase Ascertainment of Child Trauma
— American Psychological Association Meeting, San Diego, September 2010
Innovative Training and Virtual Patients (2008-2010)
- Sugar J, Pataki C, St. George C, Pato M, Kenny P, Parsons T, Rizzo A — Factors Affecting Trainees’ Interactions with Justina, a Virtual Trauma Patient
— National Institute for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence, Dallas, February 2010 - Pataki C, Sugar J, et al. — Justina, a Virtual Trauma Patient for Teaching Clinicians about PTSD
— AACAP Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 2008
Evolutionary Theory and Post-Tsunami Work (2005-2006)
- Sugar J — PTSD, Evolutionary Theory and Neuroscience
— USC Psychiatry Grand Rounds, May 2006 - Sugar J — PTSD following the Indonesian Tsunami
— Southern California Psychiatric Society dinner meeting, February 2006 - Sugar J — Understanding Trauma: Evolution, Neuroscience and PTSD after the Tsunam
— Invited lecture, Syiah Kuala University (State University of Aceh), Banda Aceh, Indonesia, May 2005 - Rodriguez N, Sugar J — Validation of the Youth PTSD Scale in Adolescents
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 2005
Foundational Presentations (1990s–early 2000s)
Peritraumatic Dissociation and Complex Trauma (2002-2003)
- Sugar J, Rodriguez N — Peritraumatic Dissociation, Current Dissociation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Traumatized Youth
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 2003 - Sugar J, Lajonchere C, Hunt A, Rodriguez N — Peritraumatic Dissociation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Traumatized Youth in Residential Treatment
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2002 - Lajonchere C, Sugar J, Hunt A, Rodriguez N — Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Multiply Traumatized Youth
— ISTSS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2002
Time, Hypnosis, and Child Psychotherapy (1997-1998)
- Sugar J (Chairman) — Institute on Time in Child Psychotherapy
— AACAP Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, October 1998 - Sugar J — Time Machines, Magnetic Fingers, and Magic Carpets: The Subjectivity of Space and Time in Child Hypnosis
— AACAP Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, October 1998 - Sugar J — Time for the Soul: Wisdom in Your Day Planner
— AACAP Annual Meetings, Anaheim (October 1998), Chicago (October 1999), New York (October 2000), Honolulu, Hawaii (October 2001), Miami (October 2003) - Sugar J — Winnicott’s Notion of Transitional Phenomena May Explain Why Both Hypnosis and Play Can Successfully Treat Dissociative Children
— International Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis biennial meeting, San Diego, CA, May 1997 - Sugar J — The Hypnotic Induction Profile for Children
— International Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis biennial meeting, San Diego, CA, May 1997
Brief Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (1994)
- Sugar J (Co-Chair) — Institute on Brief Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescent
— AACAP Annual Meeting, New York, October 1994 - Sugar J — Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy in the Brief Psychotherapy of Children and Adolescents
— AACAP Annual Meeting, New York, October 1994
Residential Treatment (1993)
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Sugar J — Roles, Boundaries, Authorization, and Projective Identification in a Large Residential Treatment Center
— 11th Scientific Meeting of the A.K. Rice Institute, Los Angeles, California, May 1993