Call for Abstracts: 14th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research
Sunday 21 through Thursday 25 April 2013 Orlando, Florida. Satellite Meetings will be held Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 April 2013.
Abstracts submission deadline: 12 September 2012. All abstracts must be submitted online.
Call for Abstracts: 1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries
November 5-7, 2012 Tel Aviv, Israel
Abstracts have to be submitted by 1 July 2012.
The 1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries is a highly anticipated and ambitious event that seeks to deal with novel issues appearing in a world of open frontiers, new opportunities and international upheaval and conflicts, particularly relevant in light of recent events in the region.
Identity is an evolving concept, where group boundaries have become blurred. Mental health professionals will be given the opportunity to participate in stimulating and fruitful discussions on a great variety of issues such as clinical aspects of acculturative stress, neuropsychopharmacology and integrative treatment methods.
The conference, to be held 5-7 November 2012, is aimed at leading psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, social anthropologists, students and anyone with a specialized interest in the rapidly evolving area of transcultural psychiatry.
Preliminary List of Topics
Mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders related to migration
Cultural neuropsychopharmacology
Suicide and cultural transition
Trauma and migration
Religiosity and spirituality
Stigma and Culture
Cultural transition
Kenes International
Kenes Group Building
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Israel
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Call for Papers: Pan Arab Psychiatric Conference (PAPC2012)
Novembe 29-December 1, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The theme selected for the Mental Health Changes in the Arab World (Violence, Trauma and Recovery) will address the involvement of the mental health professionals in providing services for people affected by the recent developments in the region. It is an opportunity to discuss and share development, trends, scientific research and treatments advancements in the impact of the violence on the mental health specifically and psychotrauma and Psychiatric disorders in general not forgetting Recovery.
Together with a carefully selected educational program and a group of highly renowned regional and international keynote speakers, we promise you a significant scientific enrichment for people involved hoping to benefit the region on the ground in the post period of the conference and initiate mental health programs the region needs.
The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts to make poster presentations at PAPC2012 from professionals, researchers and students in the Psychiatric field.
Deadline
Deadline for abstract submission is 30 August 2012, 8 pm Dubai time.
Abstract Topics
1....Psychological trauma and recovery.
2....Resilience and recovery after psychological trauma.
3....Disaster psychiatry
4....Role of NGPs in developing mental health services
5....Violence and mental health (Domestic Violence, Violence among psychiatric population)
6....Recent advances in psychopharmacology of major mental illnesses
......(schizophrenia, bipolar, depression etc)
7....Addiction, personality and deliberate self harm available services and different managements.
8....Co morbidity of physical and psychiatric disorders
9....Special populations (Women's, child, adolescent and old age)
10..Community psychiatry and post discharge services & managements.
11..Psychiatry and the law
12..Cultural issues of psychiatric practice in the Arab world
13..Bridging the gap between psychology and psychiatry in the Arab world
14..Psychiatry and spirituality
15..Recruitment into psychiatry & Postgraduate training in psychiatry
16..Arab Psychiatrists experience abroad, prospects & challenges
Meeting Minds Experts
PAPC2012 Professional Conference Organisers
pco@papc2012.com
Call for Abstracts: 12th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders
November 7-9 2012 Barcelona, Spain
Deadline for abstract submission 16 September, 2012
The most useful feature about IFMAD meetings is that current clinical hot topics and new data are presented in a balanced format, adequately dissected and discussed in a collegiate atmosphere, and digested over dinner.
The meetings are always enjoyable and informative and along with the usual updates on new treatments in other areas this year’s IFMAD will be an efficient way of catching up with the latest developments.
This year topics that will be addressed include educational strategies to prevent suicide, the place of antidepressants in bipolar depression, new approaches in treating alcohol abuse, improving placebo control groups and a core focus will be on the new antidepressants on the horizon.
The list of preliminary topics for IFMAD 2012:
How soon can nonresponse be declared ?
Mistakes in DSM-V bipolar definitions
Do antidepressants have a place in bipolar depression
Are 2 antidepressants better than one ?
Are there too many anxiety disorders ?
Is worry too common to be diagnostic of GAD?
New antidepressants on the horizon
A new approach to treating alcohol abuse
Improving placebo control groups
Celebrities and borderline personality
Do suicide warnings help or harm?
Can educational strategies prevent suicide?
Raising the dose in non-responders – is it useful?
Efficacy of psychiatric drugs in prospective
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