Complementary and Alternative Medicine meetings & conferences

1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries

November 5-7, 2012 Tel Aviv, Israel

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
2 Hayarden St.
Airport City, Lod 70151
Israel
Tel: +972 3 9727405
Fax: + 972 72 2447271
E-mail: wpa-tps@kenes-events.com

Society for Acupuncture Research 2013 Conference

Impact of Acupuncture Research on 21st Century Health Care

April 19-21, 2013 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Co-sponsored by: University of Michigan Department of Anesthesiology and Program in Integrative Medicine

The rising incidence of chronic disease and stress-related illness in the West has led to an increased utilization of acupuncture
as a contemporary health care option. A major reason for this increase in usage is that acupuncture has heeded the call for evidence-based medicine, with a broad range of clinical trials, surveys of safety, and basic science studies of physiological action all contributing to its growing acceptance. The 2013 SAR conference will explore diverse areas of acupuncture research, emphasizing their potential to affect health policy decisions and enhance clinical practice.

-- Leading researchers from the U.S. and abroad will present keynote addresses, participate in symposia and panels, and lead workshops assessing recent progress, challenges and opportunities for the field.

-- Representative speakers from the national and international acupuncture research communities will present original data in three major areas: clinical research, basic science and research methodology.

-- A pre-conference workshop will focus on “Current status and issues in acupuncture research for practitioners, students, and educators new to this field.”

See www.acupunctureresearch.org for more details about the conference program as available.

American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences 2012 Annual Conference: Therapeutic Issues of Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Thursday, Friday, Saturday October 18th to October 20th, 2012 Conference

Sunday, October 21st, 2012 Certificate Workshop

San Mateo, California

ACISTE provides education and certificate training for mental health professionals, pastoral counselors, spiritual directors and other professionals who wish to increase their competency and develop their expertise in working with clients who have had spiritually transformative experiences. The conference brings together researchers, experiencers and practicing professionals to present their expertise in this growing field of specialization and awareness.

Intended Audience:

Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Psychotherapists
Clinical Social Workers
Marriage and Family Therapists
Professional Counselors
Addiction Counselors
Pastoral Counselors
Spiritual Directors

Agenda Topics include:

Recognizing Spiritually Transformative Experiences in clinical practice
Spiritually Transformative Experiences vs. pathology
Changes, aftereffects and challenges following a spiritually transformative experience
Integration models of a Spiritually Transformative Experience
Spiritually Transformative Experiences throughout history
Diversity of content, cross-cultural and subpopulations of experiencers
Experiencer perspectives/needs assessments (case studies, study results)
Clinical approaches and issues

Contact Information

Email: info@aciste.org

Address:
ACISTE
PO Box 1472
Alpine, CA 91903-1472

International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine

July 7-9, 2013 Paris, France

ICNM 2013 is THE premier International Congress for the most influential and inspiring complementary medicine practitioners and healthcare professionals who are dedicated to improving patient care. You will have the opportunity to join with the finest Naturopaths worldwide and update your knowledge and skills learning from internationally recognized researchers and clinicians.

Somatics & Technology Conference 2012

23 June 2012, University of Chichester, Chichester, United Kingdom

Somatics, referring to a set of body-based contemporary practices has achieved widespread recognition as a form of bodily knowledge. It coincides with a resurgence of philosophical and scientific interest in the role that the somatic plays in human thought and experience, and its reach encompasses contemporary arts that challenge the primacy of digital logic through the promotion of a more body-based and sensual approach to technology (Shusterman 2008; Damasio 1994).

This event to be held at the University of Chichester will integrate critical, theoretical and practical perspectives on the conference’s theme through keynote presentations by international specialists from the visual arts, dance and new media, with roundtable papers led by the speakers, conference papers and an exciting series of workshops, art exhibits and performances.

Beyond Words: Helping Families Through Grief After Sudden Loss

An Interdisciplinary Conference Organized by the All Inclusive Care for Children Coalition

April 26, 2013 Vernon, New York

Contact Us:

12 Rhoads Drive
Utica, NY • 13502
Phone: 1-877-515-8490
Fax: 315-792-9734
Email: Info@allinclusivecareforchildren.com

14th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application & Services (IEEE Healthcom2012)

The 14th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application & Services (IEEE Healthcom2012) will be held in Beijing, the capital city of China, from Oct. 10 to Oct. 13, 2012.

Healthcom 2012 is fully sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. It aims at bringing together interested parties from around the world working in the health care field to exchange ideas, to discuss innovative and emerging solutions, and to develop collaborations. eHealth is defined as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health and the related fields, including health-care related services, surveillance, literature, education, knowledge, and research, both at the local site and at a distance. It will make personalized medicine possible and affordable in the near future. The adoption of eHealth technologies in medical fields creates huge opportunities yet lots of challenges still need to be resolved to build reliable, secure, and efficient networks or platforms with great flexibility.

The topics include but are not limited to

Biomedical and biosensors engineering
Body sensor networks and wearable sensor systems
Clinical biofeedback, decision support systems, and tools
eHealth information and network Infrastructure
eHealth for public health (including disease prevention, emergency preparedness, epidemiologic interventions)
eHealth for ageing (to support quality of life for older adults, aging in place and independence)
Emerging eHealth applications
Health grid and health cloud
Health monitoring, traffic characterization, & management
ICT-enabled personal health system
Image and video processing on eHealth
Network/Communications Infrastructures and Architectures for Healthcare
New IT-enhanced Models for Healthcare delivery
Pervasive and ubiquitous computing on eHealth
Practical Applications of e-Health
Security and privacy on eHealth
Storage and Display Devices for eHealth
Telemedicine and mobile telemedicine

Workshop I: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an important part of medical science in the world. Chinese Medicine is good at prevention and prediction of diseases. But the typical methods of TCM mostly rely on doctors’ empirical experience, and a sophisticated collection of theories in a seemingly different paradigm from today’s mainstream western medicine. This might greatly restrict its applications and promotions. The development of information technologies has promoted the development and applications of TCM. It is becoming a revolutionary research method and technology development for data collection and management, data mining and analysis. This workshop will bring together researchers all of world who are interested in TCM to share research results, advances and practical experience, with the focus on using information technologies to solve issues on TCM. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

Modeling and Information standardization in TCM
Information management and sharing in TCM hospitals
Informationalization of health management and services in TCM
Architecture of healthcare information system for TCM
Development and applications of digital TCM techniques and equipments
Methods of diagnosis and treatment evaluation system in TCM
Prediction and monitoring modeling in TCM
Data gathering techniques in TCM
Analysis techniques for the clinical TCM data
Information techniques for the evaluation of personalized TCM treatment

Workshop II: Industrial Applications and Services on eHealth

Information technologies are becoming an ever-increasingly important part in the healthcare industry. Many companies around the world have successfully developed proprietary systems, tools and devices for their targeted applications in eHealth. But from an industry point of view, technologies alone are not enough for a significant advancement in an emerging market. How to combine government, medical institutions、insurance and other healthcare service providers together is a challenging issue. In particular, how to provide eHealth services with new service models to special demographic people, such as aging, maternal and children, disabled and rural people, are especially challenging. The goal of this workshop is to bring industrial partners together to share their experiences and exchange ideas in their practice of providing eHealth services. Topics include, but not limited to

eHealth service models for aging, maternal and children, disabled, and rural people
eHealth service deployment case study
eHealth and the Internet-of-Things
Person Health Records (PHRs) management and its applications
Chronic disease management through eHealth
Information sharing and interaction between different institutions, such as insurance, bank, government, hospitals for eHealth

American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) 2012 Conference, Changing Winds: Innovation in Music Therapy

Thursday, October 11, 2012 - Sunday, October 14, 2012

AMTA's 2012 Conference will be held in October in St. Charles, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). The Opening Session begins on October 11th, 2012 at 7:30 pm. Concurrent Sessions: Oct. 12-14, 2012 Meetings: Oct. 9-14, 2012 Institutes: Oct. 10, 2012 CMTEs: Oct. 11 & 14, 2012.

Concurrent Sessions: Oct. 11-14, 2012
Meetings: Oct. 9 – 14, 2012
Institutes: Oct. 10, 2012
CMTEs: Oct. 11 & 14, 2012

15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health (ICCH15)

August 5-10, 2012 Fairbanks, Alaska

Through the ICCH, the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) promotes exchange of the health-related knowledge and discussion of recent research results between scientists, health care professionals, policy analysts, government agency representatives, and community leaders for the benefit of all humankind.

Preliminary Scientifc Program Themes:

The North: Unique Land and Social Environment
Anthropology, demography, genetics, housing, infrastructure, health service, delivery, climate change, health impacts, etc.
History of Circumpolar Health
The International Polar Year legacy, evolution of public health organizations in the North, etc.
Research in the Circumpolar North
Indigenous research and ethics, community participatory research methods, building research capacity, etc.
Social Determinants of Health
Social justice, education, health promotion, social marketing, health and social well-being, etc.
Healthy Families
Family health and well-being, women’s health, men’s health, child health, etc.
Nutrition and Food Security
Traditional diets, factors affecting food security, the politics of food, climate change for food
Behavioral Health
Suicide, addictions, holistic and other healing community programs, etc.
Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health
Water and sanitation issues, successful occupational health programs, etc.
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention in the North
Chronic Diseases
Cancer, diabetes, obesity, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, etc.
Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis, hepatitis, H. pylori, HPV, etc.

Comics & Medicine: Navigating the Margins

22-24 July 2012 Toronto, Canada

Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Biomedical Communications Program, University of Toronto

Office of the Vice-Principal, Research, University of Toronto Mississauga

The third international interdisciplinary conference* on comics and medicine will continue to explore the intersection of sequential visual arts and medicine. This year we will highlight perspectives that are often under-represented in graphic narratives, such as depictions of the Outsider or Other in the context of issues such as barriers to healthcare, the stigma of mental illness and disability, and the silent burden of caretaking.

The conference will feature keynote presentations by comics creators Joyce Brabner and Joyce Farmer. Brabner, a comics artist and social activist, collaborated with her late husband Harvey Pekar on the graphic novel Our Cancer Year (1994), which won a Harvey Award for best graphic novel. Farmer is a veteran of the underground comics scene who nursed her elderly parents through dementia and decline as shown in her graphic memoir Special Exits (2010), which won the National Cartoonists Society award for graphic novels.

Possible topics:

Graphic pathographies of illness and disability
The use of comics in medical education
The use of comics in patient care
Depictions of the illness experience from the perspective of loved ones and family caregivers
The interface of graphic medicine and other visual arts in popular culture
Ethical implications of using comics to educate the public
Ethical implications of patient representation in comics by healthcare providers
Trends in international use of comics in healthcare settings
The role of comics in provider/patient communication
Comics as virtual support groups for patients and caregivers
The use of comics in bioethics discussions and education

We envision this gathering as a collaboration among humanities scholars, comics scholars, comics creators, healthcare professionals, and comics enthusiasts.

*Information about the 2010 conference, “Comics and Medicine: Medical Narrative in Graphic Novels,” in London, England, and the 2011 conference, “Comics and Medicine: The Sequential Art of Illness,” in Chicago, Illinois, USA, can be found at www.graphicmedicine.org.