Complementary and Alternative Medicine meetings & conferences

Meanings of Madness: Critical and Creative Perspectives

Catherine Mcauley School Of Nursing And Midwifery and School Of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland in association with Critical Voices Network Ireland

13 And 14 November 2013, University College Cork, Ireland

Madness is a word that continues to invite controversy, with some perceiving it to be a derogatory term, others perceiving it as a celebration of human creativity and diversity, whilst others position themselves somewhere in the middle. This year’s conference, now in its 5th year, aims to explore these various positions by focusing on critical perspectives on the meaning of madness as a human experience and on creative responses to such an experience.

The conference offers opportunities to consider:

• Meanings of madness

• Broadening understandings of expressions of madness

• creative approaches to engaging with and responding to madness

The Conference organisers are Harry Gijbels, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland.

14th World Congress of Music Therapy

July 8-12, 2014 Austria

The congress location will be in Vienna, (i.e., pre-congress seminars) and Krems/Wachau (i.e., opening, spotlight, concurrent, and closing sessions).

Please note that the major part of the congress takes place in Krems. Booking accommodation in Krems is strongly recommended since evening "cultural" events will all be in and around Krems.

The topic of the 14th World Congress of Music Therapy is “Cultural Diversity in Music Therapy, Practice, Research, and Education.”

Organiser and responsible for the content

Institute for Ethno-Music Therapy
Priv. Doz. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Tucek
www.ethnomusik.com

3rd International Neural Regeneration Symposium

In conjunction with the 5th International Spinal Cord Injury Treatments and Trials Symposium

October 10th to 15th, 2013 Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

INRS2013 is an international symposium organized by Chinese Rehabilitation Medical Association and Neural Regeneration Research (Press), aims to promote scientific exchange and collaboration for scientists and clinicians in neural regeneration research field internationally.

Following the tradition of previous meetings, INRS2013 will cover numerous aspects within the area of neural regeneration research, particularly those related to inflammation and neuroprotection, glial scar and neural regeneration, Neural repair and regeneration after spinal cord injury, stem cells and neural regeneration, translational medicine in neural regeneration, as well as alternative medicine and neural regeneration.

INRS 2013 Secretariat
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1234 Shenyang, China
Tel: +86 138 0499 8773; 187 0409 5273
E-mail: conference@nrronline.org
Website: http://www.inrs-nrr.org/

Global Health 2013, The Second International Conference on Global Health Challenges

November 17 - 22, 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal

Colocated with other events part of DataSys 2013

Tracks:

FUNDAMENTALS
Foundations in global health informatics; Computational health; Software for health; Independent living technologies; ICT and health; Platform interoperability; Semantic interoperability; Diagnosis systems; Applied health informatics; User interfaces and visualization

TECHNOLOGY
Bio-medical semantics; Bio-medicine; Disease biomarker prediction; Applications of bio-nano technology; Body networks; Mobile healthcare; Ubiquitous healthcare

TRENDS
Clinical epigenetic; Long term health conditions; Ambient assisted; Genetics; Virtual reality in medicine surgery; Clinical trials; Computational and knowledge management on proteomics and genomics; Drug design, disease diagnosis and control

PRACTICE
Nursing; Patient-centered care; Personalized medicine; Pervasive health; Homecare; Pharmaceutical services

ALTERNATIVE
Biomedicine; Natural medicine; Preventive medicine; Chronic diseases following; Home surveillance

CHALLENGES
Security aspects and access control on medical data; Data management in pervasive context; Data quality assurance and provenance; Patient flow models in hospitals; Clinical data analysis; Information visualization of medical data

GLOBAL
eHealth initiatives; Social medicine; Health global accessibility; Epidemic spreading and control; Health Education; Providing health in remote areas; Decision support within healthcare; Ethical aspects in eHealth; Healthcare plans and patient benefits; Synchronization of federal regulations; Availability of medication; Community health services

Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, 5th Annual International Arts and Health Conference

The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Sydney 2013
5th Annual International Arts and Health Conference
12 - 14 November 2013
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, 5th Annual International Arts and Health Conference, will present best practice and innovative arts and health programs, effective health promotion and prevention campaigns, methods of project evaluation and scientific research.

Conference Streams

Arts and Health in Primary and Acute Care

Creative Ageing and Aged Care

Community Arts and Health

Health Promotion and the Arts

Education and Training for Health and Arts Professionals

Arts and Health Research and Evaluation

Who should attend?

Medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals

Government decision-makers and policy advisers in health, indigenous affairs, arts, science, education and training, community health, veterans’ affairs, cultural tourism and local government

Executives in public and private hospitals, retirement villages, aged care and palliative care facilities

Representatives of arts organisations, visual and performing artists, writers, arts and health practitioners

Representatives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Local Government representatives from community cultural development, aged care and community health services

Education authorities, academics, teachers and medical and healthcare colleges

Researchers, particularly in the area of health and social sciences

Art and museum educators and curators

Art therapists (visual arts, dance, music, drama, expressive writing)

Media

10th International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Translational Science in Integrative Oncology: “From Bedside, to Bench, to Best Practices”

Sunday, October 20, 2013 - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Presented by the Society for Integrative Oncology and Co-Sponsored by the University of British Columbia Division of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and the University of British Columbia School of Nursing.

The conference will include keynote speakers, plenary and concurrent sessions, and workshops that will highlight the latest research evidence, methodological issues, and dialogue in the field of integrative oncology.

42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Indian Physicians

“Promoting Wellness in Native American Communities through Exercise, Disease Prevention, and Traditional Healing”

July 29 – August 4, 2013 Santa Clara, California

International Association of Yoga Therapists' 2013 Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR)

June 11 – 13, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts

The International Association of Yoga Therapists' 2013 Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR) is the West's only comprehensive and widely publicized academic research meeting devoted to yoga research. The first two SYR conferences at the Himalayan Institute in 2010 and at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 2011 attracted almost 200 and over 225 registrants, respectively.

SYR 2013 is a single-track academic research conference that includes both oral and poster presentations by leading yoga research scientists. It is suitable for researchers, clinicians, integrative healthcare professionals; yoga therapists; and psychology and education professionals interested in yoga research.

This year’s symposium showcases some of the best new peer-reviewed yoga research. Comprehensive Preconference Workshops fundamental to successful research are offered. Throughout the conference participants have many opportunities to interact with colleagues and develop collaborations and initiatives that may lead to future research projects.

2013 Annual Conference of the American Holistic Nurses Association

33rd Annual Conference June 5-8, 2013 Norfolk, Virginia

Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to enable holistic nurses to develop and refine knowledge and skills designed to consciously impact healthcare transformation. 

Objectives:

Identify opportunities available to holistic nurses for addressing healthcare needs and demands at the local, national and international level.

Explore the role of advocacy in holistic nursing as a foundation in creating personal and social change.

Examine the skills and resources necessary to manifest change and optimize holistic nursing’s vision, contributions, and impact on health-care evolution.

Create strategies to advance holistic nursing’s philosophy and practice in education and practice settings, research, and in the public arena.

Engage in reflection to appreciate our individual uniqueness, deepen our awareness, and illuminate our inner wholeness and need for self-care.    

Equip holistic nurses with skills/approaches to participate meaningfully in the conscious development of an action plan designed to impact healthcare transformation.

2013 American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Conference

July 10 – 13, 2013 Keystone, Colorado