Psychopathology meetings & conferences

14th Annual National Center for Responsible Gaming Conference on Gambling and Addiction

September 22-24, 2013 Las Vegas, Nevada

For more than a decade, the NCRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction has provided a unique forum where all stakeholders in the field of gambling disorders and responsible gaming come together to discuss the latest research, share best practices and explore real-world applications for new scientific findings.

Changes in health care policies and mental health diagnostic codes are driving a larger conversation of what recovery and prevention should include for those with addictive disorders. From the Affordable Care Act to the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, these changes impact how researchers study gambling disorders, how the industry builds responsible gaming programs to educate their patrons and how clinicians relate to their clients.

The 14th annual NCRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction will bridge the gap between these key stakeholders and the public about what these changes in the mental health space mean for communities. National leaders in public health, the gaming industry and academia will examine these issues by discussing the latest and most relevant research and news key topics, including:

■ How the Affordable Care Act and DSM-5 will impact treatment options

■ The effectiveness of evidence-based self-help recovery resources

■ Neurobiology of gambling disorders

■ The efficacy of responsible gaming programs - both in person and online.

This three-day conference is designed to enhance your professional development, whether you’re in the health care sector, the gaming industry, government or academia, by providing the following:

■ The latest information on treatment for gambling disorders

■ Continuing education units for clinicians

■ Ideas for building and enhancing responsible gaming programs

■ Opportunities for researchers to present their work in the annual poster session

■ A critical perspective that will help gaming regulators and public officials develop and evaluate policies that address gambling disorders

■ Interactive pre-conference workshops

World Hearing Voices Congress

November 20-22, 2013 Melbourne, Australia

Traditionally held in Europe, this extraordinary conference brings together the world’s leading experts on hearing voices and recovery.  It is an event unlike anything else in mental health, filled with hope, innovative thinking and collaboration.  This year the congress will be hosted in Melbourne by Voices Vic, Prahran Mission.

The congress is consumer-led, but is developed by a working group which also includes members from all mental health disciplines, real practice and the latest research, carers & families, and multicultural & indigenous perspectives.

Working together to build our understanding about hearing voices and new ways of thinking about recovery.

For voice hearers, consumers, service users, clinicians, community workers, carers and family, researchers and students.

Three days of new ideas, collaborative conversations, innovative research and practice, and stories of hope and creativity.

The themes for this year's congress have been announced:

1. Madness has meaning

2. Inviting curiosity about voices

3. A new era in leadership by those with lived experience

4. New practice and research for working with voices

5. Opening new doors for families and carers of voice hearers

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.

Society for Police & Criminal Psychology 2013 Annual Conference

September 25 – 28, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Society for Police & Criminal Psychology is a multi-disciplinary group that encourages the scientific study of the criminal justice system and the application of behavioral science knowledge to problems in criminal justice, including law enforcement, judicial, and corrections elements. Consequently, it solicits participation from psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, police officers, corrections personnel, social workers, and other professionals involved in the scientific study of the criminal justice system.

Society for Research in Psychopathology 2013 Annual Meeting

The Twenty Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology will be held in Oakland, California, USA, from Thursday September 19, 2013 through Sunday, September 23, 2013.

3rd International Congress on Dual Disorders

Addictions and Other Mental Disorders

October 23-26, 2013

The 3rd International Congress on Dual Disorders will be the best opportunity for psychiatrists specialized in Dual Pathology to meet, share and find the latest advances in the field.