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1. 3-rd Kongres psihijatara (Psychiatric Congress): "Psihijatrija Između - Fenomenologije i Neuroznanosti (Psychiatry Bridging Phenomenology and Neuroscience)" Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina: October 12-15, 2012

Topics:

Dilemmas and controversies in modern psychiatry
• Psychiatry and neuroscience
• Phenomenology and psychiatry in the 21st century
• Early interventions in psychiatry
• Genetics in psychiatry
• Towards the new classification systems
• Psychotherapy
• Education of mental health professionals
• Ethics and psychiatry
• Spirituality, religion and psychiatry
• Philosophy and psychiatry
• Psychosocial rehabilitation
• Addictions
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Forensic psychiatry
• Prevention of mental disorders
• Posttraumatic stress disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Epidemiology and social psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Pharmacoeconomics and pharmacogenetics
• Suicidology
• Mental health of women

Official Languages: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and English.

Deadline for abstracts or proposals: 6/1/2012.

Event Contact:
(you might use the link below for e-mail)

Klinika za psihijatriju
Univerzitetski klinički centar Tuzla
Rate Dugonjića bb
75000 Tuzla
Bosna and Hercegovina

+387/35/268 011
+387/35/268 011 fax
+387/61/656 608 GSM

Objectives:

• Collect knowledge about the current state and needs of psychiatric services, and education opportunities in the field of psychiatry and mental health care in the Serb Republic
• Improve the organization of mental health care in the community, based on scientific, humanistic and holistic principles, with special emphasis on the importance of territorial responsibility, continuity of care and interdisciplinary practice, and individualized treatment (patient-centered psychiatry)
• Harmonize educational programs of graduate and postgraduate studies in psychiatry, including specialist training and continuing medical education
• Promote ethical principles in psychiatric practice and all aspects of mental health care in the country
• Work on destigmatization of people with mental disorders, and destigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists
• Establish partnerships with governmental and intergovernmental organizations (World Health Organization, United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, European Union), as well as NGOs in order to promote mental health
• Improve communication, organizational and functional aspects of the Association and its cooperation with international associations of psychiatrists such as the World Psychiatric Association in their professional (organization of conferences, training, research activities and publications)
• Advocate with the Government of Serbia and international organizations for the development and implementation of policies related to mental health, vocational training and research activities, as well as financial support, in accordance with existing health and economic needs related to the global burden of mental disorders

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Objectives:

• Promote research and training in the identification and treatment of dissociative disorders
• Provide professional and public education about dissociative disorders
• Support national communication and cooperation among clinicians and investigators working in the field of dissociation
• Promote the development of local groups for study, education and referral

Objectives:

• Promote research and training in the identification and treatment of dissociative disorders
• Provide professional and public education about dissociative disorders
• Support national communication and cooperation among clinicians and investigators working in the field of dissociation
• Promote the development of local groups for study, education and referral

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