“The bio-psycho-social model: The future of psychiatry” 29 June – 3 July, 2013 www.wasp2013.com It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 21st World Congress for Social Psychiatry, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June to 3 July 2013. The Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Lisbon is honoured to host […]
“Improving Science, Ethics, Services and Solidarity in Psychiatry” June 19 – 23, 2013 www.wpaistanbul2013.org During the World Psychiatric Association International Congress Istanbul 2013, organized by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), in collaboration with the Psychiatric Association of Turkey (PAT) and the Turkish Neuropsychiatric Society (TNS), besides a high quality scientific programme, a scientific research awards […]
Professor Joop de Jong, the Dutch pioneer in the field of Transcultural Psychiatry and International Mental Health, will retire as Professor of Transcultural and International Psychiatry at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. On the 31st of May 2013 the University hosts a special symposium on Cultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health to honour […]
“Facilitation Mental Health, Primary Care & Public Health Integration for Southeast Europe & Eurasia” April 10 – 13, 2013 www.wpa2013bucharest.org This unprecedented Congress is a sharply focused initiative of the World Psychiatric Association in collaboration with the Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, the National Society of Family Medicine and the Romanian Public Health and […]
“Sharing experiences in transcultural settings and practices throughout Europe in the field of health and mental health” Over the past 25 years, several approaches and experiences for the reception and care of migrants and refugees have developed in Europe. Whether it be for physical, mental and social care, it would be very fruitful to compare […]
First International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries, Tel Aviv, 5-7 November, 2012 The First Mediterranean Conference on Cultural Psychiatry took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. Before the conference took place, there were many protests by non-members of the Transcultural Section about the place of the conference, since they considered Israel and the Israel […]
WPA International Congress Prague, October 17-20, 2012 The recent international congress of the World Psychiatric Association had much to offer in the field of transcultural psychiatry. The focus of the congress was ‘Access, Quality and Human Care’, which is an important item in the care for ethnic minorities and in International Psychiatry. The congress was […]
WPA International Congress Prague, October 17-20, 2012 The recent international congress of the World Psychiatric Association had much to offer in the field of transcultural psychiatry. The focus of the congress was ‘Access, Quality and Human Care’, which is an important item in the care for ethnic minorities and in International Psychiatry. The congress was […]