News about WPA-TPS related matters.

First International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries

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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 Medical Association as detrimental for the health and health care of the Palestinian people. The Board of the Section published an official statement stating that the conference would be open for everybody, that colleagues from Arabic countries were especially welcome, and that the conference would be pure scientific.
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WPA International Congress Prague

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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 relatively large with about 1800 participants, mostly from Europe, but also with 125 colleagues from the U.S.A. and even 65 from Australia. Psychiatrists from German speaking countries were underrepresented, with by example not more then 42 Germans. This is a pity because the congress offered a lot of interesting lectures and workshops, particularly for young professionals.
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WPA International Congress Prague

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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 relatively large with about 1800 participants, mostly from Europe, but also with 125 colleagues from the U.S.A. and even 65 from Australia. Psychiatrists from German speaking countries were underrepresented, with by example not more then 42 Germans. This is a pity because the congress offered a lot of interesting lectures and workshops, particularly for young professionals.
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