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EspañolWPA Section/Zonal Symposia/Workshops
WPA SECTION SYMPOSIA
SS1. HALLUCINATORY VOICES: INTEGRATING CLINICAL, RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVES (organized by the WPA Sections on Clinical Psychopathology and on Psychotherapy)
(September 19, 9.00-10.30)
SS1.1 Hallucinatory voices: history and epistemology
G.E. Berrios (UK)
SS1.2 Auditory-verbal hallucinations: a clinical-phenomenological approach
P. Handest, F. Larøi, A. Raballo (Denmark/Belgium/Italy)
SS1.3 Contrasting monosymptomatic patients with hallucinations vs. delusions: empirical findings on course and outcome
J. Evensen, J.A. Røssberg, U. Haahr, W.T. Hegelstad, I. Inge Joa, J.O. Johannessen, H. Langeveld, T.K. Larsen, I. Melle, S. Opjordsmoen, B. Rund, K. Simonsen, K. Sundet, P. Vaglum, S. Friis, T. McGlashan (Norway/Denmark/USA)
SS1.4 A voice a-while ago: psychosocial treatment of hallucinations
A. Preti, M. Cella (Italy/UK)
SS2. NORMALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: MEASUREMENT ASPECTS AND TOOLS (organized by the WPA Section on Measurement Instruments in Psychiatric Care)
(September 19, 9.00-10.30)
SS2.1 Towards a definition of mental disorder: conceptual issues
D. Kecmanovic (Australia)
SS2.2 Normality and psychopathology: where do the addictions fit?
L.B. Cottler (USA)
SS2.3 Normality and anxiety disorders: drawing the line to improve utility and conceptual validity of the anxiety disorders
V. Starcevic (Australia)
SS2.4 Measuring mental health and psychopathology in Aboriginal culture
A. Janca (Australia)
SS2.5 Medical students’ mental health: resilience and psychopathology
M. Latas (Serbia)
SS3. COGNITIVE STYLES IN EATING DISORDERS: NEUROENDOCRINE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS (organized by the WPA Section on Eating Disorders)
(September 19, 9.00-10.30)
SS3.1 Investigation of steroid hormones and cognitive functioning in eating disorders
P. Monteleone, S. Galderisi, P. Bucci, C. Di Filippo, M. Maj (Italy)
SS3.2 Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces food craving and salivary cortisol levels in bulimic disorders
A. Claudino, F. Van den Eynde, A. Mogg, D. Stahl, M. Andiappan, W. Ribeiro, T. Dew, L. Horrell, J. Kalthoff, R. Uher, I. Campbell, U. Schmidt (UK/Brazil)
SS3.3 Oxytocin: a novel treatment in anorexia nervosa?
J. Russell, A. Guastella, K. Tchanturia, U. Schmidt, J. Treasure, D. Carson, S. Maguire, R. Uptala-Kumar, S. Abraham (Australia/UK)
SS3.4 Central coherence in eating disorders: a systematic review
C. López, K. Tchanturia, D. Stahl, J. Treasure (Chile/UK)
SS3.5 A group program for bulimic patients: recognition of cognitive problems involved in the relationships
G. Onofrio (Argentina)
SS4. PSYCHIATRY, RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY: CLINICAL ASPECTS (organized by the WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry)
(September 19, 10.45-12.15)
SS4.1 Science (psychiatry) and religion
P.J. Verhagen (The Netherlands)
SS4.2 Obsessive compulsive disorder and religion: a reconnaissance
H. van Megen, P.J. Verhagen (The Netherlands)
SS4.3 Religiousness and alcohol use in the Brazilian population
M.G.S. Nagib, A. Moreira-Almeida, I. Pinsky, M. Sanches, R. Caetano, R. Laranjeira (Brazil/Canada/USA)
SS4.4 Content of religious delusions in schizophrenia
P. Rudaleviciene, T. Stompe, A. Narbekovas (Lithuania/Austria)
SS4.5 Judeo-Christian religious experience and psychiatry: the legacy of William James
S. Dein (UK)
SS4.6 Psychiatry and religion dialogue: a spotlight on anthropologic frameworks and ethical consequences
U. Heckert (Brazil)
SS4.7 An insanity factory: psychiatry and spiritism in Brazil (1900-1950)
A.A.S. Almeida (Brazil)
SS5. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (organized by the WPA Section on Quality Assurance in Psychiatry)
(September 19, 10.45-12.15)
SS5.1 New directions in the development of practice guidelines
J. McIntyre (USA)
SS5.2 Quality of outcome of different trajectories of mental health care
W. Gaebel, S. Kowitz, J. Zielasek (Germany)
SS5.3 Continuous quality improvement and the psychiatrist
J. Halverson (USA)
SS5.4 Is quality of care equal throughout the world?
J. Srinivasaraghavan (USA)
SS5.5 The use of quality improvement learning collaborative for transformational change in mental health service organizations
N. Adams (USA)
SS6. THE ROLE OF PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH IN CANCER CARE (organized by the WPA Section on Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care, in collaboration with the International Psycho-Oncology Society)
(September 19, 14.45-16.15)
SS6.1 Online multilingual core curriculum in psycho-oncology and international perspectives
L. Grassi, R. Caruso, C. Da Ronch, M.G. Nanni (Italy)
SS6.2 Psychosocial factors and role of the psychiatrist in patients with neurological cancer
M.F. Mutti, R. Fahrer (Argentina)
SS6.3 Immunomodulator treatment in cancer patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis
F. Matozza, D. Levy (Argentina)
SS6.4 Differential diagnoses in primary care
D. Baron (USA)
SS6.5 Quality of life in palliative care: what do we know about Chilean and Latin-American cancer caregivers?
M.E. Irarrázaval (Chile)
SS7. THE ECONOMICS OF MENTAL HEALTH REFORM (organized by the WPA Section on Mental Health Economics)
(September 19, 14.45-16.15)
SS7.1 The impacts of Norway's ten year national plan for mental health (1999-2008)
T. Ruud (Norway)
SS7.2 The impact of national health reform on adults with mental disorders
R.L. Garfield, S.H. Zuvekas, J.R. Lave, J.M. Donohue (USA)
SS7.3 Financing the access to patient reported outcomes information in schizophrenia
M. Moscarelli (Italy)
SS8. IMPULSIVITY IN BIPOLAR AND RELATED DISORDERS: MECHANISMS AND SPECIFICITY (organized by the WPA Section on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders)
(September 19, 14.45-16.15)
SS8.1 Impulsivity, course of illness, and addictive behavior in bipolar disorder
A. Swann, M. Lijffijt, S. Lane, J. Steinberg, F. Moeller (USA)
SS8.2 A comparison of impulsivity characteristics among subjects with bipolar disorder and pathological gambling
D. Rossini, C. Castanho de Almeida Rocca, B. Lafer, H. Tavares (Brazil)
SS8.3 Impulsivity in bipolar disorder: a sib pair study
K. Almeida, F. Nery, B. Lafer (Brazil)
SS8.4 Bipolar disorder, co-occurring alcoholism and family history: impulsivity as a trait marker and neurobiological underpinnings
J. Soares, E. Henna, F. Nery, G. Zunta-Soares, J. Hatch, A. Swann (USA)
SS9. 21st CENTURY APPROACHES TO PSYCHIATRIC GENETIC RESEARCH (organized by the WPA Section on Genetics in Psychiatry)
(September 19, 16.30-18.00)
SS9.1 From GWAS to sequencing to functional studies: experiences from schizophrenia genetics
P.V. Gejman (USA)
SS9.2 Pharmacogenetics and neuroimaging: understanding potential mechanisms for antidepressant treatment response
G. Laje (USA)
SS9.3 Epigenetics: the epitome of missing heritability?
J.B. Potash (USA)
SS9.4 The phenotype: the still unknown quantity in psychiatric genetics?
T.G. Schulze (Germany/USA)
SS10. PSYCHIATRY OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: CONTRIBUTION TO THE ICD-11 (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability)
(September 19, 16.30-18.00)
SS10.1 “Intellectual developmental disorders” and the international classification of diseases
L. Salvador-Carulla (Spain)
SS10.2 Mental retardation: intellectual or cognitive disorder?
M.O. Bertelli (Italy)
SS10.3 Behavioural features in the new classification system for intellectual disabilities
S.-A. Cooper (UK)
SS10.4 Implications for low- and middle-income countries
G. Katz (Mexico)
SS10.5 Clinical outcomes of a specialist inpatient unit for adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems
H. Kwok, K.K. Chun, W. Wong, M. To (China)
SS11. DEPRESSION AS AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (organized by the WPA Section on Biological Psychiatry)
(September 19, 16.30-18.00)
SS11.1 The role of inflammatory, oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways in depression
M. Maes (Thailand)
SS11.2 Inflammation and major depression: the role of TH1/TH2 shift in neuroimmune interactions and its relevance in cancer prognosis
L.R. Frick (Argentina)
SS11.3 Genetic variants of major inflammatory enzymes in patients with depression
P. Galecki (Poland)
SS11.4 Evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder: findings from postmortem brain and peripheral cells
A. Andreazza (Canada)
SS12. RETHINKING PSYCHOSIS: CONCEPTS AND CORE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES (organized by the WPA Section on Clinical Psychopathology)
(September 19, 18.15-19.45)
SS12.1 Diagnostic symptoms versus core psychopathology
W.T. Carpenter (USA)
SS12.2 The self in psychosis: striving for psychopathological coherence beyond the crust of diagnostic symptoms
A. Raballo (Denmark/Italy)
SS12.3 Insight in psychosis? Past and new directions
J.A. Engh (Norway)
SS12.4 Incomprehensibility and psychosis
M. Heinimaa (Finland)
SS13. INSOMNIA: THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatry and Sleep Wakefulness Disorders)
(September 19, 18.15-19.45)
SS13.1 Epidemiological considerations regarding insomnia
T. Paparrigopoulos (Greece)
SS13.2 The hyperarousal hypothesis of primary insomnia
M. Berger, D. Riemann, C. Nissen (Germany)
SS13.3 Cognitive and emotional consequences of insomnia
C. Nissen, D. Riemann, C. Baglioni, M. Berger (Germany)
SS14. BODY-MIND CONNECTION THROUGH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA (organized by the WPA Section on Immunology and Psychiatry)
(September 19, 18.15-19.45)
SS14.1 Controversies on cytokine changes and effects of antipsychotics in schizophrenia
M.H. Rapaport (USA)
SS14.2 Controversies on kynurenine changes in schizophrenia: the pathophysiological aspect
A.M. Myint, M.J. Schwarz, R. Verkerk, M. Riedel, Y.K. Kim (Germany/Belgium/Korea)
SS14.3 Immune alterations and the kynurenine pathway in schizophrenia: pharmacological effects on immune neurochemical systems interaction
M.J. Schwarz, A.M. Myint, M. Riedel, N. Müller (Germany/Belgium)
SS14.4 Role of neuroimmunomodulation as a new therapeutic strategy in schizophrenia
N. Müller (Germany)
SS15. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS ON COGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA BY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS (organized by the WPA Section on Psychoneurobiology)
(September 20, 9.00-10.30)
SS15.1 Indices of functional connectivity in schizophrenia and their changes following antipsychotic treatment
T. Koenig, D. Hubl, J. Kindler, M. Kikuchi, M. Yoshimura, D. Lehmann, T. Dierks, W. Strik (Switzerland/Japan)
SS15.2 Event-related indices of cognitive functions and their changes following antipsychotics
A. Mucci, S. Galderisi, P. Bucci, D. Russo, M. Maj (Italy)
SS15.3 Neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia and pharmacotherapy: the role of event-related potentials
T. Sumiyoshi, Y. Higuchi, T. Itoh, T. Seo, T. Miyanishi, M. Suzuki (Japan)
SS15.4 P300 paradigms reflecting cognitive improvements in patients with schizophrenia using atypical antipsychotics
Y.W. Jeon, J.S. Yi, S.H. Kim (Korea)
SS16. HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES IN PSYCHIATRY (organized by the WPA Section on History of Psychiatry)
(September 20, 9.00-10.30)
SS16.1 Case notes as sources in the history of psychiatry
A. Scull (USA)
SS16.2 Historiographical approaches: the history of the epistemologies of psychiatry
G.E. Berrios (UK)
SS16.3 Historiographical approaches: psychiatric diagnoses
M.S. Micale (USA)
SS16.4 Historiographical approaches: historical epidemiology
D. Healy (UK)
SS16.5 Historiographical approaches: history of psychiatry in Latin America
D. Matusevich (Argentina)
SS17. REFORM IN THE USE OF COERCION IN PSYCHIATRY (organized by the WPA Section on Public Policy and Psychiatry)
(September 20, 9.00-10.30)
SS17.1 Qualitative data on the experience of coercion in psychiatry
I. Sibitz, A. Scheutz, M. Amering (Austria)
SS17.2 Practice and outcomes of involuntary hospital treatment across Europe: the EUNOMIA study
S. Priebe (UK) and the EUNOMIA study group
SS17.3 The reduction of the use of restraints and seclusion in the US
R. Warner (USA)
SS17.4 How should the effectiveness of compulsory outpatient treatment be tested? The OCTET trial
T. Burns (UK)
SS18. BRAIN MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL CORRELATES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: AN UPDATE (organized by the WPA Section on Neuroimaging in Psychiatry)
(September 20, 10.45-12.15)
SS18.1 Neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy in psychoses
T. Dierks, J. Kindler, C. van Swam, P. Homan, A. Federspiel, W. Strik, D. Hubl (Switzerland)
SS18.2 Volumetric brain measurements in schizophrenia and affective psychoses: longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging investigations over five years
M.S. Schaufelberger, F.L.S. Duran, L.C. Santos, M.V. Zanetti, R.M. Murray, M. Scazufca, P.R. Menezes, G.F. Busatto (Brazil)
SS18.3 Brain imaging correlates of schizophrenia negative symptoms
S. Galderisi (Italy)
SS18.4 Structural imaging in schizophrenia: a specific pattern, but what does it mean?
P. Falkai (Germany)
SS19. PHENOMENOLOGY IN PSYCHIATRY: HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES (organized by the WPA Section on Philosophy and Humanities in Psychiatry)
(September 20, 10.45-12.15)
SS19.1 Phenomenological approach to psychiatry
O. Doerr (Chile)
SS19.2 Facts and values, histories and narratives: hermeneutic perspective in the “psy” field
M. Rovaletti (Argentina)
SS19.3 Phenomenology and qualitative research in psychiatry and mental health
O. Domont de Serpa Jr. (Brazil)
SS20. STIGMATIZATION OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRISTS: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND METHODS FOR CHANGE (organized by the WPA Sections on Schizophrenia and on Stigma and Mental Disorders)
(September 20, 14.45-16.15)
SS20.1 Mechanisms of stigmatization
H. Stuart (Canada)
SS20.2 Stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists: results of an international study
W. Gaebel (Germany)
SS20.3 A multi-faceted approach to minimize stigma towards mental illness in Kenya
D.M. Ndetei (Kenya)
SS20.4 How to realize a barrier free living for people with mental illness
T. Akiyama (Japan)
SS20.5 The WPA guidance on how to combat stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists
N. Sartorius (Switzerland)
SS21. HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY (organized by the WPA Section on Pharmacopsychiatry)
(September 20, 14.45-16.15)
SS21.1 Value and indication of antidepressant medications in the treatment of major depression, revisited
T.C. Baghai, P. Blier, D.S. Baldwin, M. Bauer, G. Goodwin, K.N. Fountoulakis, S. Kasper, B.E. Leonard, U.F. Malt, D. Stein, M. Versiani, H.-J. Möller, (Germany/Canada/UK/Greece/Austria/Ireland/Norway/South Africa/Brazil) for the WPA Section on Pharmacopsychiatry
SS21.2 Antipsychotics: their efficacy in treating the depressive syndrome in schizophrenia and depression
H.-J. Möller (Germany)
SS21.3 Co/polypharmacy with psychotropic drugs: its prevalence, problems, rationality and irrationality
S. Kasper (Austria)
SS21.4 Antidepressants or second generation antipsychotics in the treatment of acute bipolar II depressive episode? A critical review of commonly held views
U.F. Malt (Norway)
SS22. ETHICS AND AESTHETICS IN PSYCHIATRY: THE PERSONAL, THE SOCIAL AND THE DIALECTICAL (organized by the WPA Sections on Philosophy and Humanities in Psychiatry and on Clinical Psychopathology)
(September 20, 14.45-16.15)
SS22.1 The attractiveness of a treatment: is aesthetics important?
P. Varandas (Portugal)
SS22.2 Social aesthetics in psychiatry: future perspectives
M. Musalek (Austria)
SS22.3 African insights that afford a person-centered ethics neither committed to individualism nor communitarianism
C.W. van Staden (South Africa)
SS23. TRENDS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (organized by the WPA Section on Schizophrenia)
(September 20, 16.30-18.00)
SS23.1 The classification of psychotic disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5
W. Gaebel (Germany)
SS23.2 Experts’ opinions on renaming schizophrenia: a global survey
T. Maruta, N. Shinfuku, C. Matsumoto (Japan)
SS23.3 The psychosis risk syndrome and DSM-5: stepping stone, catalyst or premature closure?
P. McGorry (Australia)
SS23.4 The impact of stigma on the diagnosis, classification and care of people with schizophrenia
N. Sartorius (Switzerland)
SS24. PSYCHOTHERAPY: BIOLOGY, PRACTICE, TEACHING (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatry, Medicine and Primary Care)
(September 20, 18.15-19.45)
SS24.1 Psychotherapy: special issues for women
N. Stotland (USA)
SS24.2 Neurobiology of psychotherapy
J. Kay (USA)
SS24.3 Evidence-based psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder
J. Oldham (USA)
SS24.4 Teaching psychotherapy: bridging the gap between theory and practice
D. Nahum (USA)
SS25. ADVANCES IN EPIGENETICS AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS(organized by the WPA Section on Psychoneuroendocrinology)
(September 20, 18.15-19.45)
SS25.1 Consequences of early childhood trauma
C.B. Nemeroff (USA)
SS25.2 Epigenesis: a novel tool to discover the genetic mystery of psychosomatic disorders
A.N. Singh (Canada)
SS25.3 Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis abnormalities in the postmortem brain of teenage suicide victims
G.N. Pandey (USA)
SS25.4 Inflammatory mediators and their relevance to neurodegeneration
R. Bernardini, G. Cantarella (Italy)
SS25.5 The link between stress and depression at the neurobiological and cognitive interface
G. Tafet (Argentina)
SS26. NEW CHALLENGES FROM URBANIZATION AND MENTAL HEALTH (organized by the WPA Section on Urban Mental Health)
(September 20, 18.15-19.45)
SS26.1 Mental health needs and psychiatric care in a large urban zone: São Paulo
J. Mari (Brasil)
SS26.2 Urbanization and suicide: global trends
G. Caracci (USA)
SS26.3 Urbanization and cultures in transition: problems and solutions
D. Bhugra (UK)
SS26.4 Socio-demographic characteristics of the neighborhoods and depression
M. Bassi (Italy)
SS27. DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatry in Developing Countries)
(September 20, 18.15-19.45)
SS27.1 Developing mental health services in low income countries: WPA section activities
A. Javed (UK)
SS27.2 The reality of the management of mental health services in Latin America
E. Camarena Robles, E.G. Belfort (Mexico/Venezuela)
SS27.3 Developing appropriate community mental health services in low income countries
S. Rataemane (South Africa)
SS27.4 Mental health law and related issues in Eastern Europe countries
A. Soghoyan, K. Gasparyan (Armenia)
SS27.5 Liaison mental health services in developing countries: Indian perspectives
E. Mohandas (India)
SS28. BRAIN MODULES AND THE SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM (organized by the WPA Sections on Schizophrenia and on Clinical Psychopathology)
(September 21, 9.00-10.30)
SS28.1 A modular concept of psychopathology in schizophrenia and other psychoses
W. Gaebel (Germany)
SS28.2 The positive symptoms module in schizophrenia
A. Abi-Dargham (USA)
SS28.3 Negative symptoms of schizophrenia: do we know the underlying brain circuitry?
S. Galderisi (Italy)
SS28.4 Thought disorders as a disorder of the language system
W. Strik, H. Horn (Switzerland)
SS29. EPILEPTIFORM PROCESSES AND ANTICONVULSANTS IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS (organized by the WPA Section on Psychophysiology in Psychiatry)
(September 21, 9.00-10.30)
SS29.1 Scalp recording of epileptic discharges in psychiatric patients: tip of the iceberg problem
N. Boutros (USA)
SS29.2 Anticonvulsant treatment and epileptiform changes in unipolar depressive patients
P. Bob, J. Raboch (Czech Republic)
SS29.3 Focal QEEG findings in patients with psychiatric presentations: establishment of personalized treatment
L.M. Konopka, E. Zimmerman (USA)
SS29.4 Localization of interictal epileptiform activity with combined EEG and fMRI
T. Koenig, M. Hauf, R. Wiest, K. Jann, T. Dierks (Switzerland)
SS30. WHY AND HOW WE PSYCHIATRISTS NEED FAMILY ORIENTED SKILLS FOR OUR SURVIVAL? (organized by the WPA Section on Family Research and Intervention)
(September 21, 9.00-10.30)
SS30.1 Family functioning in the community
G. Keitner (USA)
SS30.2 Expressed emotion and substance-related disorders in outpatient and residential treatment: an exploratory study
G. Carrà, P. Sciarini, M. Clerici (Italy/UK)
SS30.3 Representation of the therapeutic relationship among Hungarian psychiatric residents
E. Fülöp, M. Csabai, T. Kurimay (Hungary)
SS30.4 How to empower psychiatrists to work with patients and their families?
A. Wilson (UK)
SS31. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH CARE ARE CRITICAL TO WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH (organized by the WPA Section on Women's Mental Health)
(September 21, 9.00-10.30)
SS31.1 The impact of access to education on women’s mental health
M.B. Rondon (Peru)
SS31.2 Violence against women and mental health
D.E. Stewart (Canada)
SS31.3 Poverty, a major social determinant in women’s mental health
U. Niaz (Pakistan)
SS32. CROSS-NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH: NATIONAL BENEFITS (organized by the WPA Section on Epidemiology and Public Health)
(September 21, 10.45-12.15)
SS32.1 Women across Europe: similarities and differences
V. Kovess, S. Van der Velde, A. Boyd (France)
SS32.2 Making research serve policy formulation
O. Gureje (Nigeria)
SS32.3 Translating large, population-based data into mental health policy development and service implementation: the case of Colombia
S. Aguilar-Gaxiola, J. Posada-Villa (USA/Colombia)
SS32.4 Mental health research in Lebanon: towards a policy
E.G. Karam (Lebanon)
SS33. CONTEXTS OF CREATIVITY: LITERATURE, ART AND MENTAL HEALTH (organized by the WPA Sections on Literature and Mental Health and on Art and Psychiatry)
(September 21, 10.45-12.15)
SS33.1 Literature as one of the main guides to psychiatric symptomatology
A. Mohit (Iran)
SS33.2 Brain and society
H. Thomashoff (Austria)
SS33.3 Borges and the stethoscope
B. Cardoso (Brazil)
SS33.4 Psychopathology in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
S. Karaoulanis (Greece)
SS33.5 Creativity and Asperger syndrome
S. Kato (Japan)
SS33.6 The great divide 2.0? the case for liberal arts in health science curricula
E. Sukhanova (USA)
SS34. THE IMPACT OF SPIRITUALITY ON CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION (organized by the WPA Sections on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry, and on Conflict Management and Resolution)
(September 21, 10.45-12.15)
SS34.1 Spirituality, traditional healing and mental health care in the Caribbean
F.W. Hickling (Jamaica)
SS34.2 Spirituality, violence, conflict resolution
P.J. Verhagen (The Netherlands)
SS34.3 Secular perspectives in India, a Hindu majority country
R.A. Kallivayalil (India)
SS34.4 Psychiatry and mental health in the 21st century: we need humanities in forms of spirituality and literature to help us overcome the challenges
A. Mohit (Iran)
SS35. PREVENTING SUICIDE IN OLD AGE (organized by the WPA Sections on Old Age Psychiatry and on Suicidology)
(September 21, 10.45-12.15)
SS35.1 Suicide prevention in old age: national strategies
J.P. Soubrier (France)
SS35.2 Suicide in old age in Portugal: facts and figures
C.A. de Mendonça Lima, R.M. Rodrigues (Portugal)
SS35.3 Suicide by intoxication of older persons in Brazil: data from the SINITOX 1999-2008
R. Bochner, C. Estellita-Lins, M. Bteshe (Brazil)
SS35.4 Indirect self-destructive behaviors in the elderly: how to assess and manage them?
V. Camus (France)
SS36. INTEGRATING APPROACHES TO MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION (organized by the WPA Section on Preventive Psychiatry)
(September 21, 14.45-16.15)
SS36.1 Mental capital and wellbeing: encouraging governments to place mental health promotion and prevention at the heart of general government policy
R. Jenkins (UK)
SS36.2 Culture, ethics and preventive psychiatry in south Asia
R.A. Kallivayalil (India)
SS36.3 Strengthening resilience: an aim of prevention and health promotion
M. Schmolke (Germany)
SS36.4 Prevention of non-promotion of prevention and promotion: the situation in psychiatric and medical training
N. Christodoulou (UK)
SS37. TOWARDS ICD-11 AND DSM-5 CLASSIFICATIONS OF MENTAL DISORDERS: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLD AGE ISSUES AND SPECIFICITIES? (organized by the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry)
(September 21, 14.45-16.15)
SS37.1 New diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: are they an advance over current criteria?
J. O’Brien (UK)
SS37.2 Alzheimer's disease and related disorders: why and how should they be maintained in the DSM-5 and ICD-11 classifications?
V. Camus (France)
SS37.3 DSM-5/ICD 11: a new opportunity to clarify the diagnostic criteria for late onset psychotic disorders?
L. Aguera-Ortiz (Spain)
SS37.4 Including an old age psychiatry perspective in ICD-11
A. Von Gunten (Switzerland)
SS37.5 DSM-5 and its relationship to old age psychiatry
D. Jeste (USA)
SS38. CULTURE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatry and Human Sexuality)
(September 21, 14.45-16.15)
SS38.1 Culture and human sexuality: an Egyptian and African perspective
S. Azim (Egypt)
SS38.2 A short survey on sexual educations of Maputo late adolescents: values, attitudes and behaviors
A. Palha, A. Ratilal (Portugal)
SS38.3 Culture and sexual health
R. Hernandez (Venezuela)
SS38.4 Online sexual preferences
C. Simonelli, K. Wylie (Italy/UK)
SS39. OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHIATRY IN 2011: ITS PAST AND ITS FUTURE (organized by the WPA Section on Occupational Psychiatry)
(September 21, 14.45-16.15)
SS39.1 Occupations in the past and future: intersections of mental health, stress and wellbeing
J. Metzer (Australia)
SS39.2 Recent mental health problems in Japanese working place: overwork and suicide
T. Maruta, C. Matsumoto, M. Iimori (Japan)
SS39.3 Occupational psychiatry in search of its proper role: the case of Italy
G. Pozzi, A. Frustaci, I. Borrelli, M. Di Giannantonio (Italy)
SS39.4 Employee fitness for sensitive positions: what roles for treating and occupational clinicians?
R. Schouten (USA)
SS39.5 Common occupational hazards encountered in international postings
A. Lau (UK)
SS39.6 Occupational stressors and gender differences: past and present
A.M. Rossi (Brazil)
SS39.7 Occupational stress, burnout syndrome and hardiness among civilian and military teachers
L.A.M. Guimarães, H.P. Vieira (Brazil)
SS40. ADOLESCENTS: ARE THEY A RISK GROUP FOR SUICIDE? (organized by the WPA Section on Suicidology)
(September 21, 14.45-16.15)
SS40.1 Global trends of youth suicide in urban and rural regions
G. Caracci (USA)
SS40.2 Saving and empowering young lives in Europe (SEYLE): design and method
D. Wasserman (Sweden)
SS40.3 Suicidal behaviour among adolescents in Europe: results from the SEYLE project
M. Sarchiapone (Italy)
SS40.4 Internet and media-based suicide prevention: the SUPREME project
V. Carli (Sweden)
SS40.5 School-based awareness programme in the EU projects SEYLE and WE-STAY
C. Wasserman (USA)
SS41. INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS (organized by the WPA Section on Forensic Psychiatry)
(September 21, 16.30-18.00)
SS41.1 Independent forensic-psychiatric examinations in Germany
N. Konrad (Germany)
SS41.2 Independent medical examinations in Canada
J. Arboleda-Florez (Canada)
SS41.3 Independent forensic-psychiatric examinations in Brazil
J. Taborda (Brazil)
SS41.4 Forensic hospitals in Brazil and the practice of forensic psychiatry
E. Abdalla-Filho (Brazil)
SS42. CHALLENGES OF MOOD DISORDERS: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENTS (organized by the WPA Section on Affective Disorders)
(September 21, 16.30-18.00)
SS42.1 Latent class analysis of manic and depressive symptoms in a population-based sample in São Paulo, Brazil
D.H. Moreno, L.H. Andrade (Brazil)
SS42.2 Antidepressants and bipolar disorders
G.H. Vázquez (Argentina)
SS42.3 Deep brain stimulation to the subcallosal cingulate gyrus for treatment resistant depression: an update
S.H. Kennedy (Canada)
SS42.4 Validity and utility of internet cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression
S.V. Parikh (Canada)
SS43. EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION OF SUICIDE (organized by the WPA Section on Education in Psychiatry)
(September 21, 16.30-18.00)
SS43.1 Patient suicide: implications for training
B. Sadock (USA)
SS43.2 Disseminating training for suicide prevention: the STORM initiative in the UK
L. Gask (UK)
SS43.3 Suicide and suicidal attempts: education of the community
D. Moussaoui (Morocco)
SS43.4 Suicide risk assessment: outcomes of the Norwich training program
J. Beezhold, E. Sutton (UK)
SS43.5 Results of a suicide decreasing program in the Tomsk region
N. Kornetov (Russia)
SS43.6 Prevention of adolescent suicide in Italy: the Amico Charley Foundation
D. Baron (USA)
SS43.7 Educational aspects of a case discussion program with crisis intervention teams of general hospitals at Kocaeli, Turkey
B. Coskun (Turkey)
SS44. PARENT AND INFANT MENTAL HEALTH: BOTH PARENT AND INFANT ARE ESSENTIAL! (organized by the WPA Section on Perinatal Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health)
(September 21, 18.15-19.45)
SS44.1 Can self-report scales (including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) reliably be used to assess the mother-infant dyad?
J. Cox (UK)
SS44.2 Assessment and care during the pre-partum: post-partum impact
G. Apter (France)
SS44.3 Management of parent-infant treatment
M. Keren (Israel)
SS45. INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN PSYCHIATRY (organized by the WPA Section on Informatics and Telecommunications in Psychiatry)
(September 21, 18.15-19.45)
SS45.1 Predicting who will benefit from online support groups
R. Hsiung (USA)
SS45.2 Online professional communication in the age of Facebook and YouTube
F. Bollorino (Italy)
SS45.3 Compulsive internet use: is it really an addiction?
R. Rosenthal (USA)
SS45.4 Pathological use of internet: pro-anorexia web sites
P.M. Furlan, S. Corio, F. Oliva, L. Ostacoli, R.L. Picci (Italy)
SS46. NEW DATA ON ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (organized by the WPA Section on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders)
(September 21, 18.15-19.45)
SS46.1 A three-year longitudinal prevalence study of ADHD: findings from Turkey
E. Ercan (Turkey)
SS46.2 Metadoxine: a novel non-stimulant extended-release drug for treating ADHD
I. Manor, Y. Daniely, D. Megiddo, R Yamin, A. Weizman (Israel)
SS46.3 Reward related striatal activation is influenced by nitric oxide synthetase genotype in ADHD patients and healthy controls
J.K. Buitelaar, M. Hoogman, B. Franke (The Netherlands)
SS46.4 Descriptive epidemiology, clinical presentation and response to methylphenidate administration in a clinical sample of preschool children in Israel
M. Peskin, S. Rozen, S. Spitzer, I. Manor (Israel)
SS47. GLOBALIZATION AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGES: EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH (organized by the WPA Sections on Ecology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, on Conflict Management and Resolution, and on Psychiatry in Developing Countries)
(September 21, 18.15-19.45)
SS47.1 Ecological changes and effects on mental health: perspectives from developing countries
A. Javed (UK)
SS47.2 Environmental challenges and mental health: the Caribbean experience
F.W. Hickling (Jamaica)
SS47.3 The effects of globalization on mental health
M. Kastrup (Denmark)
SS47.4 From sensitivity to climate and weather changes to meteoropathic disorders: a dimensional psychopathology?
L. Janiri, M. Mazza, M. Di Nicola, V. Catalano, D. Harnic, G. Spinetti (Italy)
SS48. CULTURE AND PERSON-CENTERED CARE (organized by the WPA Section on Transcultural Psychiatry)
(September 22, 9.00-10.30)
SS48.1 The cultural context of person-centered psychiatric care
R. Wintrob (USA)
SS48.2 The cultural formulation and person-centered care
J.E. Mezzich (USA)
SS48.3 The role of spirituality in a multicultural person-centered care system
M. Kastrup (Denmark)
SS48.4 Ethics, cultural diversity and person-centered care
G. Christodoulou (Greece)
SS49. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE LAW: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS (organized by the WPA Section on Transcultural Psychiatry)
(September 22, 9.00-10.30)
SS49.1 Using national and international law to protect and advance the rights of people with a mental illness
F. Callard (UK)
SS49.2 Strengthening the participation of people with a mental illness in civic and political activities
G. Thornicroft (UK)
SS49.3 Protecting the rights of people with a mental illness to education and work
H. Stuart (Canada)
SS49.4 Protection of people with a mental illness in health care and research
J. Arboleda-Florez (Canada)
SS50. NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS (organized by the WPA Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessment and Nomenclature)
(September 22, 10.45-12.15)
SS50.1 Panorama on development of ICD-11 and related classification and diagnostic systems
J. E. Mezzich (USA)
SS50.2 New approaches to taxonomy: the development of a classification of services for long-term care based on mental health
L. Salvador-Carulla (Spain)
SS50.3 Update on the development of person-centered integrative diagnosis
I. M. Salloum (USA)
SS50.4 National and regional developments: DSM-5, GLADP, French contributions
M. Botbol (France)
SS51. NEW RESEARCH ON ALCOHOL ABUSE (organized by the WPA Section on Addiction Psychiatry)
(September 22, 10.45-12.15)
SS51.1 Alcohol misuse in people with schizophrenia
G. Carrà, G. Segagni Lusignani, P. Sciarini, P. Borrelli, I. Popa, C. Montomoli, M. Clerici (UK/Italy)
SS51.2 Alcohol abuse in Egypt: current status
T.A. Gawad (Egypt)
SS51.3 Personality and alcohol dependence: categorical and dimensional features
G. Martinotti, M. Di Nicola, M. Di Giannantonio, L. Janiri (Italy)
SS52. CHILD PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES OF SPECIFIC INTEREST FOR AND FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD (organized by the WPA Section on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
(September 22, 16.30-18.00)
SS52.1 Suicidal behavior and substance abuse among sexually abused girls in Ecuador
E. Saad (Ecuador)
SS52.2 Comorbid psychiatric disorders in a sample of Egyptian children with autism
M. Amr, M. El-Wasify, M.M. El-Hassanin (Egypt)
SS52.3 Correlation between violence against children within the family and juvenile delinquency
N. Papaneophytou (Cyprus)
SS52.4 Access to education for people with intellectual disabilities in Greece
E. Soumaki (Greece)
WPA SECTION WORKSHOPS
SW1. CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT THE INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. LOOKING AT THE UNDERLYING COMMON PRINCIPLES FROM THE PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVE (organized by the WPA Section on Conflict Management and Resolution)
(September 20, 16.30-18.00)
M. Sadre-Chirazi-Stark, J. Mahuad, S. König, A. Cechnicki, M. Kastrup, E. Sorel (Germany/Ecuador/Poland/Denmark/USA)
SW2. TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CLINICIANS (organized by the WPA Section on Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry)
(September 21, 10.45-12.15)
M. Botbol, P. Giannakopoulos, A. Levin, P. Rey-Bellet, M. Favelukes (France/Switzerland/Argentina)
SW3. NEW PERSPECTIVES IN APPROACHING DISASTER PSYCHIATRY INTERVENTIONS (organized by the WPA Section on Disaster Psychiatry)
(September 21, 16.30-18.00)
R. D’Souza, M. Benyakar, J. Thome, J.T. Balseiro Estevez, N. Prieto (Australia/Argentina/Brazil/Haiti/France)
SW4. CROSSROADS OF ART AND PSYCHOANALYSIS (organized by the WPA Sections on Art and Psychiatry and on Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry)
(September 22, 9.00-10.30)
D. Nahum, H.-O. Thomashoff, E. Sukhanova, N. Feldman, K. Hill, F. Quartier, M. Bertolini (USA/Austria/Switzerland)
SW5. MASS MEDIA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POSTMODERN CULTURE (organized by the WPA Section on Mass Media and Mental Health)
(September 22, 10.45-12.15)
I. Puig, P. Ruggero, F. Materazzi, G. Spinetti, J. Arias, M. Hernández Monsalve, L. Janiri, F.J. Mesa (Argentina/USA/Italy/Paraguay/Spain/Mexico)
SW6. DEVELOPING REHABILITATION PSYCHIATRY ACROSS REGIONS (organized by the WPA Section on Psychiatric Rehabilitation)
(September 22, 16.30-18.00)
R. Montenegro, A. Javed, Z. Taintor, A.M. Pitta, L.I. Brusco, K. Mufti, L. Ignacio, L. Barnaby, S. Stylianides, A. Barbato, R.Guinea (Argentina/UK/USA/Brazil/Pakistan/ Philippines/Jamaica/Greece/Italy/Spain)
WPA ZONAL SYMPOSIA
ZS1. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH: THE EMOTIONAL PERSPECTIVES (organized by the WPA Central and Western Africa Zone)
(September 19, 9.00-10.30)
ZS1.1 Emotional distress among infertile couples in South East Nigeria
G.M. Onyeama (Nigeria)
ZS1.2 Eating pattern and psychiatric morbidity: a study of primigravid women
I.C. Egegbara, J.D. Adeyemi (Nigeria)
ZS1.3 Improving maternal and child health in Nigeria through perinatal mental health interventions
O. Omigbodun, K. Adediran, A. Orimadegun, T. Bella, D. Morhasen-Bello, Y. Adeniyi, V. Makanjuola, Y. Ogunbode, A. Omigbodun (Nigeria)
ZS1.4 Child and adolescent mental health services: an unmet need in West Africa
A. Osei (Ghana)
ZS2. BUILDING EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP IN MOOD DISORDERS IN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES (organized by the WPA Australasia and South Pacific Zone)
(September 19, 9.00-10.30)
ZS2.1 Improving the identification and management of mood disorders in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region
V. Manicavasagar, I. Blignault, G. Parker (Australia)
ZS2.2 New developments in Fiji mental health
O. Chang (Fiji)
ZS2.3 Mental health in the Solomon Islands: achievements and challenges
R. Maukera (Solomon Islands)
ZS2.4 Developing a cultural appropriate menatl health care service for Samoa
M. Iokapeta, S. Enoka, L. Peteru, T. Sili, A. Tenari, P. Tago (Samoa)
ZS3. ISSUES RELATED TO LEGISLATION REFORMS IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (organized by the WPA Eastern Europe Zone)
(September 19, 10.45-12.15)
ZS3.1 The role of psychiatric community in reforming guardianship legislation in Central and Eastern European countries
Y. Savenko, D. Bartenev (Russia)
ZS3.2 Activity of non-governmental organizations in the mental health care system in the Kyrgyz Republic
T. Kadyrova, S. Musabaeva (Kyrgyz Republic)
ZS3.3 Belarusian Psychiatric Association: the main directions of activity
S. Igumnov (Belarus)
ZS3.4 Mental health system reform plans in Georgia: opportunities and obstacles
M. Sharashidze (Georgia)
ZS3.5 Legal aspects of mental health system regulation: gaps and priorities in Armenia
A. Soghoyan, M. Khurshudyan (Armenia)
ZS4. MENTAL HEALTH IN CENTRAL AMERICA (organized by the WPA Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Zone)
(September 19, 10.45-12.15)
ZS4.1 Report on the assessment of mental health systems in Central American countries using the WHO-AIMS
M. Sanchez (Nicaragua)
ZS4.2 Suicide in Nicaragua
L. Molina (Nicaragua)
ZS4.3 Toward evidence-based mental health planning in Costa Rica
J. Contreras Rojas (Costa Rica)
ZS4.4 Brief psychotherapy interventions in Guatemala
S.-K. Quinto (Guatemala)
ZS5. MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN SOUTH ASIA: THE CURRENT SCENARIO (organized by the WPA Southern Asia Zone)
(September 19, 14.45-16.15)
ZS5.1 Mental health challenges in Sri Lanka
J. Mendis (Sri Lanka)
ZS5.2 Mental health challenges in Malaysia
H. Habil (Malaysia)
ZS5.3 Challenges in mental health care in the Philippines
J. Te-Sy (Philippines)
ZS5.4 Mental health challenges in Bangladesh
G. Rabbani (Bangladesh)
ZS5.5 Mental health challenges in Nepal
D. Shakya (Nepal)
ZS6. DEVELOPING PRIMARY CARE MENTAL HEALTH IN EUROPE: FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (organized by the WPA Western Europe and Southern Europe Zones)
(September 19, 14.45-16.15)
ZS6.1 Developing the primary care/specialist interface in Ireland
V. Russell, A. Jeffers (Ireland)
ZS6.2 Effectiveness of collaborative care for depression and anxiety in primary care in the Netherlands: results of multiple randomized controlled trials
C.M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, A.D.T. Munting, K.M.L. Huijbregts, F.J. de Jong, H.W.J. van Marwijk, A.T.F. Beekman, A.J.M.L. van Balkom, H.J. Adèr, P. Spinhoven (The Netherlands)
ZS6.3 Referral criteria from primary care health services to psychiatric settings
M. Roca (Spain)
ZS6.4 Improving access to mental health in primary care: a novel, community-based intervention
L. Gask (UK)
ZS7. FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH: PSYCHIATRIC EDUCATION IN THE AMERICAS (organized by the WPA Canada and United States of America Zones)
(September 19, 18.15-19.45)
ZS7.1 Psychiatric education in Canada: past, present and future
R. Tempier (Canada)
ZS7.2 Choosing psychiatry as a career: current issues in the USA
M. Riba (USA)
ZS7.3 Becoming a psychiatrist in Chile: opportunities and challenges
S. Barroilhet (Chile)
ZS7.4 Psychiatry in Guatemala: highlights on education
S.-K. Quinto (Guatemala)
ZS8. SUBSPECIALTIES IN PSYCHIATRY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (organized by the WPA Northern Africa and Middle East Zones)
(September 20, 10.45-12.15)
ZS8.1 Psychiatric subspecialties in the near East
T.A. Okasha (Egypt)
ZS8.2 Psychiatric subspecialties in the Maghrebian countries
D. Moussaoui, A. Khoubila (Morocco)
ZS8.3 Psychiatric specialties: a research picture from the Arab world
E.G. Karam, D. Jaaloukc (Lebanon)
ZS8.4 Maternal, child, and adolescent mental health in EMRO: challenges and strategic directions
K. Saeed (Egypt)
ZS9. TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF PSYCHOSIS IN EAST ASIA (organized by the WPA Eastern Asia Zone)
(September 20, 14.45-16.15)
ZS9.1 Patterns of prescription of psychotropics for schizophrenic inpatients in Eastern Asia
N. Shinfuku (Japan)
ZS9.2 The struggle between keeping the society safe and keeping the patients well
Yu Xin (China)
ZS9.3 Schizophrenia, obesity and prognosis
Min-Soo Lee (South Korea)
ZS9.4 Treatment and rehabilitation of psychosis in Taiwan
Su-Ting Hsu, Chin-Hua Lin, Hin-Yeung Tsang, Ren-Yi Liu, Cheng-Chung Chen, Chi-Kung Ho (Taiwan)
ZS10. MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIES IN THE SOUTH OF EUROPE (organized by the WPA Southern Europe Zone)
(September 20, 16.30-18.00)
ZS10.1 Three decades of psychiatric reform in Greece
D. Anagnostopoulos, N. Tzavaras, G. Christodoulou (Greece)
ZS10.2 The Portuguese mental health law: difficulties to implement its communitary model
A. Palha (Portugal)
ZS10.3 Psychiatric reform in Spain: 25 years later
J. Saiz, M.F. Bravo (Spain)
ZS10.4 Mental health strategies in Turkey: strengths and problems
H. Ulas (Turkey)
ZS11. PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH IN WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES (organized by the WPA Central and Western Asia Zone)
(September 22, 9.00-10.30)
ZS11.1 Psychiatry and mental health in Iran: past, present, future
A. Mohit (Iran)
ZS11.2 History of the development of psychiatry in Iran
A. Jalili (Iran)
ZS11.3 Integrating mental health into primary care in remote rural areas of Pakistan
R. Taj (Pakistan), R. Jenkins (UK), A.M. Khan (Pakistan)
ZS11.4 Stigma in Iran
M. Sadeghi (Iran)
ZS12. DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: DATA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST (organized by the WPA Middle East Zone)
(September 22, 10.45-12.15)
ZS12.1 Religiosity and anxiety disorders in a multi-confessional population
R.S. Haddad, W.J. Naja, A. Pelissolo, S. Hleis, C. Mansour (Lebanon/France)
ZS12.2 Anxiety disorders: an update on neurobiological findings
D. Hachem (Lebanon)
ZS12.3 Temperament: a risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders
E.G. Karam (Lebanon)
ZS12.4 Mixed anxiety depression: nosological considerations
M. Khani (Lebanon)
ZS13. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE ANDEAN REGION: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE CARACAS DECLARATION (organized by the WPA Northern South America Zone)
(September 22, 14.45-16.15)
ZS13.1 The Venezuelan experience
R. Lespinasse (Venezuela)
ZS13.2 The Colombian experience
C. Cisneros (Colombia)
ZS13.3 The Peruvian experience
R. Navarro (Peru)
ZS13.4 The Ecuadorian experience
R. Morla (Ecuador)
WPA ZONAL WORKSHOP
ZW1. NATIONAL MANIFESTOS FOR PSYCHIATRY IN NORTHERN EUROPE (organized by the WPA Northern Europe Zone)
(September 19, 18.15-19.45)
H. Wahlberg, J. Korkeila (Sweden/Finland)