Young Psychiatrists
Invitation to Young Psychiatrists Programme for WPA International Congress 2012
1) From the initiative and in coordination with Prof Jiří Raboch (Congress Co-president) and in cooperation with Prof Norman Sartorius, we have prepared “Meet the Expert Sessions”, with respected members of Council of WPA and Executive Committee members of WPA:
Session No 1
Prof Norman Sartorius – Deciding on priorities
Prof Edgard Belfort – Bipolarity in children: A Latin American View
Session No 2
Prof John Cox – ‘Skies may not always be blue’: lessons learned from the development of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and from other perinatal research for a contemporary context
Prof Juan José López-Ibor – Depression and Adaptation
Session No 3
Prof Ahmed Okasha – Subthreshold Psychiatry
Prof Michelle Riba – Psychosomatic Medicine – training aspects
Session No 4
Prof Juan Mezzich – “New Developments on Person-centered Psychiatry and Medicine”
Prof Tarek A. Okasha – The Rise of Brain Synchronization Treatment (Electro-convulsive Therapy)
Session No 5
Prof Felice Lieh Mak – Ethics in Clinical Practice
Dr Afzal Javed – Psychiatrists relationship with the pharmaceutical industry: Ethical considerations
2) A prize for the audience sponsored by Czech luxury Moser glassworks is considered.
3) We are planning a projection of a Czech film by famous surrealist Jan Švankmajer called Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010), animation reflecting psychoanalytic interpretation of dreams. A discussion after with the director and producer is promised.
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| Surviving Life, a film by Jan Švankmajer |
4) A guided tour in the nearby area of gothic churches (St. Catherine, St. Apollinaire), former monasteries and related history of psychiatric facilities (Psychiatric and Addictology department).
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Church of St. Apollinaire
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Church of St. Apollinaire
(a gothic window) |
Looking forward to seeing you in Prague!
With kind regards
Vladimír Kmoch, MD
Member of Organising Committee of WPA IC 2012
Past-President of Czech Young Psychiatrists