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OVERVIEWS
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Topic list
The Scientific Programme of the WPA XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY covers the entire spectrum of the
field of psychiatry and psychotherapy.
The core programme will encompass the following topics:
TOPIC 1
Neurocognitive disorders, organic mental
disorders, dementia
TOPIC 2
Mental disorders due to psychotropic
substances, behavioural addictions
TOPIC 3
Psychotic disorders
TOPIC 4
Affective disorders
TOPIC 5
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform
disorders
TOPIC 6
Eating disorders, sleep disorders and other
disorders
TOPIC 7
Personality disorders
TOPIC 8
Disorders closely related to childhood and
adolescence
TOPIC 9
Comorbidity of somatic and mental
disorders, psychosomatics
TOPIC 10
Geriatric psychiatry
TOPIC 11
Other disorders
TOPIC 12
Epidemiology and risk factors
TOPIC 13
Brain imaging, neurophysiology,
neuropsychology
TOPIC 14
Neurobiology and genetics
TOPIC 15
Cross-disorder mechanisms and principles
TOPIC 16
Diagnostics and classification, psychopa-
thology, RDoC
TOPIC 17
Psychotherapy
TOPIC 18
Pharmacotherapy
TOPIC 19
Stimulation methods and interdisciplinary
interventions
TOPIC 20
Prevention and health promotion
TOPIC 21
Rehabilitation and work
TOPIC 22
Community and social psychiatry
TOPIC 23
Health care research and models, health
care policy
TOPIC 24
Forensic psychiatry and assessment
TOPIC 25
Training and continuing education
TOPIC 26
Ethics and philosophy
TOPIC 27
Religion and spirituality
TOPIC 28
History, art and cultural sciences
TOPIC 29
Quality assurance in psychiatry
TOPIC 30
Human sexuality
TOPIC 31
Suicide and psychiatric emergencies
TOPIC 32
Violence and trauma
TOPIC 33
Rural and urban mental health
TOPIC 34
Psychiatry in developing regions
TOPIC 35
Psychiatry and society
TOPIC 36
Social determinants of mental health
TOPIC 37
Stigma and mental health
TOPIC 38
Human rights
TOPIC 39
Social discrimination against people with
mental illness
TOPIC 40
Mass media and mental health
TOPIC 41
Poverty and mental health
TOPIC 42
Population movements
TOPIC 43
Social justice
TOPIC 44
Other topics
A
programme
overview
by
topics
is available in the
Congress App.