The 15th World Congress of Psychiatry (Buenos Aires, September 18–22, 2011)
The organization of the World Congress of Psychiatry is proceeding very actively. An outstanding scientific programme is being built up. The 24 Keynote Lectures and the 18 Core Symposia have been finalized. The Lectures are outlined in Table 1. The selection of the Regular Symposia, Workshops, WPA Section and Zonal Symposia, Oral Communications and Posters, among the several thousand submissions received, is ongoing. The development of the scientific programme can be followed by visiting the website wpa-argentina2011.com.ar.
| – Classifications and diagnostic systems in psychiatry: our heritage and our future (N. Sartorius) | |
| – Past, present, future of the genetics of mental disorders (P. McGuffin) | |
| – Community mental health care: recent developments and new trends (G. Thornicroft) | |
| – Supported employment for people with serious mental illnesses (R.E. Drake) | |
| – The evidence base for psychodynamic therapy (P. Fonagy) | |
| – Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies: their heritage and future (K. Shear) | |
| – Intermediate phenotypes in schizophrenia genetics (D.R. Weinberger) | |
| – Neuroimaging in psychosis: our heritage and our future (P. McGuire) | |
| – The epidemiology of mental disorders: heritage and future (R.C. Kessler) | |
| – Suicide in a changing world (M. Phillips) | |
| – Personality disorders: past, present, and future (A.E. Skodol) | |
| – Getting to the fundamentals of eating disorders (J. Treasure) | |
| – Schizophrenia: the beginning, the change, the future (W.T. Carpenter Jr.) | |
| – Clinical approach to bipolar disorder (E. Vieta) | |
| – Clinical approach to major depression (M.E. Thase) | |
| – Anxiety disorders: an integrative approach (D.J. Stein) | |
| – Advances in the understanding and treatment of addictive disorders (C.P. O'Brien) | |
| – The indelible lessons of trauma: the propensity to remember and forget (A.C. McFarlane) | |
| – Brain plasticity in healthy, hyperactive and psychotic children (J. Rapoport) | |
| – The heritage and future of women's mental health (D. Stewart) | |
| – Psychiatry and general medicine: from theory to practice (T.N. Wise) | |
| – Successful cognitive and emotional aging (D. Jeste) | |
| – Culture and mental health: realities and promises (R.D. Alarcón) | |
| – Ethics and human rights in psychiatry: an axiographic framework (F. Lolas) |
The official language of the Congress will be English. Simultaneous translations into Spanish and Portuguese will be available for Keynote Lectures, Core Symposia and selected Regular Symposia. There will be a special track in the scientific programme with Symposia and Oral Communication Sessions in Spanish or Portuguese.
An extremely attractive programme of tours for Congress participants and accompanying persons has been organized. Details can be found on the website of the Congress.
This is going to be a memorable event. Psychiatrists from all countries of the world are cordially invited to attend.
