Thursday, November 10, 2022

FREE ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION 1:

Chairs: Edmond Pi (USA), Tomiki Sumiyoshi (Japan)

Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar (Chile): Latent profiles of premorbid adjustment in Schizophrenia and their correlation with measures of recovery

Ryota Hayashi (Japan): The relationship between jumping to conclusions and social behavior in patients with schizophrenia

Ali Kandeğer (Turkey): From the urge to see one's own blood to the urgeto drink it: Evaluation of "Hemomania" as an impulse control disorder in individuals with Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

John Kasinathan (Australia): Delusional disorder and other psychiatric disorders in Family Law and Child Protection proceedings in Australia

Ange Weinrabe (Australia): Risk tolerance in youth with emerging mood disorders

FREE ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION 2:

Chairs: Riadh Abed (UK), Rachel Taylor East (Malta)

Christina Van Der Feltz-Cornelis (The Netherlands): Efficacy of a regional systems intervention for suicide prevention (SUPREMOCOL) in the Netherlands

Christina Van Der Feltz-Cornelis (The Netherlands): Serum hsCRPand IL-6 as prognostic markers in Somatic Symptom Disorder and Related Disorders. A prospective cohort study

Fabian Bonello(Malta): Improving dignity of care in community-dwelling patients with early-stage dementia

Inês Figueiredo (Potugal): Substance use and dual pathology in Youth

Risa Yamada (Japan): Discrepancy between clinician-rated and self-reported depression severity is associated with adverse childhood experience, autistic-like traits, and coping styles in mood disorders

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 1:
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Section and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section. The impact of parental mental illnesses on the infant, the child and the adolescent

Chairs: Christina Hoven (USA), Miri Keren (Israel)

Norbert Skokauskas (Norway): Challenges in providing high quality services for children and adolescents

Campbell Paul (Australia): Medically unwell infants and their parents with mental illness: Who cares for whom?

Gisele Apter (France): How should infants of parents with severe mental disorders be taken care of?

Discussant: Miri Keren (Israel)

SYMPOSIUM 1:
Evolutionary perspectives on mental disorders

Chairs: Markus J. Rantala (Finland), Mohammed Abbas (UK)

Riadh Abed (UK): Evolutionary perspectives on alcohol and substance misuse

Adam Hunt (Switzerland): Evolutionary perspectives on neurodiversity and individual differences

Henry O'Connell (Ireland): Clinical applications of evolutionary thinking in mental health

Discussant: Riadh Abed (UK)

SYMPOSIUM 2:
Evolutionary models of psychosis

Chairs: Riadh Abed (UK), Henry O'Connell (Ireland)

Mohammed Abbas (UK): The outgroup intolerance hypothesis for schizophrenia

Indrikis Krams (Estonia): The extended mismatch model for schizophrenia

Markus J. Rantala (Finland): Evolutionary mismatch and bipolar disorder

Discussant: Henry O'Connell (Ireland)

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP:
Dance Movement Therapy and Yoga Therapy intervention with patients suffering from Breast Cancer: Focus on intimacy and sexuality

In collaboration with Art and Psychiatry and Exercise and Sport in Psychiatry

Moderator: Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi (Egypt)

SYMPOSIUM 3:
Current issues in prison psychiatry

Chairs: Birgit Völlm (Germany), Vicenç Tort Herrando (Spain)

Birgit Völlm (Germany): WPA Forensic Section guidance paper on prison psychiatry

Vicenç Tort Herrando (Spain): Vulnerable groups in prison

Norbert Konrad (Germany): Sex offenders in German prisons

Lunch Break & Posters Viewing

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 3:
Neurophysiology: Understanding the pathophysiology of mental diseases and early diagnosis

Chairs: Oliver Pogarell (Germany), Tomiki Sumiyoshi (Japan)

Ryouhei Ishii (Japan): Precise dementia diagnosis based on deep-learning with EEG

Giulia Maria Giordano (Italy): Clinical and neurophysiological correlates of negative symptoms

Salvatore Campanella (Belgium): Utility of cognitive event-related potentials in predicting relapse in recently detoxified alcoholic patients  

Tomiki Sumiyoshi (Japan): Neurophysiology of mental diseases and early diagnosis

Discussant: Tomiki Sumiyoshi (Japan)

SYMPOSIUM 4:
Persons in crisis in Malta – Pathways, Innovations & Outcomes

Chairs: David Cassar (Malta), Giovanni Grech (Malta)

Giovanni Grech (Malta): Persons in crisis in Malta: A Focus on pathways

Doreen Calleja (Malta): Persons in crisis in Malta: A Focus on innovations

Francesca Sammut (Malta): Persons in crisis in Malta: A Focus on outcomes

Discussant: Rehana Kauser (UK)

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 4:
Ecosystems, Nature and Mental Health – Can public policy make a positive contribution?

Chairs: Ann Faerden (Norway), Riadh Abed (UK)

Riadh Abed (UK): Mismatch between our inherited physical and psychological mechanisms and the modern environment

Gabriela Cruz Ares (Germany): Traditional and natural resources used in psychiatry, their interaction with the ecosystem and their impact on the community

Ann Faerden (Norway): The role of human dignity and being in nature. How access to nature influence outcomes in a secluded unit

Discussant: Luigi Janiri (Italy)

SYMPOSIUM 5:
Perinatal Psychiatry, Infant and Women Mental Health: Current developments, challenges, and controversies for psychiatrists

Chairs: Miri Keren (Israel), Natalia Semenova (Russia)

Miri Keren (Israel): How does maternal psychopathology impact the infant's socio-emotional functioning?

Natalia Semenova (Russia): What mothers of mentally ill children need from child and adolescent mental health services: A qualitative study

Anusha Lachman (South Africa): Shared pleasure moments in mother-infant interactions: An exploration of positive engagement in a South African setting

Discussant: Campbell Paul (Australia)

COFFEE BREAK

Plenary Panel Discussion on Mental Health Parity

Chair: Thomas G. Schulze (Germany & USA)

Panelists:
Etienne Muscat (Malta)
Afzal Javed (UK & Pakistan)
Anusha Lachman (South Africa)
John Kasinathan (Australia)

Opening Session

Master of Ceremony
Thomas G. Schulze (Germany & USA), Secretary of WPA’s Scientific Sections & Co-President of the Congress

Invitation to WPA World Congress of Psychiatry 2023
Johannes Wancata (Austria)

Welcome and opening remarks
Nigel Camilleri (Malta), President of Maltese Association of Psychiatry & Co-President of the Congress

Opening lecture
WPA’s Action Plan
Afzal Javed (UK & Pakistan), President of the World Psychiatric Association & Consultant Psychiatrist & Honorary Professor Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK & President of the Congress

 Welcome Reception

Friday, November 11, 2020

FREE ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION 3:
Chairs: Paul Summergrad (USA), Kasia Gustaw Rothenberg (USA)

Carmelo Aquilina (Australia): LIVE WELL:  how to enable healthy lifestyles as part of routine clinical care

Emily Cooper (USA): Creativity in psychiatry residency training: Creating an engaging neuroscience curriculum

Thomas Heise (Switzerland): Innerpersonal, environmental and social conflicts and their management and resolution, especially during Covid-19 period

John Kasinathan (Australia): Audit of the first 100 admissions to the first high-secure adolescent forensic mental health unit in Australia

Astrid Morer (Spain): Acute psychiatric home hospitalization in adolescence: 1 year of experience

Ziad Kronfol (Qatar): Half a century of psychiatry (1972-2022): A retiring professor shares his thoughts

FREE ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION 4:
Chairs:David Baron (USA), Ann Faerden (Norway)

Christina Van Der Feltz-Cornelis (The Netherlands): Setting the research agenda for medically not yet explained symptoms (MNYES): A priority-setting partnership of patients, caregivers and clinicians

Lambros Yotis (Greece): Online playback theatre for émigrés and refugees of the Greek Diaspora

Giovanni Grech (Malta): Study on the attitude of psychiatrists towards their patients in Malta

Johannes Wancata (Austria): Mental health care planning based on population data

Bibilola Oladeji (Nigeria): Building the capacity of non-physician primary healthcare providers for perinatal depression

Stacy Debono (Malta): The views of mental health stakeholders concerning the development of peer support in Malta's mental health services

Sean Warwicker (Malta): The changing face of inpatient psychiatry: The impact of two years of COVID-19

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 5:
Immunology and genomics contribute to precision medicine in Psychiatric and Neuropsychiatric practice

Chairs: Angelos Halaris (USA), Kasia Gustaw Rothenberg (USA)

Angelos Halaris (USA): Single nucleotide polymorphisms of C-reactive protein (CRP) may contribute to treatment resistant bipolar depression

Xenia Gonda (Hungary): Fight the fire: Association of cytokine genomic markers and suicidal behavior may pave the way for future therapies

Maria Skokou (Greece): Implementation of pharmacogenomics in clinical practice, progress and challenges: The PREPARE study

Kasia Gustaw Rothenberg (USA): Neurobehavioral symptoms of Huntington's disease – the impact of personalized psychopharmacology

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 6:
What contributes to the innovation in the treatment of schizophrenia?

Chairs: Johannes Wancata (Austria), Wolfgang Gaebel (Germany)

Wolfgang Gaebel (Germany): The contribution of future guidelines

Birte Glenthøj (Denmark): Dopamine and Schizophrenia – anything new?

Silvana Galderisi (Italy): How canwe contribute to reduce coercive treatment in Schizophrenia?

Johannes Wancata (Austria): What do the family caregivers of schizophrenia patients need?

BRIEF PRESENTATIONS WITH A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON PHARMACOGENETICS:  Using Genetics to make Medication fit like a Glove: Where are we?

Chairs: Marcella Rietschel (Germany), Urs Heilbronner (Germany). Thomas G. Schulze (Germany & USA)

Virtual welcome address:
Smita Deshpande (India)

Discussants:
Fernando Goes (USA)
Ramona Moldovan (Romania & UK)
Daniel Müller (Canada)
Roos van Westrhenen (The Netherlands)

Lunch Break & Posters Viewing

WPA President & Secretary for Sections meeting with WPA Section leaders

PLENARY LECTURE 1
Chair: Marcella Rietschel (Germany)

Guy Goodwin (UK): Novel treatment approaches in mood disorders

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 7:
Extreme human rights violations and mental health- new approaches and online tools in supporting victims and survivors

Chairs: David Baron (USA), Reem Alksiri (Austria)

Thomas Wenzel (Austria): New approaches and online models in Extreme human rights violations and mental health

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan (Germany): Building post-conflict mental health in genocidal environments

SYMPOSIUM 6:
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and High Dose Levothyroxine (HDL), a new horizon of innovative therapies for the treatment of Bipolar Depression

Chairs: Antonis Zamar (UK), Theodoros Koutsomitros (Greece, The Netherlands)

Theodoros Koutsomitros (Greece, The Netherlands): Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) a new era of therapies in Bipolar Depression

Antonis Zamar (UK): Bipolar disorder - New era of treatments: high dose levothyroxine, rtms and genetics

Abbi Lulsegged (UK): High Dose Levothyroxine and Bipolar Disease

PLENARY LECTURE 2

Chair: Thomas G. Schulze (Germany & USA)

Silvana Galderisi (Italy): Improving the care of persons with schizophrenia

COFFEE BREAK

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 8:
Sport, mental health, and human rights - a new and growing field

Chairs: Reem Alksiri (Austria), Jan Ilhan Kizilhan (Germany)

David Baron (USA): Sport, Exercise and primary health - Safe sports

Thomas Wenzel (Austria): Sport psychiatry as a developing field and its relationship to human rights

SYMPOSIUM 7:
Sexual Perspectives in  Psycho-oncology and Old age

Chairs: Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi (Egypt), Chiara Simonelli (Italy)

Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi (Egypt): Breast cancer: How relevant is sex at this point? A randomized controlled trial with Egyptian patients suffering from breast cancer

Chiara Simonelli (Italy): The need for a biopsychosocial approach in breast cancer survivors: Sexual experiences, emotions, and cognitions in women undergoing hormone therapy

Kevan Wylie (UK): Sexual health challenges among older LGBTQIA+ population

INTERSECTIONAL SYMPOSIUM 2:

Creativity in psychodynamic psychotherapies

Chairs: Michel Botbol (France), Maria Ammon (Germany)

Maria Ammon (Germany): Creative aspects in Psychiatric and Psychoanalytic treatment

Sieglinde Bast (Germany): Muse as an art of living

Michel Botbol (France): Creativity as functional diagnostic criteria and person-centered therapeutic approach with borderline functioning adolescents

MOVIE NIGHT:

Fifty Shades of Grey (show and discussion)
in collaboration with section on Psychiatry and Human Sexuality and section on Psychotherapy

Moderators: Kevan Wylie (UK), Radwa Said Abdelazim Elfeqi (Egypt)

Saturday, November 12, 2020

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE

Chairs: Danuta Wasserman (Sweden), Afzal Javed (UK & Pakistan)

Mariana Pinto da Costa (UK): Opportunities for early career psychiatrists at the World Psychiatric Association

Daniel Vella Fondacaro (Malta): The application of psychological skills training and mindfulness-based intervention in sports

Mark Piscopo (Malta): Beyond performance: The meaning ascribed to physical activity by a world record open water swimmer

Nigel Camilleri (Malta): Assessing the effectiveness of the 4Rs Shared Leadership Program and the Theory of Challenge and Threat States in athletes with two adult football teams; an experimental longitudinal comparative study

PLENARY LECTURE 3

Chair: Afzal Javed (UK & Pakistan)

Rosemarie Sacco (Malta): The prevalence of mental disorders among young people in Europe

COFFE BREAK

SYMPOSIUM 8

Chair: Aloisia Camilleri (Malta)

Anthony Dimech (Malta): Addiction, Autonomy and the Regulation of the Self

Andrea Saliba (Malta): Evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic literature review

Jonas Muscat (Malta): Adult psychiatric patients’ experiences of seclusion and practical suggestions on how to improve practices

Closing Remarks

Thomas G. Schulze (Germany, USA), Emma Camilleri (Malta), Johannes Wancata (Austria)