19th Congress EPA Section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry

19th Congress European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry is organized by Medical University of Vienna / Medizinische Universitat Wien and will be held during Apr 04 - 07, 2018 at Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Wien, Austria.

The target audience for this medical event is professions involved in this kind of research and clinical work, such as Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nursing specialists, Health economists, Sociologists and Other social sciences.

Conference Description :
Psychiatric epidemiology is the basis for getting knowledge on disease burden and etiology, prevention, mental health service and treatment planning. The congress welcomes a broad range of topics of social psychiatry and the epidemiology of mental health. Social psychiatry is focusing on the social causes and consequences of mental disorders as well as social networks of patients as well as service planning. Psychiatric epidemiology covers a broad range of topics including both basic and applied research. The program will include plenary lectures, parallel sessions and debates. The program will cover some of the most recent studies, methods and ideas, and reviews of present knowledge. There will also be debates on topics of current controversy.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.