International Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry 4th Global Meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health

International Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry 4th Global Meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health is organized by Target Conferences Ltd, World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry and will be held from Dec 01 - 04, 2019 at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel.

Conference Description:
Spirituality/Religion (S/R) is relevant to most of the human beings, 84% of the world's population reports a religious affiliation. Systematic reviews of the academic literature have identified literally thousands of empirical studies showing the relationship (usually positive but also negative) between S/R and health. However, there has been world wide a huge gap between knowledge available about the impact of S/R to health and the translation of this knowledge to the actual clinical practice and public health policies. Given this, the WPA recently published a Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry emphasizing the importance of integrating S/R in clinical practice, research and education in Psychiatry. This Congress will focus on practical implications, on how to sensibly and effectively integrate S/R in mental health care and public policies.

Topics:
• Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies
• Ethical Boundaries of Spirituality/Religion Integration in Clinical Practice
• Dealing with Harmful Spirituality/Religion Practices and Beliefs (negative religious coping)
• Are there Psychiatric Contraindications for Meditation or Yoga Techniques?
• WPA Position Statement: Global Implication
• Psychiatric/Psychological Insights Provided by Spirituality/Religion Sacred Texts
• Training in Religion/Psychiatry
• State of the Art of the S/R and Mental Health Relationship
• S/R, Faith Communities and Mental Health - Where There are No Psychiatrists
• Have Genetics and Neuroimaging Explained Away Spirituality/Religion?
• Spirituality/Religion in Preventive Psychiatry
• Spirituality/Religion and Positive Psychiatry

Speakers: Avdesh Sharma, India, Peter Verhagen, The Netherlands, Alan Fung, Canada, Haim Belmaker, Israel, Pesach Lichtenberg, Israel, Rael Strous, Israel, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Brazil, Bernard Rensburg, South Africa, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, India, Robert Cloninger, USA, Christopher Cook, UK, Anahy Fonseca, Brazil, Alison Gray, UK, Helen Herrman, Australia

Category: Community | Religion and Spirituality | Religion

Time: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm