Welcome Message

Welcome message

President of the Congress
Prof. Pedro Ruiz
Co-chair Scientific Committee Prof. Dinesh Bhugra
Co-chair Scientific Committee
Prof. Eliot Sorel
Co-chair Organizing Committee
Prof. Tarek Okasha
Co-chair Organizing Committee
Prof. Dan Prelipceanu
Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Welcome to the WPA Regional Congress on Facilitating Mental Health, Primary Care & Public Health Integration for Southeast Europe and Eurasia scheduled to take place in Bucharest, Romania, on April 10-13, 2013.

This unprecedented Congress is a sharply focused initiative of the World Psychiatric Association in collaboration with the Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, the National Society of Family Medicine and the Romanian Public Health and Health Management Association.

The congress has several concrete goals & objectives, as follows:
  • identify national and regional mental health, primary care & public health challenges
  • define the benefits of primary care, mental health & public health integration
  • share evidence of best practices & lessons learned
  • stimulate educational, research, services, and policy collaborations at national and regional levels and across the life cycle
The Congress will be organized in plenary sessions, key note lectures, professorial lectures, symposia, workshops, free paper presentations, posters and debates. There will also be a designated countries' track, to assist with mental health, primary care and public health integration at the national level.

Regular updates will be posted on this website for your information.

We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest in April 2013!

With best wishes,

Prof. Pedro Ruiz, Congress President
Prof. Dinesh Bhugra, Co-chair Scientific Committee
Prof. Eliot Sorel, Co-chair Scientific Committee
Prof. Tarek Okasha, Co-chair Organizing Committee
Prof. Dan Prelipceanu, Co-chair Organizing Committee

IMPORTANT DATES


Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2012

Abstract submission deadline: 10 September 2012 

Authors notified: beginning November 2012