6th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM) Italy

Topics

• Cost-effectiveness of mental health treatments in somatic disorders
• Optimization of resources for mental health care in medically ill patients
• Resilience and coping strategies in somatic disorders
• Physical health in severe mental disorders
• Impact of social issues on clinical practice in consultation-liaison psychiatry
• Stigma in physical and mental health
• Towards a operationalized bio-psycho-social approach to care in person-centred medicine
• Stress, immune function, and physical disease
• Health anxiety and somatic symptom disorder
• The role of attachment and emotion regulation in mental diseases
• Psychological treatments with the medically ill
• Prevention of mental disorders in a bio-psycho-social paradigm
• Cross-cultural mental and physical care of patients
• Recovery oriented assessment and intervention

Plenary speakers

Catherine Classen, San Francisco (USA)
Giovanni Fava, Bologna (Italy)
Molyn Leszcz, Toronto (Canada)
Mario Maj, Naples (Italy)
David Mc Daid, London (UK)
Graham Thornicroft, London (UK)

Important dates

October 1 2017: Opening registration and simposium submission
November 1 2017: Abstract and regular presentations submissions opening
January 31 2018: End of abstract submissions
April 15 2018: End of early bird registration