International Society for Bipolar Disorder 2019 Australia

The annual conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorder will be held in Sydney Australia in March 2019.  Exploring research relevant to mood disorders, including bipolar disorder, the conference brings together people from 26 international chapters.

In accordance with expanded theme of the 21st Annual ISBD Conference: Global Advances in Bipolar Disorder and Depression, the conference organisers would like to highlight that, in addition to our focus on bipolar disorder, they are now also accepting proposals that focus on mood disorders more broadly, including major depressive disorder and other disorders that commonly co-occur with bipolar disorder.

• Antecedent and emergent course/Prodromes
• Diagnosis / Classification
• Comorbidity (ie psychiatric, medical)
• Epidemiology/Public health
• Suicide/self-harm
• Big Data Analytics/Machine Learning/Analysis
• Special populations (ie children, geriatrics, high-risk)
• Gender/women/childbirth
• Genetics / Epigenetics / Proteomics
• Brain structure/Function/Cognition
• Treatment (ie medical, psychological, family)
• Psychoeducation / Self-management
• Service delivery/care pathways/management
• Indigenous issues in mood disorders/cultural differences
• Stigma/advocacy/awareness
• Biological models
• Internet approaches to treatment and assessment

The conference also welcomes submissions outside of the specific topics above, so long as they are relevant to bipolar and depressive disorders.