35^th International Conference on Psychiatry and Mental Health May 18-19, 2020 Paris, France

1. Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of  mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.  People seek psychiatric help for many reasons. The problems can be sudden, such as a   panic attack, frightening hallucinations, thoughts of suicide, or hearing "voices." Or they may be more long-term, such as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or anxiousness that never seem to lift or problems functioning, causing everyday life to feel distorted or out of control.

• Epidemiology of resilience
• Family resilience
• Psychological stress
• Resilience development programs

2.Clinical Neurophysiology

It is a medical specialty that studies the central and peripheral nervous systems through the recording of bioelectrical activity, whether spontaneous or stimulated.

• Counselling psychology
• Applied psychology
• Experimental psychology

3.Forensic Psychiatry

It is a specialised branch of psychiatry which deals with the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in prisons, secure hospitals and the community.

• Treatmentrecommendations
• Assesmentoffuturerisk

4. Addiction Psychiatry

 It is a medical subspecialty within psychiatry that focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people who are suffering from one or more disorders related to addiction. This may include disorders involving legal and illegal drugs, gambling, sex, food, and other impulse control disorders. 

• Alcohol & drugs
• Drug and alcohol cultural issues
• Gambling
• Food and other addictions
• Phone and Internet Addictive Behaviours
• Innovative Models and Practice

5.Child and adolescent psychiatry or pediatric psychiatry

It is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. It investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of these psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to various interventions.

• Child homicide
• Domestic violence
• Abusive minds
• Sexual abuse

6.Geriatric Psychiatry

Geriatric psychiatry emphasizes the biological and psychological aspects of normal aging, the psychiatric effect of acute and chronic physical illness, and the biological and psychosocial aspects of the pathology of primary psychiatric disturbances of older age. Geriatric psychiatrists focus on prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.

•  Geriatric counselling
• Geriatric nursing
• Dementia
• Alzheimer’s disease

7. Psychosomatic medicine

Psychosomatic medicine is an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors on bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals

• Hypnosis
• Group therapy
• Psychoanalysis
• Drug abreaction

8.PsychologyScientific discipline that studies mental states and processes and behaviour in humans and other animals.The discipline of psychology is broadly divisible into two parts: a large profession of practitioners and a smaller but growing science of mind, brain, and social behaviour. The two have distinctive goals, training, and practices

• Epidemiology of resilience
• Family resilience
• Psychological stress
• Resilience development programs

9.Psychologist

A professional specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance, and behavior problems .

• Developing prevention programs
• Consulting (especially with schools and businesses)
• Providing expert testimony (forensics)

10. Psychotherapist

Psychotherapist refers to a person which helps in the  range of treatments that can help with mental health problems, emotional challenges, and some psychiatric disorders. It aims to enable patients, or clients, to understand their feelings, and what makes them feel positive, anxious, or depressed.

• Managing or maintaining interpersonal relationship or meeting personal goals.

11. Psychiatric Disorders

• A syndrome characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognitive, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning. Mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress in social, occupational, or other important activities." A large number of psychiatric disorders have been identified. Chances are that, whether or not you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, They make it hard for someone to think clearly, make good judgments, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately. When symptoms are severe, people with psychotic disorders have trouble staying in touch with reality and often are unable to handle daily life. But even severe psychotic disorders usually can be treated. Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Affective Disorders
• Autism and Severe Developmental Disorders
• Complex Attachment Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Movement disorders
• Eating disorders

12. Depression

Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home.

Depression symptoms can vary from mild to severe and can include:

• Feeling sad or having a depressed mood

• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities once enjoyed

• Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting

• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much

• Loss of energy or increased fatigue

• Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., hand-wringing or pacing) or slowed movements and speech (actions observable by others)

• Feeling worthless or guilty

• Difficulty thinking, concentrating or making decisions

• Thoughts of death or suicide

13. Personality disorder

A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a personality disorder has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and people.

• Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Affective Disorders
• Autism and Severe Developmental Disorders
• Complex Attachment Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Movement disorders
• Eating disorders

14. Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes .These feelings of anxiety and panic interfere with daily activities, are difficult to control, are out of proportion to the actual danger and can last a long time. You may avoid places or situations to prevent these feelings. Symptoms may start during childhood or the teen years and continue into adulthood.

• Acute and chronic stress
• Social support
• Anxiety disorder
• Stress management

15. Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality.

The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three categories: positive, negative, and cognitive.

Positive symptoms: “Positive” symptoms are psychotic behaviors not generally seen in healthy people. People with positive symptoms may “lose touch” with some aspects of reality. Symptoms include:

• Hallucinations

• Delusions

• Thought disorders (unusual or dysfunctional ways of thinking)

• Movement disorders (agitated body movements)

Negative symptoms: “Negative” symptoms are associated with disruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. Symptoms include:

• “Flat affect” (reduced expression of emotions via facial expression or voice tone)

• Reduced feelings of pleasure in everyday life

• Difficulty beginning and sustaining activities

• Reduced speaking

Cognitive symptoms: For some patients, the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia are subtle, but for others, they are more severe and patients may notice changes in their memory or other aspects of thinking. Symptoms include:

• Poor “executive functioning” (the ability to understand information and use it to make decisions)

• Trouble focusing or paying attention

• Problems with “working memory” (the ability to use information immediately after learning it)

16.  Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, your emotions and your ability to function in important areas of life. Most eating disorders involve focusing too much on your weight, body shape and food, leading to dangerous eating behaviors. These behaviors can significantly impact your body's ability to get appropriate nutrition. Eating disorders can harm the heart, digestive system, bones, and teeth and mouth, and lead to other diseases

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Muscle dysmorphia
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder

17. Nursing and Mental Health

Mental health or Psychiatric nursing is the specialty of nursing that cares for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress, such as bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, depression or dementia. Becoming a mental health nurse can be very gratifying, but it can be a stressful and emotionally draining job as well.  As well as you can work full-time, part-time or casually in this field. 

• Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
• Geriatric Mental Nursing
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing  
• Forensic Psychiatric Nursing

18. Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy or talk therapy is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so a person can function better and can increase well-being and healing.Problems helped by psychotherapy include difficulties in coping with daily life; the impact of trauma, medical illness or loss, like the death of a loved one; and specific mental disorders, like depression or anxiety. Problems helped by psychotherapy include difficulties in coping with daily life; the impact of trauma, medical illness or loss, like the death of a loved one; and specific mental disorders, like depression or anxiety. 

• Hypnotherapy
• Acupuncture therapy
• Interpersonal therapy

19. Biological Psychiatry

Biological psychiatry mainly focusses on researching and understanding the biological basis of major mental disorders such as unipolar and bipolar affective (mood) disorders, schizophrenia and organic mental disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. This knowledge has been gained using imaging techniques, psychopharmacology, neuro immunochemistry.

20. Women Mental health and Illness 

Some disorders are more common in women such as depression and anxiety. There are also certain types of depression that are unique to women. Some women may experience symptoms of mental disorders at times of hormone change, such as perinatal depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and perimenopause-related depression. When it comes to other mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, research has not found differences in rates that men and women experiences these illnesses. But, women may experience these illnesses differently – certain symptoms may be more common in women than in men, and the course of the illness can be affected by the sex of the individual. Researchers are only now beginning to tease apart the various biological and psychosocial factors that may impact the mental health of both women and men.

• Treatment Issues for Women with Mental Illness
• Women & Psychiatric Disorders
• Womens Mental Health in Special Populations
• Mental status examination

21. Stroke
A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain (ischemic stroke). Other strokes are caused by bleeding into brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts (hemorrhagic stroke).