35^th International Conference on Psychiatry and Mental Health December 09-09, 2021 Zurich, Switzerland

Track 1: Impact of Covid 19 on Mental Health

Fear, worry, and stress are the normal responses to perceived or real threats, and at times when faced with uncertainty or the unknown. Bereavement, isolation, loss of income and fear are triggering mental health conditions or exacerbating the existing ones. Many people are facing increased levels of alcohol and drug use, insomnia, anxiety, stress and depression. So it is normal and understandable that the people are experiencing fear in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Track 2: Psychiatry and Mental Health

Psychiatry is the therapeutic claim involves in the study of mental issue. This medical specialty is devoted to the finding, avoidance, and treatment of the mental issues. It deals with the principal branch of solution that is concentrated on the analysis, treatment, prognosis and anticipation of the mental and behavioural scatters. Mental health is a level of mental well-being, or the lack of intellectual illness. Mental health issues may emerge due to the stretch, depression, misery, uneasiness, relationship issues, passing of a cherished one, self-destructive considerations, melancholy, enslavement, ADHD, self-harm, different disposition clutters, or the other mental sicknesses of changing degrees, as well as the learning inabilities.

• Psychiatric genetics
• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Psycho-oncology
• Cultural and religious considerations

Track 3: Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Depression and Anxiety are two different medical conditions but their symptoms, causes, and treatments may overlap each other. Tension might be a tendency outlined by a vexing state of internal aggravation, of times in the midst of apprehensive conduct like pacing to and fro, generous complaints, and rumination. Stress, a sort of mental desolation might be an inclination of strain which further lead to the peril of strokes, respiratory failures, ulcers, sadness and many other mental problems. Recent studies indicate that depression occurs more often in women than men. In men it manifests often as anger, tiredness and irritability. They may show more reckless behaviour and abuse alcohol and drugs. In women depression tends to manifest as worthlessness, sadness and guilt.

Track 4: Research, Education and Case studies on Mental health

The Department of Mental Health Education plans to advance the well-being and the prosperity of people and networks through perfection in instructing, researches, and administration in the region of mental and neurological, psychological issue. According to world Health Organization (WHO), there are in excess of 450 million people with mental, neurological, or social issues far and wide. Mental health issues are evaluated to speak to 13% of the overall weight of infection, necessarily from unipolar and bipolar confusion, alcohol and substance-use disarranges schizophrenia, and dementia. In comparison with many other medical disorders, psychiatric and mental disorders are poorly understood and much better treatments are needed. These disorders can be the outcome of many other different kinds of experiences in a person's life, from early childhood to the later life events.

• Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research
• Population Based Study
• Risks and Benefits
• Post-Trial Obligations
• Mental Health Programs
• Innovation in Research and Education

Track 5: Women Mental Health and Illness

Great psychological well-being is a critical part of a women’s general wellbeing. Some psychological and mental wellness conditions happen all the more frequently in women and can assume a noteworthy part in the condition of a lady's general wellbeing. Some disorders are common in women such as depression and anxiety. Few women experience the symptoms of mental disorders at times of hormonal changes such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder, perinatal depression and perimenopause-related depression. When it comes to other mental disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, research has not found differences in rates that men and women experiences these illnesses. There are many environmental factors are there which may spoil the mental health of a woman like harassment, rape cases and post trauma practices.

• Mental and psychiatric disorders of women
• Causes and treatment of women mental illness
• Psychological distress with gynaecological disorder
• Hormonal imbalance related psychological distress

Track 6: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Child and adolescent psychiatry also termed as pediatric psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that focusses on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental and psychological disorders in children and adults and their families. It investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of these psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to the various interventions. It mainly focuses on developmental disorders (Autism spectrum disorder), Disorders of Attention and Behaviour, Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Eating Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder. About 75% of adult mental health problems have been started before the age of 18.

• Pediatric psychiatry
• Childhood schizophrenia
• Adolescent Psychiatrist
• Gender dysphoria in children

Track 7: Advanced Therapeutics for Mental Health Disorders

Mental illness covers a tremendous variety of disorders, from schizophrenia, depression, sadness, Alzheimer's, anxiety and self-harm to eating disorders. Psychotherapy is frequently utilized either alone or in mix with solutions to treat several mental sicknesses. Several advancements are made in treating the mental and psychological disorders. Treatment strategies for psychiatric disorders can be categorized as somatic and psychotherapeutic.

• Innovations in Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy
• Implementation of mindfulness-based therapies
• Herbal medicine in psychiatry
• Yoga for mental health training

Track 8: Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry

Neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous system in both humans and non-human animals whereas Neuropsychiatry is the study of Psychiatry and Neurological disorders. The subject neuroscience has grown rapidly and covers multiple areas including novel technologies and research into many brain functions and disorders, as well as applications as diverse as education, artificial intelligence and the law. Invasive Monitoring, Neuropsychological Testing, Eye-Tracking, structural MRI, functional MRI, Kinematics, Tractography, Event-Related-Potentials, Source EEG are some of the techniques in Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry. Clinical Neuropsychiatry is the area of overlap between the neurology and psychiatry and includes neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, epilepsy, brain injury and functional neurological disorders.

• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Neurodegenerative disorders
• Neuropsychiatric disorders
• Branches of Neuroscience
• Modern Neuroscience
• Clinical Neuroscience

Track 9: Mental Health and Rehabilitation

Mental health rehabilitation main aim is to provide special treatment and help people with complex mental health needs to gain or regain skills as well as confidence to achieve the same kinds of goals in life as other citizens. Innovations in the range of evidence based medication, therapies and psycho-social services such as psychiatric rehabilitation, employment, housing and peer supports have made a wellness and recovery for people living with mental health issues. Research showed that half of the cases with mental illness begin by the age of 14. Treatment options for mental health conditions may vary from one individual to another. Therapy can take many forms, from learning relaxation skills to intensively reworking our thinking patterns. Psychiatrists and psychologists use specially designed assessment tools in order to evaluate a person for mental illness. Treatment includes medication and psychotherapy. A psychologist is trained in a way to evaluate and diagnose mental illnesses but usually treats them by counselling or behavioural therapy.

Track 10: Self-harm and Suicide Prevention

Suicide is the demonstration of deliberately causing one's own particular passing. Factors include mental issues like sorrow, discouragement, bipolar confusion, schizophrenia, identity issue, and substance mishandle, including liquor addiction and utilization of benzodiazepines. Suicides are the imprudent acts on account of worry, for instance, from money related difficulties, issues with associations, or from tormenting. The people who have previously attempted suicide are at higher danger for future undertakings.

Track 11: Psychopathology

Psychopathology is a term that refers to either the study of mental illness or the mental distress or the manifestation of behaviours and experiences which may be the indicative of mental illness or psychological impairment. It involves the logical investigation of mental abnormality, including endeavours to comprehend their hereditary, natural, mental, and social causes; viable grouping plans (nosology); course over all phases of improvement; indications; and treatment. Patients with mental issue are regularly treated by therapists, or clinicians, who both have practical experience in emotional well-being and analyse and treat patients through prescription or psychotherapy. These experts efficiently determine the people to have mental clutters utilizing particular analytic criteria and symptomatology found inside the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Track 12: Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are severe psychotic disorders commonly referred to as psychotic disorders, meaning symptoms can include psychosis—impaired thoughts and emotions severe enough to induce a disconnect from reality. Schizophrenia is characterised by the symptoms like hallucinations and delusions where those symptoms varies from one person to another. Psychotropic drugs are used to treat psychotic disorders second generation antipsychotics are effectively helpful than older first generation antipsychotics.

Track 13: Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Alzheimer's is the common form of dementia, a general term used for the memory loss and the other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with the daily life. Dementia is an overall term which determines a huge range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or the thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person ability to perform daily tasks. Alzheimer's disease accounts for about 60 to 80 per cent of dementia cases. Alzheimer's disease, a vascular dementia, which occurs after a stroke, is the second most common dementia type. The rate at which the sickness advances is diverse for everybody, except by and large, individuals with Alzheimer's live for a long time after side effects start.

Scope and Importance:

Psychiatry Meet 2022 is to bring top experts together and delegates for an in-depth discussion on Psychiatry and Mental Health. This conference encourages the participation of the eminent professors, students and researchers in all areas of Psychiatry and will provide an international forum for the dissemination of research results, new ideas and practical development experiences.

Psychiatry is more crucial to the common public than ever before, and with the rise of reported mental health and behavioral health issues. It might seem a bit confusing as to why some personalities still tend to ignore the consequences of leaving these symptoms crude. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that the suicide rate of Americans aged 35-64 years has risen about 29 per cent from 1999 to 2010.  In Europe, the rate of employees reporting with mental health issues to their employers has been risen to two out of for every five workers. According to tremendous amounts of studies, an increase in global awareness and a shift in attitude towards treating and helping the persons with behavioral or mental health issues has likely brought more of these issues to light.

Psychiatrists Market Size

The global psychiatrists market reached a value of about $197.0 billion in the year 2019, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0% since 2015 and is expected to grow at a growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9% to reach nearly $256.9 billion by the year 2023. Going forward, the private health insurance reforms, economic growth and the social acceptance will drive the market. Factors that may hinder the growth of the psychiatrists market in the near future includes high cost associated with the drugs and medical devices for the treatment and shortage of psychiatric professionals.

Impact of Covid 19 on Mental Health

Covid19 pandemic have a staggering emotional well-being sway on individuals everywhere on the world. The despondency or depression among the individuals who have lost friends and family, the disquiet at losing an employment and monetary security, the dissatisfaction of lockdowns, difficulties of telecommuting while at the same time dealing with kids alongside the dread of getting the illness have all negatively affected the psychological well-being.

The Commonwealth Fund and research firm SSRS recently delivered a review about the issue, focusing on the circumstances across the ten top high income charts (no information was accessible for Germany for the accompanying infographic). It found that 33% of individuals in the United States are encountered pressure, nervousness or bitterness that was hard to adapt since the pandemic of Covid-19. Around a fourth of respondents in Canada, the UK, and France likewise said they had endured psychological well-being issues because of the pandemic.

Top universities globally working in the field of Psychiatry & Mental Health

• University of Cambridge
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Manchester
• Cardiff University
• University of Vermont
• University of Amsterdam
• Ghent University
• Maastricht University
• University of Melbourne
• University of Queensland
• University of New South Wales
• University of Adelaide
• University of Sydney
• Australian National University
• Monash University
• Macquarie University
• University of Hong Kong
• University of British Columbia
• Dalhousie University
• Mount St. Vincent University

Psychiatry Associations involved in innovative techniques & researches:

• American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
• Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
• Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
• Chinese Society of Psychiatry
• European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees
• Indian Psychiatric Society
• Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour
• International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
• International Early Psychosis Association
• International Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project
• International Society for Affective Disorders
• International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
• Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Taiwanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• World Psychiatric Association

Societies and Associations:

USA and Canada: 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychological Association, Anxiety and Depression Association, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada (ADAC), Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness And Mental Health, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Canadian Mental Health Association, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health      

Europe:

The British psychological Society, European Association of Social Psychology, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, Finnish Psychological Association, Psychological Society of Ireland, Russian Psychological Society, Turkish Psychological Association.