Name: Mental Health 2022
Start: 2022-02-11
End: 2022-02-13
Location: France

Conference Information

About Conference

After two successful international conferences on Mental Health, the PULSUS group is excited to bring forth a brand new “3rd World Congress on Mental Health” scheduled on 11-12 February 2022 in Paris, France.

This year we aim to bring out the innovations, treatments, and therapies seen in recent years in this field of line. As the motto says, ‘Break the stigma of Mental Health’ let us come together in this international event to unveil the social stigma and deliberate the need for treatment and help.

The conference will be an experience for its informative symposia, seminars, and excellent keynote workshops by well-recognized experts in the field. It will also prove to be an open door for university and institute members to partner with internationally recognized personalities and companies interested in extending their global market scope.

We cordially invite you for this exciting event of 2 days to explore the growing field of Mental Health. We believe that this will be a significant experience for all the experts out there.

Join us in Paris for Mental Health 2022.

Scientific Sessions

Session 1: Mental health

Mental health can be defined as the ability of an individual to perceive and understand his or her surroundings. It is a state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness. It affects the way we talk, feel, and act. And thus mental and physical health is co-dependent. The ability to cope up with the adverse conditions, i.e. resilience, and feeling happy are some signs of positive mental health.

Session 2: Adult mental Health:

Many Adults are at the risk of having mental health problems. Now, this doesn’t depend on the age. Studies show that the rate of Adults falling into depression, anxiety or stress due to physical illness is less than that of those who get mentally distressed due to important changes in life. Many will slowly adjust to the changes. But there are many who are unable to accept and fall into loop of anxiety, stress and depression.

Session 3: Child and Adolescents Mental Health:

Research shows that children previously exposed to adverse situations have shown higher chances of mental illness. Adolescence is a crucial time for an individual to grow more socially and personally. A child or adolescent suffering from mental illness will show signs of inactive behaviors, loss of interest in school and great involvement in the criminal aspect of society. Most common metal illness in this age is depression, stress disorder, and Affection Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Session 4: Psychology and Psychiatry

Psychology is the study of conscious, unconscious phenomena along with feelings and thoughts. The science of behavior and mind is psychology. It is a bridge between the natural and social science. A psychologist aims to understand the behavior individuals or groups.

Psychiatry is a medical degree particularly focusing on diagnosing, preventing and treating mental disorders. The word Psychiatry literally means ‘medical treatment of soul’ and specifically concentrates on the mind.

Session 5: Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi define positive psychology as "the scientific study of positive human functioning and flourishing on multiple levels that include the biological, personal, relational, institutional, cultural, and global dimensions of life.”

Positive Psychology aims on eudaimonia, a Greek word meaning ‘good spirit’ translated as ‘happiness’ or ‘wellness’. Positive psychology is the study of what makes life worth living, concentrating on societal and individual well-being.

Session 6: Addiction

Addiction is term used to define an individual who depends particularly on a substance or behavior. This urge becomes so important that the individual will continue consuming the substance or engaging in the activity even when it is harmful for them, their family and the important areas of their life. Some of the addiction such as alcoholism, substance abuse, internet addiction, pornography, gambling, smartphone addiction, nicotine, and opioid are the causes for brain damage/ disorders.

Use of Psychoactive substances can lead to psychotic episodes and eventually lead to mental disorders.

Session 7: Psychosis

Psychosis is a symptom, not an illness in the whole. Study proves that 3 in 100 people have experienced psychotic episode at one point in their life. Many define psychosis as a break from reality. The early symptoms show the individual losing the contact with reality. Psychosis shows a range of symptoms, but it particularly includes Hallucinations, hearing or feeling things that are not present, and Delusions, idiosyncratic belief that is firmly maintained despite being refuted by what is rational.

Related Societies: Psychological Society of Ireland, Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada (ADAC), International OCD Foundation ,Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness And Mental Health, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Chinese Society of Psychiatry, Mental Health Association of Cambodia (MHAC).

Session 8: Mental illness

A mental illness, usually called a mental disorder, a psychiatry disorder is a behavioral and mental pattern which causes mental distress and personal functioning impairment. This can be either repetitive, relapsing or occur as a single episode. There are many mental disorders including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), depression, schizophrenia, personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. The causes of mental illness are often vague.

Session 9: Impulse-Control Disorder

ICD is a mental disorder characterized by impulsivity i.e. failure to resist temptations; an urge or impulse; or inability to not speak on a thought. The common ICDs are sexual compulsions, internet addiction, compulsive shopping, pyromania, kleptomania, and Intermittent-Explosive Disorder (IED).

Session 10: Neuro-Development Disorders

These are the disorders that generally originate from childhood that involve serious damage in different areas. These include Autism Spectrum disorder, ADHD, learning disorders, motor disorders, and conduct disorder. These disorders show symptoms from early life. With the growth of the individual, some disorders improve but others stay in the late period of life.

Session 11: Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety is the feeling of uneasiness and worry, generally unfocused to a situation that can only be an exaggeration of something which can be subjectively threatening. It is closely related to fear which is a generalized response to a real or perceived threat.

Depression is a feeling or mood of an individual which can be characterized by persistent loss of interest in activities previously loved or feeling low causing a impairment in daily life. The causes can be very vague but can include a possible distress from social, biological and psychological aspects.

Session 12: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD is a mental disorder which usually occurs after experiencing of witnessing a traumatic event. This condition generally lasts for month or years, with triggers that can bring back the memories of the traumatic event. These episodes can include physical and emotional reactions.

Session 13: Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is a psychological condition characterized by severe shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to think clearly. An individual suffering from bipolar can have extreme episodes of highs and lows known as mania and depression. Symptoms and signs of bipolar may vary. Some people experience extreme case of mania and depression distinctively, others may pass extended periods without symptoms.

Session 14: Dementia

Dementia generally occurs after periodic occurrence of a set of related symptoms that is caused due to a head injury or disease. The symptoms involve major memory, thinking and behavioral impairments. Dementia can cause a significant effect on the individual, relationships and caregivers.

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes for dementia. The symptoms that are usually seen involve memory loss and word finding difficulty. There is no exact cause for Alzheimer’s but the known aspect of this disease in the dysfunction in the genes producing amyloids.

Other types include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, and Huntington’s disease dementia.

Session 15: Personality Disorders

This is a class of mental disorders in which an individual have a pattern of thinking and functioning that will be completely contradicting to the social norms and styles. These people will have difficulty in perceiving and relating to situations and people. Personality disorder involves Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mythomania, mood disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and histrionic personality disorder.

Session 16: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that can tamper one’s ability to think clearly, mange emotions and relate to people. It can be characterized by relapsing episodes of psychosis. Some of the major symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, social withdrawal, apathy and disorganized thoughts.

A 2019 study shows that there were in an average of 20 million cases of schizophrenia around the globe. The cause of schizophrenia can be environmental and genetic factors.

Session 17: Schizoaffective disorder

Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental condition that can be characterized by symptoms of schizophrenia, hallucinations or delusions and symptoms of mood disorder. This disorder is relatively rare and often misdiagnosed as schizophrenia or bipolar. The symptoms can be very severe and needs to be examined closely. The common causes are genetic, stress and drug use.

Session 18: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

OCD is a mental and behavioral disorder in which an individual gets certain unwanted repetitive thoughts and urges to do certain actions. Although they know their thoughts and actions are repetitive and irrational, they are unable to stop them. The symptoms are usually the intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors which can be seen in the early stages of childhood.

Session 19: Phobias

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder explained by excessive fear of an object or situation. These usually occur due to rapid onset of fear and can last for more than 6 months. Some of the commonly known phobias are Arachnophobia (fear of spiders), Acrophobia (fear of heights), and Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes). Phobias involves specific phobia, caused by negative childhood experience, and social phobia, fear of being judged.

Session 20: Dissociative Disorders

DD is a mental disorder that involves disruption of memory, identity and awareness. The trigger agents for dissociative disorders can be psychological trauma, stress, and drug use.

Session 21: Suicidology

Suicidology is the study of suicidal behaviors, the cause and suicide prevention. This consists of multi-disciplinary field most importantly psychology and sociology. Studies states that mortal rate of sixteen per 100,000 or one death every forty seconds by suicide. Suicidal behaviors are complex mental condition and thus there is no exact cause for it. Study shows that men are more subjected to suicide than women.

Session 22: Psychological Evaluation and Assessment

The technique used for assessing an individual’s personality, behavior, cognitive abilities and other fields called psychological evaluation. The main aim of modern psychological evaluations is to understand someone’s psychological life that can be inhibiting their ability to feel or behave in more proper or positive ways. The set of tests administered to evaluate behavior, personality and capabilities of individuals called psychological assessment. Testing sessions are typically scheduled during the morning when most people function at their best.

Session 23: Psychotherapy and its Advances

Psychotherapy is an implementation of psychological methods especially while having a personal interaction, done to help an individual change behavior, increase happiness and overcome problems. Some know therapies are psychological therapy and talking therapy.

Session 24: Mental Health Nursing

Mental health nursing also known as psychiatric nursing is an appointed person who is specialized in mental health and takes care of people from all age group experiencing mental health disorders. Nurses involved in psychiatry are trained to build psychiatric alliances, deal with challenging behaviors, and administer psychiatric medications. They are also trained in psychological therapies.

Session 25: Rehabilitations and Recovery

Mental health treatment not only requires improving but maintaining a complete and satisfying life. Most people say they haven't found a clear, smooth way to recovery. Alternating ups and downs, new discoveries and relapses occur. With time, they look back and see how far they have really come, given the stopping progress and discouragements.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation aims to provide the optimal level of functioning of individuals and societies, and the minimization of disabilities and handicaps, stressing individuals' choice on how to live successfully in the community.

Session 26: Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are investigation studies that test how well new medical methods work in people. Each study answers technical queries and attempts to find better ways to prevent, monitor for, analyze, or treat a disease. Every clinical trial has a protocol, or procedure, for conducting the trial. Each study has its own rules about who can take part. Several studies need volunteers with a certain disease. Some need healthy people. Others want just men or just women and several want animals as models. Its role is to

Make sure that the study is proper
Protect the rights and welfare of the members
Make sure that the hazards are sensible when associated to the potential benefits

Session 27: Mental Health Stigma

Stigma is when people around see you with negativity due to your mental illness. The social stigma of mental health has widespread problems. Stigma involves social stigma and self-stigma. Supporting stigma can worsen the condition of the person already suffering from mental disorders.

Market Analysis

Mental diseases or psychotherapeutic conditions are classified for a fixed period as abnormal thoughts, feelings and behaviors, causing distress or physical or emotional impairment. These include a wide variety and often require medical or clinical treatment. Conditions may be caused by a genetic, chemical or anatomical biological origin, or by a psychological origin such as trauma or conflict.

Why Paris?

Paris is the cosmopolitan capital of France and one of the largest cities of Europe with 2.2 million inhabitants living in the dense and central town and nearly 12 million inhabitants throughout the metropolis. Situated on the Seine in the north of France, Paris has the well-established reputation of being the most glamorous and romantic of all the cities and still has a strong impact on music, architecture, fashion, food and design, City of fashion (the city of Dubbed, the city of light). The city has the second largest number of Michelin restaurants (after Tokyo) in the world and features many famous sights, including the world's largest tourism destination, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre Museum, Moulin Rouge and Lido.

Survey: Americans Becoming More Open About Mental Health

According to the results of a survey by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Psychological Association, many Americans hold good attitudes on mental health disorders and care.

A maximum of 87% of American adults agreed that psychiatric disorder is nothing to be dismayed about, and 86% said they felt mental health disorders could do better, according to the survey.

"The results of this survey are encouraging, and a sign that the work of APA and others to promote mental health is paying off throughout the years," said Arthur C. Evans Jr., CEO of APA, PhD. "They display a more open attitude to mental disorders and a strong belief among older people that mental disorders are nothing to be ashamed of."

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