About the Congress

Congress
Venue

The National Awards Ceremony "Harmony"

VI «The Different Ones?» All-Russian Festival

Film Festival "Docu-MENTAL"

Gallery

Welcome to the Congress

Dear Congress Participants!

Difficult periods for the country, economic crises and instability in society can not fail to affect its residents, each of us. Economic problems aggravate the situation on the labor market: someone loses a job, someone is not sure of his or her future, someone is experiencing financial difficulties. All these stressors may create additional pressure on the human psyche, become a cause of psychological discomfort or even mental disorders.

Mental health is not just a medical term. This is an area that extends far beyond the purely medical research. Mental health is a system-forming factor for many related areas, primarily the social spectrum. Our goal is a healthy society, resistant to stress, capable of overcoming difficulties, finding the strength to develop even in difficult conditions. However, this is not going to happen by itself. It is necessary to consolidate efforts of professionals in all socially relevant fields - health, education, social protection, labor protection, science, culture, art, sports, etc. Only a comprehensive approach will help create a favorable environment for mental health.

Therefore, the importance of such a large-scale event as the Congress on Mental Health, it is difficult to overestimate. It aims to become the platform for interdisciplinary, interdepartmental constructive exchange of experience and views, the best international practices, the latest achievements. I hope that the Congress will contribute to the emergence of effective and innovative approaches to the problem of preserving the nation’s mental health, the launch of a new wave of research in this area, finding the right answers to the most pressing issues of mental health maintenance.

Alexey A. Cherkasov

Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

more welcome speeches

Veronika Skvortsova

Minster of Health of the Russian Federation

Dr. Oleg P. Chestnov

Assistant Director–General on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health of the World Health Organization

Prof. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil

Secretary General of the World Psychiatric Association (2014-2020), President Elect of the World Association of Social Psychiatry

Mr. Hans-Horst Konkolewsky

The Secretary General of the International Social Security Association (ISSA)

Vitaliy V. Rubtsov

Rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), President of the Federation of Russian Educational Psychologists, Ph.D. in Psychology

Zurab I. Kekelidze

Director General of the V. Serbsky Federal Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, anesthesiologist, psychologist, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Honored Doctor

Igor N. Kagramanyan

First Deputy Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Dr. Bonnie Kirsh

Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (University of Toronto)

Dr. Judy Kuriansky

Clinical Psychologist, Professor at Columbia University Teachers College, United Nations Representative of the World Council of Psychologists (WCP), author and journalist

Nikita S. Mikhalkov

President of the Russian Cultural Fund, Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, People's Artist of RSFSR, Honorary Member of Russian Academy of Arts

Vasiliy Vakulenko/Basta

Russian rapper, composer, TV and radio presenter, actor, scriptwriter, film director and producer

Dr. Gordana Milavic

MD., F.R.C.Psych., Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Co-Chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section of the WPA

Natalia V. Parshikova

State Secretary-Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Education, Professor

Alexey S. Akindinov

Regional General Manager of AZIMUT Hotel Olympic Moscow & AZIMUT Hotel Tulskaya Moscow

Prof. Tatiana I. Galako

President of the Kyrgyz Psychiatric Association

Vladimir D. Mendelevich

Director of Institute for Research of Problems of Mental Health, WHO-expert, MD, Professor

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gaebel

President of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), M.D., Professor of Psychiatry

Ekaterina V. Kaznacheeva

CEO «Businesstour llc»

Oleg A. Skugarevsky

Chairman of the Belorussian Psychiatric Association, M.D., Professor

Nikolay G. Neznanov

President of the Russian Society of Psychiatrists, Director St.Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, President World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry (WADP), MD, Professor

Dr. Mohammad Khodayarifard., Ph. D.

Vice-president of the World Council for Psychotherapy, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Education, The University of Tehran

Dr. Edward Chan

President of the Asian Federation of Psychotherapy (AFP), President of the Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP)

Darlyne G. Nemeth

Co-Secretary General of the World Council for Psychotherapy, Member of the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives, Ph.D., M.P., M.P.A.P.

Emilia Afrange

President of Brazilian Association of Psychotherapy – ABRAP, President of Latin-American Federation of Psychotherapy - FLAPSI

Prof. Dr. Ganesh Shankar

President of the World Council for psychotherapy (Asian Chapter), Founder President of the Asian Federation for Psychotherapy (AFP), Hon. Gen. Secretary of Yoga&Psychotherapy Association of India, Ph.D , D.Litt. (Yoga Psychotherapy)

Prof. Alfred Pritz

President of the World Council for Psychotherapy, General secretary of the European Association for Psychotherapy, Ph.D in Psychopathology and Pedagogics, Rector of the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna

Veniamin Sh. Kaganov

Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federatio

Aknin Nicole

Professor psychoanalyst, Rector of the Sigmund Freud University Paris, Executive member of the World Council for Psychotherapy and the European Association for Psychotherapy, Vice President of European Confederation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Yuri P. Zinchenko

President of the Russian Psychological Society, Dean of the Department of Psychology at Moscow State University, Psy.D., Professor

Viktor V. Makarov

President of the Russian professional psychotherapeutic league of Russia, Vice-President of the World Council for Psychotherapy, MD, Professor

Grigory P. Ivliev

Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT)

Sergey A. Solovyov

The greatest Russian film director, screenwriter, producer, People’s Artist of Russia