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 COLLEAGUES!

It is my privilege to welcome you to the first Congress on Mental Health taking place in Moscow from 7-8 October 2016. The congress will be guided by the motto “Meeting the Needs of the XXI Century” and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers for inviting me as a member of the international organising committee.

As President of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) I am proud to represent my organisation in this committee. EPA has 40 National Society Members from 37 countries, representing 80.000 psychiatrists in Europe. The purpose of the Association is to improve the quality of mental health care throughout Europe. Our activities aim to advance European psychiatry in practice, education and research. With our annual EPA Congress we organize a major meeting of international psychiatrists dedicated to promoting European psychiatry and to improving mental health around the globe.

As there are many groups involved in the care of the mentally ill, the interdisciplinary collaboration between groups active in mental health is becoming increasingly important. Therefore I am pleased to support the Congress on Mental Health as a platform for exchanges between experts from various fields like for example public health, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychology, narcology, politics and education in order to promote a dialogue.

We look forward to a successful Congress in Moscow in October.

Professor Dr. Wolfgang Gaebel,

President of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gaebel

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

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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

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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

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Ekaterina V. Kaznacheeva

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Oleg A. Skugarevsky

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Nikolay G. Neznanov

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Dr. Mohammad Khodayarifard., Ph. D.

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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

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Prof. Alfred Pritz

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Veniamin Sh. Kaganov

Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federatio

Aknin Nicole

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Alexey A. Cherkasov

Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

Yuri P. Zinchenko

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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

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