Thematic Fields

Prevention in Mental Health Care

Topics for discussion:

1.1 Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Ensure High Levels of Mental Health

- Psychotherapy and psychoprophylaxis

- Methods of psychotherapy

- Variations of psychotherapeutic services

- Biological, psychological, social and spiritual components of psychotherapy

- Socio-political aspects of psychotherapy

- Children and adolescent psychotherapy

- Psychotherapy in Gerontology

- Psychotherapy of psychosis and borderline states

- Psychotherapy in suicidology

- Psychotherapy in psychosomatic medicine

- Psychotherapy in extreme situations

- Psychotherapy of dependencies

- Psychotherapy and Pedagogy

- Psychotherapy of the healthy

- Transcultural aspects of psychotherapy

- Web-therapy

- Other.

1.2 Psychology in the Prevention of Mental Disorders

- Basic concepts and principles of prevention in mental health
- Psychological health as an independent discipline
- Psychological stress and mental health
- Psychology of emergencies
- Everyday stress and mental disorders
- Human mental development
- Personality and personology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Emotions and motives
- Psychology of aggressive and suicidal behavior
- Psychology of dependence
- Psychological predictors of drug abuse
- Innovation in the field of dependence prevention
- Prevention in eating behavior
- Mental health and lifestyles
- Psychology of schooling
- Children and adolescent psychology
- Family psychology
- Gender psychology
- Psychology of groups
- Mental health in workplace
- Mental health in the elderly
- Psychology of loneliness
- Other.

1.3 Sociology of Mental Health

- Basic concepts and principles of prevention in mental health

- Sociological research in the field of mental health

- Individual and public health

- Mental health and a healthy lifestyle

- Socio-economic aspects of mental health

- Socio-political aspects of mental health

- Sociology of mental health in social knowledge

- Mental health and well-being in radically changing societies

- Sexual behavior and mental health

- Eating behavior and mental health

- Teenagers and mental health

- Ageing and mental health

- Social factors of addiction forming risk

- Mental health in workplace

- Labor market, unemployment and the problem of labor relations flexibility

- Occupational safety and mental health

- Other.

1.4 Mental Health and Law

- Legal regulation of mental health in the Russian Federation

- Legal regulation of mental health in Europe

- International law in the field of mental health

- Effectiveness of legislation in the field of regulation of national mental health systems

- Specialty of legal mechanisms of funding mental health care systems in the context of the global financial and economic  crisis

- Legal mechanisms to assess the cost-effectiveness of preventive measures in the field of mental health care (on the  example of national models)

- Public-and-private partnership in the field of mental health care

- Legal mechanisms of public policy formation in the field of mental health care

- Other.

1.5 Mental Health and Economics

- State regulation of mental health care systems

- Economic characteristics and structure of goods / services in the field of mental health care

- Forms of attracting economic resources for the conduct of activities in the field of mental disorders prevention

- Cost-effectiveness of using the potential of nonprofit organizations to address problems in the field of mental health care

- Mechanisms of managing mental disorder prevention systems in the context of the global financial and economic crisis (on  the example of national models)

- Mechanisms of inter-sectoral interaction between the public and private economy sectors in the field of mental disorders  prevention

- National practices of managing mental health care systems

- The influence of economic factors on the prevalence of mental disorders

- The nature, place and role of nonprofit organizations in the field of mental disorders prevention

- Economic and financial instruments of governing nonprofit organizations in the field of mental health care

- Analysis of the actual status and functioning of government, nonprofit organizations in the field of mental health care

- Analysis of the economic influence of prevention activities in the field of mental health care

- Organizational and economic relations arising in the implementation of activities in the field of mental health care in  modern conditions

- Forms of cross-sectoral interaction of nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the field of mental health care

- Practices of national guidelines, standards, planning and evaluation of the quality of preventive services

- Other.

1.6 Mental Health and Sport

- Physical activity and mental health

- Physical activity and changes in cognitive (mental) functioning

- Sport as a means of mental disorder prevention

- Physical education and personal development

- Mental health and professional sport

- Anti-doping programs

- Scientific research in the fight against doping

- Anti-doping educational programs

- Other.

1.7 Mental Health and Cultural Studies

- The influence of cultural factors on the prevalence of mental disorders

- Mental health in countries and ethnic groups

- Prevention of mental disorders by means of creativity

- Views on mental illnesses in different cultures

- Mental health as a humanitarian problem

- Mental health and self-knowledge

- Spiritual determination of mental health

- Mental health in the technogenic world

- Mental health and ethics of intercultural relations

- Other.

Treatment and Rehabilitation in Mental Health Care

Topics for discussion:

2.1 Psychiatry

- Legislation in the field of psychiatry and objectives of state regulation of mental health care

- National standards for diagnosis and treatment in psychiatry

- Models of complex psychological and psychiatric care, followed by social rehabilitation

- Modern approaches to the modernization of mental health care

- Institutional models of integrating psychiatry in public health, other sectors

- Standards of psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, psychological and social work

- Classification of mental and behavioral disorders

- Epidemiology of mental disorders

- Social and economic burden of mental disorders

- Modern approaches to psychiatric diagnosis

- Evidence-based psychiatry

- Clinical and diagnostic scales in psychiatry

- Neuropsychiatry

- Neurocognitive deficiency

- Neurochemistry and neuroimmunology of mental disorders

- Psychoendocrinology

- Neuroimaging

- Psychopharmacological research

- Psychopharmacology in the rehabilitation system

- Psychoeducation

- Psychosocial rehabilitation

- Psychiatry building on society

- Occupational therapy in psychiatry

- Socio-cultural rehabilitation in psychiatry

- Transcultural psychiatry

- Mental disorders in children and adolescents

- Autism and mental development disorders

- Anorexia nervosa and eating disorders

- Gerontological Psychiatry

- Prevention and therapy of dementia

- Vocational training in psychiatry

- Telemedicine, the Internet and psychiatry

- Psychiatry and Bioethics

- Psychiatry and Narcology

- Psychogenetics of dependencies

- Other.

2.2 Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Ensuring High Levels of Mental Health

- Law in psychotherapy & psychotherapeutic standards

- Evidence - based psychotherapy

- Psychotherapy in psychosocial rehabilitation

- Psychotherapy in mental hospital

- Diagnosis and psychotherapy

- Integration in psychotherapy

- Clinical psychotherapy

- Psychodynamic psychotherapy

- Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy

- Humanistic psychotherapy

- Suggestive psychotherapy

- Psycho-ortopedia

- Children and adolescent psychotherapy

- Psychotherapy in Gerontology

- Psychotherapy in Suicidology

- Psychotherapy in psychosomatic medicine

- Psychotherapy in extreme situations

- Psychotherapy in forensic psychiatry

- Spirituality and psychotherapy

- Psychotherapy and arts

- Art therapy (theater - therapy, music therapy, dance and movement therapy, film, television and other screen arts, fine and decorative arts)

- Family therapy

- Psychotherapy and pedagogy

- Transcultural aspects of psychotherapy

- Web-therapy

- Alternative therapy (parapsychotherapy)

- Other. 

2.3 Sociology of Mental Health

- Biosocial human nature

- Healthcare as part of the social sphere of society

- Medical and social aspects of mental health

- Living with chronic diseases

- Social adaptation of persons with mental disorders and disorders acquired through labor rehabilitation and employment

- Rehabilitation centers for occupational rehabilitation

- In-patient rehabilitation (Psychoneurological care homes)

- Other.

2.4 Psychology in the system of treatment and rehabilitation of persons suffering from mental disorders

- Psychology of stigma

- Forensic psychology and psychological and psychiatric examination

- Psychological testing

- Clinical psychology and psychiatry: the possibility of dialogue

- Psychology and psychotherapy

- Psychological counseling

- Psychology of aggressive and suicidal behavior

- Psychology of dependence

- Ethnopsychology of addiction

- Personality and dependence

- Family and dependence

- Psychology of codependency

- Psychological assistance in the rehabilitation of patients (alcoholics, drug addicts)

- Personality psychology in commorbid addictive disorders (alcoholism, depression, schizophrenia, drug abuse)

- Psychology of eating behavior

- Mental health and lifestyles

- Psychology of schooling

- Children and adolescent psychology

- Family psychology

- Gender psychology

- Psychology of groups

- Mental health of the elderly

- Psychology of loneliness

- Psychology and psycho-oncology

- Psychology in psychosomatics

- Assessment the quality of psychological services

- Other.

2.5 Mental Health and Sport

- Physical activity as a part of medical interventions

- Adaptive physical training in the practice of working with the mentally ill

- Physical activity and compensatory-adaptive reactions of the organism in aging

- Other.

Human Rights in the Field of Mental Health

Topics for discussion:

3.1

- Stigmatization and self-stigmatization

- Psychiatry and anti-psychiatry

- Psychology of stigma

- National approaches to the problems of stigmatization and discrimination

- Legislation to protect the rights of persons with psychiatric diagnoses

- Stigmatization: the patient, the psychiatrist, the psychotherapist, other.

- Information, educational and training programs on mental health stigmatization problems

- Participation of persons with mental disorders and their families in mental health programs

- The role of the media in protecting human rights in mental health

- Improving mental health literacy

- Myths about psychiatry and the mentally ill

- Information activity of psychiatrists

- Invasion of privacy

- The quality of life of persons suffering from mental disorders

- The principle of partnership between patients and doctors

- Monitoring of the legal status of patients in psychiatric hospitals

- Improving access to psychological and psychotherapeutic assistance to the population

- Housing problems in relation to persons suffering from mental disorders

- Social criteria for disability for persons suffering from mental disorders

- Employment of persons suffering from mental disorders

- Social adaptation of persons suffering from mental disorders

- Voluntary approach in the provision of mental health care

- Voluntary associations of persons suffering from mental disorders and their families

- Legal assistance to persons suffering from mental disorders and their families

- Other.