{"id":380,"date":"2019-11-06T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionandpsychiatry.org\/main\/?p=380"},"modified":"2020-08-01T00:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:51:56","slug":"international-congress-in-spirituality-and-psychiatry-4th-global-meeting-in-spirituality-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/religionandpsychiatry.org\/main\/international-congress-in-spirituality-and-psychiatry-4th-global-meeting-in-spirituality-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"International Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry 4th Global Meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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International Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry<\/strong>
4th Global Meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health<\/strong>
Organized by the WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatryhttps:\/\/www.rsp2019.org\/<\/a>
WPA Co-sponsored Congress
Spirituality\/Religion & Mental Health: Translating knowledge to practice – Building bridges
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Spirituality\/Religion is relevant to most of human beings, 84% of world’s population
reports a religious affiliation. Systematic reviews of the academic literature have identified
literally thousands of empirical studies showing the relationship (usually positive but also
negative) between Spirituality\/Religion and health. However, there has been world wide a huge gap between
knowledge available about the impact of Spirituality\/Religion to health and the translation of this knowledge to\u00a0the actual clinical practice and public health policies. Given this, the WPA recently published a
Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry emphasizing the importance of
integrating Spirituality\/Religion in clinical practice, research and education in Psychiatry. This Congress will
focus on practical implications, on how to sensibly and effectively integrate Spirituality\/Religion in mental
health care and public policies.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO JERUSALEM!

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International Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry & 4th Global Meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health – <\/strong>Organized by the WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Bernard Janse van Rensburg, Secretary WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry (<\/em><\/strong>bernard.sasop@mweb.co.za<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

The WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry (R\/S &P) in association with the Israel Psychiatric Association from 1 to 4 December 2019 at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim,\u00a0Yemin Moshe in Jerusalem. The meeting was co-hosted a very successful meeting in Jerusalem, which attracted 350 delegates from 35 countries. Co-convenors of the meeting were Prof Haim Belmaker (Israel) and Drs Avdesh Sharma (India) and Peter Verhagen (Netherlands). Key-note speakers included Sr Gayatri Naraine (India), Prof Helen Herrman (Australia), WPA President and Prof Alexander Moreira-Almeida (Brazil), Chair WPA Section on R\/S &P. More than 40 posters presentations and 20 oral sessions were scheduled, including invited speakers Marwan Dwairy (Israel), Paul Summergrad (USA), Francis G. Lu (USA) John Peteet (USA), Simon Jones (Australia), Kate Miriam Loewenthal (UK), Christopher Cook (UK), Alan Fung (Canada), Richard Doblin (USA), Albert Gaw (USA), Elaine Drysdale (Canada), Alison Gray (UK), Essam Daod (Israel) and Gerrit Glas (Netherlands).<\/p>\r\n

Sister Naraine\u2019s address was entitled \u201cCompassion Fatigue: Embracing Spirituality\u201d in which she emphasized the reality of carer burnout, its causes and how to counteract it. In her address \u201cPsychiatrists and Community Partners Examine Religion and Spirituality,\u201d Prof Herrman presented alluded to WPA Section on R\/S & P\u2019s position statement, which delineates this new discipline\u2019s boundaries which considers defined spirituality into account when considering the psychiatric practice (history, diagnostic formulation and treatment interventions), as well as teaching and training. She alluded self-care and community-based partners as the broad base of pyramid of the WHO\u2019s model for mental health service,\u00a0 allowing for a strong and extended alliance with faith-based and other community organizations, for access to quality mental health and psychiatric care. Prizes for the best poster presentations were awarded and presented at the closing of the meeting, as follows:<\/p>\r\n