1. Mental Health

Mental health is the psychological condition of someone who is functioning at a higher level of emotional and behavioural condition. Greater than 200 categorized forms of mental illness conditions are there. Mental health includes an individual’s potential to enjoy life and create a balance between normal life activities and efforts to achieve human resilience. It is important in every stage of life, including childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Half of the mental health conditions begin at 14 and the remaining conditions develop by age of 24. Prevention of mental disorder at the young age may significantly decrease the risk that a child will suffer in the later life.

• Child and adolescent mental health
• School Mental Health
• HIV and Mental Health
• Psychology and Mental Health
• Religious Beliefs and Mental Health
• Mental health services and policies
• Human rights and mental health legislation
• E-Mental health and self-help

2. Psychology & Psychiatry

Psychiatry is defined as a proactive and positive approach to living that increases resiliency to stress by promoting life balance and contentment. It mainly concerns about maintaining mental, emotional and physical health. Focusing on mental health and wellness it is particularly important for people at risk for behavioural health conditions. People with mental or substance use disorders typically die earlier. Changes in one’s thoughts often go along with changes in our mental health. It is determined by overall patterns of thoughts, emotions, behaviors and body reactions. Having a good mental health is likely to help protect against development of many problems.

• Epidemiology of resilience
• Family resilience
• Psychological stress
• Resilience development programs

3. Human Resilience

Human resilience has been termed as an individual’s ability to adapt for stress and adversity. Resilience is one’s ability to bounce back from a negative condition. It can be learned and virtually developed by any individual. It emerged as a major theoretical and research oriented topic from the studies of children of schizophrenic mothers. Different kinds of approaches to resilience building have been developed, gathering attention mainly on the theory and practice of rational emotive behaviour therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy. An emerging field in the study of resilience is the neurobiological basis of psychiatry.

• Psychological resilience
• Biological models of resilience
• Approaches to resilience
• Resilience and ability

4. Mental Disorders

There are many causes to get mental disorders. Individual’s genes and family history may play a vital role in our life. Biological factors can also be a part of this. Traumatic brain injury can lead to a serious mental dysfunction. A mother’s exposure to viruses or toxic chemicals during pregnancy may play a part in getting mental disorder. Other factors may increase the chance of risk such as drug addiction. Medications and counselling can help to cure many mental disorders. Different kinds of mental disorders like anxiety disorders, depression, mood disorders, personality disorders, psychotic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse.

• Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Affective Disorders
• Autism and Severe Developmental Disorders
• Complex Attachment Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Movement disorders
• Eating disorders

5. Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychology is a branch of psychology which deals with practical application of research and involved in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The professionals, clinical psychologists classify their basic activities in three main headings, which includes treatment and research. Clinical psychologists are specialized in behaviour therapy, psychoanalysis, group therapy & family therapy. Research is very crucial in clinical psychology as their training in experimental clinical trials and statistical procedures and hence clinical psychologists are very important participants in the studies of mental health care.

• Counselling psychology
• Applied psychology
• Experimental psychology

6. Child Abuse

A complex set of behaviours that include child neglect and the physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children. Child abuse includes punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, shaking, or otherwise physically harming a child. Injuries that can be fatal include severe head trauma, scalding, burns, drowning, suffocation, trauma to the abdomen and poisoning. Child abuse should be reported, investigated, and stopped.

• Child homicide
• Domestic violence
• Abusive minds
• Sexual abuse

7. Womens Mental Health

Psychological well-being is a basic piece of a woman’s general prospectus. Some mental health conditions happens more every now and again in women and can expect an essential part in the state of a woman’s general prosperity. 29 million American women, or around 23 per cent of the female masses, have experienced diagnosable mental prosperity associated turmoil in the latest year alone. Similar amount of male and female experiencing enthusiastic health issues globally, yet a couple of issues are more fundamental in female than male. Diverse social components put women at more genuine peril of poor enthusiastic health than men. In any case, women’s status to talk about their feelings and their strong casual associations can secure their mental prosperity.

• Treatment Issues for Women with Mental Illness
• Women & Psychiatric Disorders
• Womens Mental Health in Special Populations
• Mental status examination

8. Paediatric Psychiatry

Paediatric psychiatry is a specialty within psychiatry working with children and young people up to the age of 18, and their families. Working as a paediatric psychiatrist provides an opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of the next generation.  It is an interesting fact which has seen tremendous developments over the last two decades. Child psychiatry combines the rigours and science of medicine, with the art and creativity of therapy.  The ability to analysing for young people and improve public mental health both are adding dimensions to the work that mean the possibilities are fruitful.

• Epidemiology of resilience
• Family resilience
• Psychological stressors
• Resilience Development programs

9. Addiction Psychiatry

There is certain reason behind addiction. In the case of drugs, alcohol and nicotine, these substances affect the way we feel, both physically and mentally. These feelings can be repeated and create a powerful urge to use the substances again. To get a better mental health condition we need to addict towards good deeds.

• Alcohol & drugs
• Drug and alcohol cultural issues
• Gambling
• Food and other addictions
• Phone and Internet Addictive Behaviours
• Innovative Models and Practice

10. Geriatric Psychiatry

Geriatric Psychiatry is the branch of Psychology dedicated to the study and the care of mental disorders in old aged people. Such disorders include depression, dementia, delirium, cognitive disorders and behavioural disturbances, psychosis, anxiety, substance abuse and sleep disorders. Some of these problems may have come on only in the later years.

• Geriatric counselling
• Geriatric nursing
• Dementia
• Alzheimer’s disease

11. Psychiatry and Psychological Disorders

A psychological disorder is a condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Psychopathology is the study of psychological disorders including symptoms, causes and treatment. The term psychopathology can also refer to the manifestation of a psychological dysfunction.

• Schizophrenia
• Sleep disorders
• Eating disorders
• Bipolar disorders

12. Psychosomatic Medicine

Psychosomatic medicine is a newly licensed sub specialty in the field of psychiatry. It is also known as consultation-liaison psychiatry. It provides knowledge, practice and instruction in the relation between mental and physical illness. This field is connected with services like diagnosis, therapeutics and research of disorders in this particular area. Hence it connects psychiatry and other medical specialties, so that psychiatrists can discuss how to manage patients with psychosomatic dysfunction.

• Hypnosis
• Group therapy
• Psychoanalysis
• Drug abreaction

13. Stress, Anxiety and Depression Management

Anxiety is one of the most common forms of mental disorders. Anxiety can affect one’s health. If someone suffers from an anxiety disorder, research suggests that person may run a higher risk of experiencing physical health problems, too.

• Acute and chronic stress
• Social support
• Anxiety disorder
• Stress management

14. Mental Health Awareness

Mental illness awareness means acceptance and love rather than judgement and shame; it means an end to the stigma and the beginning of hope. Awareness basically starts in educating people to reduce stigma and improve quality of life for those with mental illness. Mental illness awareness is being comfortable talking about mental health without the fear of being judged for it. It's less stigma and less hatred towards those with mental illness. It means recognizing that mental illness is as real as any physical illness.

• Early Intervention
• Management of mental health disorders
• Cultural Understanding of wellness
• Cultural Models of Clinical Practice
• Etiology & Prevention of Mental Illness
• Psychological Aspects of Medical Illness
• Advance in diagnosis for mental health
• Brain-stimulation treatments

15. Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Individuals suffering from severe mental dysfunction require rehabilitation. The goal of psychiatric rehabilitation is to help disabled individuals to develop the emotional, social, physical and intellectual skills which are important to live, learn and work in the community with the least amount of professional support.

• Stress management programmes
• Rehabilitation for persons with psychiatric illness
• Electro-convulsive therapy
• Mental Health Counselling
• School mental health programmes
• Child Psychotherapy

16. Nursing and Mental Health

Mental health or Psychiatric nursing is the specialty of nursing that cares for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress, such as bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, depression or dementia. Becoming a mental health nurse can be very gratifying, but it can be a stressful and emotionally draining job as well.  As well as you can work full-time, part-time or casually in this field. 

• Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
• Geriatric Mental Nursing
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing  
• Forensic Psychiatric Nursing

17. Psychiatry and Psychology Practices

The term positive psychology is a broad one, comprising a variety of techniques that encourage people to identify and further develop their own positive emotions, experiences and characteristics. In many ways, positive psychology builds on key topics of humanistic psychology.

• Hypnotherapy
• Psychotherapy
• Acupuncture therapy
• Interpersonal therapy

18. Psychopharmacology Roles: Mental Health

Psychopharmacology is the field of psychology and psychiatry dedicated to the study of drugs' effects on mood and behaviour. Of particular interest in this field is the study of the effectiveness, dosing, and indications for psychoactive drugs.

• Psychopharmacological substances
• Psychopharmacological medication

19. Power of Yoga & Medication

Though practicing yoga increases strength and flexibility, yoga and mental health have an admirable link with our mental health. Practitioners of yoga may acquire psychiatric benefits including an improved mood and reduced stress and anxiety.

• Yoga techniques
• Mindfulness criteria

20. Mental Health Experts Meeting

Annual summit on Psychiatry and Mental Health conference would like to invite all the Eminent from the field of Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Child psychiatry, mental health and Depression treatment. Apart from researchers wold like to honour Professor, Head of psychiatry division, Students, Young researchers, PhD scholars and interested delegates. Kindly do join us at Dubai during November 14-15, 2019.

• Join Mental Health 2019 Dubai conference
• Global meet up