The 11th World Congress of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, supported by the World Association for Psychosocial Rehab (WAPR) and organised by AIM Group International was held recently at the Fiera Milano City (MICO), Milan, Italy.
The congress, organised for the first time in Italy, attracted 1450 participants from 70 countries.
Key sessions included a debate on the social determinants of mental disorders, the impact of the economic crisis in terms of youth depression and the effectiveness of drugs in the treatment of psychosis and of common disorders.
"The organisation of this edition has been an exciting challenge," said doctor Angelo Barbato, president of the congress. "In the midst of a severe economic crisis, in one of the most affected European countries, the WAPR congress managed to make its way almost without commercial contributions.
"The organising committee, scientific secretariat and organising secretariat worked together to find the best solutions relying on limited economic resources. These joint efforts ensured that not only the resulting exemplary Technical and Scientific Organisation, but the ability to add extras into the program."
The organisers included theatrical performances of La Goccia within the project ‘Theatre and Mental Health’, one of the initiatives co-ordinated by the Department of Social Quality from the city of Imola. They also introduce the Café Philo with photography, an innovative proposal that combines the cultural stimulus to the pleasure of being together for networking along with another photo exhibition ‘Invisibili Solitudini’ – which is mental illness shown through images.
The 11th World Congress of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, supported by the World Association for Psychosocial Rehab (WAPR) and organised by AIM Group International was held recently at the Fiera Milano City (MICO), Milan, Italy.
The congress, organised for the first time in Italy, attracted 1450 participants from 70 countries.
Key sessions included a debate on the social determinants of mental disorders, the impact of the economic crisis in terms of youth depression and the effectiveness of drugs in the treatment of psychosis and of common disorders.
"The organisation of this edition has been an exciting challenge," said doctor Angelo Barbato, president of the congress. "In the midst of a severe economic crisis, in one of the most affected European countries, the WAPR congress managed to make its way almost without commercial contributions.
"The organising committee, scientific secretariat and organising secretariat worked together to find the best solutions relying on limited economic resources. These joint efforts ensured that not only the resulting exemplary Technical and Scientific Organisation, but the ability to add extras into the program."
The organisers included theatrical performances of La Goccia within the project ‘Theatre and Mental Health’, one of the initiatives co-ordinated by the Department of Social Quality from the city of Imola. They also introduce the Café Philo with photography, an innovative proposal that combines the cultural stimulus to the pleasure of being together for networking along with another photo exhibition ‘Invisibili Solitudini’ – which is mental illness shown through images.
