World Mental Health Conference

Guidelines

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• Online abstract submission will open 12 July 2010.
• All abstracts must be submitted online.
• Abstract submission deadline extended to 31 January 2011. Abstracts will not be accepted after this date.
• All abstracts must be submitted online through the conference website at www.wmhc2011.com. Abstracts sent by fax or post will not be considered.
• Abstracts should not have been presented at other meetings or congresses
• Authors who wish to submit more than one abstract should fill out a separate submission form for each abstract
• Organizers of symposia and workshops should submit an abstract
  describing the symposium or workshop, in addition to the abstracts of
  the individual presentations
• All abstracts will be reviewed and the final selection made by the Scientific Programme Committee.
• All accepted abstracts will appear in their full form in the abstract book, which will be on the abstract CD-ROM, which will be available at the conference.
• No accepted abstract will be included in the program unless registration and payment has been received.
• All abstracts must be written in English.
• It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as submitted by the author.
• The text should not exceed 300 Words. One table or graph can be inserted allowing 500 characters per table/figure. No graphics will be permitted. Type font to be used is size 10 Arial.

For all studies, the text of the abstract should briefly state:

• Objectives: Indicate the purpose of the study or the hypothesis that was tested.
• Methodology: Include the setting for the study, the subjects, the diagnosis or intervention, and the type of statistical analysis. If references are needed, they should be provided in the text.
• Results: Present as clearly as possible the outcome of the study and after significance if appropriate
• Conclusions: Briefly discuss the data and emphasize the significance of the results.
• References: A maximum of 2 references are permitted and must be in accordance with the Vancouver style of referencing
• Authors: The presenter needs to be the first listed author on the submission. A maximum of 4 Co-Authors are permitted. Any change to the presenting author must be communicated to the committee. It is the responsibility of the Author to ensure that the presenter is fully registered and paid.

All abstracts should disclose primary findings and avoid, whenever possible, promissory statements such as "experiments are in progress" or "results will be discussed".

Notification of acceptance

Notification of provisional acceptance will be sent to the corresponding author by 24 March 2011. Please note that only the corresponding author will receive this email concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing all co-authors of the status of the abstract. Authors whose abstracts have been accepted will receive instructions for the presentation of their abstract.

Preferred format of presentation*

Congress:

Symposium

Workshop

Free Paper

Poster

Video Presentation

*Please note that the Scientific Programme Committee has the final decision on format and timing of presentation.

Symposia will be allocated 90 minutes each and must include three or four presentations on a related topic. If the same presenters submit more than one symposium on the same topic (to a maximum of three), symposia should be numbered in the abstract submission, as follows: No1 of 2 symposia, or No1 of 3 symposia etc. In addition to the submission of an abstract by the lead author of each paper which indicates the symposium title and number, a separate abstract should be submitted by the organizer of each symposium, which includes the titles of the papers in the order in which they will be presented, and the names of the lead authors: the content of the symposium abstract should be different for each of the symposia.

Workshops are designed to impart a particular body of knowledge or set of skills through interactive audience participation (to a maximum of three workshops for the same audience). Workshops will be allocated 90 minutes each, and should generally include no more than two presenters. A separate abstract should be submitted for each workshop, numbered No 1 of 2 workshops, or No 1 of 3 workshops etc, the content of the abstract to be different for each. Workshops for which presenters wish to charge a fee will be placed in the pre- or post-congress programme (Monday 17 or Friday 21 October 2011) and will be available for registration after 1 April 2011. The congress organisers reserve the right to cancel workshops if there are too few registrations.

Courses are designed for teaching a particular body of knowledge or set of skills (to a maximum of 3 x 90 minute sessions). Depending on available space in the congress programme, they may be allocated to the pre- or post-congress programme (Monday 17 or Friday 21 October 2011), with separate registration, available after 1 April 2011. A separate abstract should be submitted for each session, numbered No1 of 2 sessions, or No 1 of 3 sessions etc, the content of the abstract to be different for each session. The names of the presenters in each session, and their presentation titles must be included. The congress organisers reserve the right to cancel workshops if there are too few registrations.

Free Papers will generally be allocated 20 minutes each, including discussion time.

Video Presentations which are not part of one of the above presentations must specify the duration of the presentation in the abstract submission. Discussion time will generally be allocated at about 25% of the duration of the presentation, with the maximum duration of the whole session being 90 minutes

Posters will be displayed for one day. Presenters will be required to be at their poster for the whole hour designated in the programme.
 

Topics

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The Congress Theme “African Footprint in Global Mental Health” covers broad issues:

• Mental Health Promotion and Prevention
• Mental Health Advocacy and Human Rights
• Mental Health Policy
• Culture and Mental Health
• Mental Health Economics and Finance
• Globalization and Mental Health
• Ecology and Mental Health
• Genetics in Mental Health
• Gender and Mental Health
• Epidemiology and Public Mental Health
• Social Determinants of Mental Health
• Psychiatric Classification and Diagnostic issues
• General Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Infant and Perinatal Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Old Age Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Intellectual Disability
• Ethics and the Law in Mental Health
• Mental Health and Medicine
• Mental Health and HIV/AIDS
• Substance-related issues
• Mental Health issues of Violence, Disasters, Civil Conflicts and Refugees
• Psychosocial Rehabilitation
• Theoretical concepts in Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Psychobiology
• The Brain and Behaviour
• Spirituality and Mental Health
• Philosophy and Psychiatry
• Innovative Assessment and Intervention Programmes
• Systems of Mental Health Care
• Intersectoral Issues in Mental Health
• Carers’ and Service Users’ Issues
• Mental Health Training programmes
• Research Issues in Mental Health