The Galician city will host the XXII National and III International Congress of the Spanish Society of Clinical Psychology-ANPIR, which will be attended by more than 800 clinical psychologists
A Coruña will host, starting next Thursday, May 18 and for three days, the XXII National and III International Congress of the Spanish Society of Clinical Psychology- ANPIR. Under the motto ‘Overflowing Marcos’, the event will count with the assistance of national and international experts. More than 800 professionals will discuss mental health, psychological treatments and public health.
self harm, childhood depressionperinatal psychology and the need to create a specialty in clinical psychology from childhood and the adolescence to respond to the special needs of this population, are some of the issues that will be addressed at the international meeting that will be inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Julio García Comesaña, on Thursday 18.
5 million people
It is estimated that, in Spain, about 5 million people have a diagnosed mental health problem. Among the most relevant, stand out the organizers of the meeting, those that affect children and adolescents and especially those who “urgently intervene effectivelysince most of the psychological disorders of adulthood begin in childhood and many have to do with avoidable experiences, such as abuse.
Depression, anxiety, severe personality or mood disorders double the risk of suicide attempts are some of the consequences of abuse -physical, psychological, sexual abuse, negligence…- childhood into adulthood. A silenced abuse which is still a taboo and it has incalculable consequences on children because it also leaves them with incurable scars when they become adults.
In fact, 35% of the mental disorders diagnosed in adulthood have to do with experiences of this type in childhood. ‘The clinical psychology of childhood and adolescence in different fields’, will be one of the tables of the event, moderated by Gloria Bellido.
international experts
In addition, at the meeting, a practical workshop will take place that will provide professionals with tools to promote the development of skills in the treatment of children and adolescents. will be directed by expert Ben Furman, Finnish psychiatrist and psychotherapistauthor of twenty books and internationally renowned as a teacher of solution-focused therapy.
Specialized health training will also be discussed in the framework of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the specialty in Clinical Psychology
The congress also has experts in human rights, personality disorders, psycho-oncology, psychosis or health policy. The meeting is organized in different tables, practical workshops, plenary conferences and supervision groups. There will also be a debate on specialized health training in the framework of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the specialty in Clinical Psychology.
“This year, the congress is very special for being held for the first time in A Coruña and for doing so in the context of 25 years of the Specialty in Clinical Psychology. The creation of the specialty It really meant a qualitative leap in psychology training and in the quality of care, it went beyond the framework of the discipline”, assures Xacobe Fernándezpresident of the organizing committee of the congress.
The Spanish Society of Clinical Psychology-ANPIR is the main scientific society of Clinical Psychology at the national level. Founded in 1997, it is represented in all the autonomous communities and brings together more than 1,700 professionals, many of whom work in the National Health System.