Monday 7 November 2022 - News Brief

A full day of symposia, workshops, oral and poster sessions are scheduled today. To view the Congress programme, click here! To view the Congress abstracts, click here!

The Congress on Sunday began with the symposia by Prof Yildiz Akvardar and her team from Turkey on gender inequality and its effect on women's mental health. They presented their key findings from the digital survey conducted on intimate partner violence (IPV) during the covid -19 pandemic. Although prevalence rates were found to be similar to pre-pandemic era , the well being scores were significantly lower with physical violence. Increased rates of unemployment, loss of health insurance and increase in substance abuse are some of the factors found to be associated with IPV during the pandemic. In the other session for the day Dr Myrthe Boekhorst and her colleagues presented some of their interesting study findings such as effects of postnatal anxiety on infant behaviour and frontal asymmetry in both mother and the infant.

The opening keynote lecture by Danuta Wasserman titled "Suicide can be prevented : gender specificity with focus on women’s mental health" gave insights into the gender paradox in suicide and the interplay between environmental and genetic factors. It also opened up an interesting discussion on the role of immigration, spirituality and the use of social media in suicide prevention. The session concluded with perspectives on IPV and how stringent state/legislative policies can contribute reducing prevalence of suicide in women facing IPV. The Welcome Reception was a festive networking kickoff to the Congress.

Don't miss this afternoon's Keynote Speaker at 15:30 in Auditorium 2 at the MECC

Dr. Ruby Castilla Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals - USA Development of a collaborative network to support women’s mental health of Hispanic/Latino communities: WARMI (Woman in Quechua-Aymara) Click here for bio

Accreditation

European Accreditation Committee in CNS (EACIC) The 9th World Congress on Women's Mental Health (IAWMH 2022) has been accredited by the European Accreditation Committee in CNS (EACIC) for a maximum of 21 CME points. The credits can be requested per conference day:| Sunday 6 November: 3 CME credits Monday 7 November: 7 CME credits Tuesday 8 November: 6 CME credits Wednesday 9 November: 4 CME credits   Please make sure to check in and out each day at the registration desk and fill in the evaluation form afterwards to get your accreditation points.

International Association for Women's Mental Health | www.iawmh.org

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