19. World Congress of The World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry-WADP

Dear colleagues and friends,

It’s a real pleasure for us to inform you about our 19th World Congress of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry (WADP) that is going to be held in Berlin, Germany, March 31 - April 4, 2020 on the topic “Peace and Aggression - A Social Challenge for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy”.

The topic of the congress goes beyond the specific medical problems and considers the global social problems of the modern world, because mental health is inseparable from the social environment and value based care can be only provided by specific attention to the issues of peace, tolerance, security and respect to human rights, by building inclusive societies free of stigmatization for mentally ill.

The founder of the WADP, Professor Günter Ammon, is known for his struggle for peace as a citizen and his creation of a new aggression concept as a scientist. He introduced the definition of the constructive aggression, which is defined as the capacity to be active, determined, self-confident, to be capable to invest in reciprocity and trust and in this sense to live in peace with oneself and others. On the other hand the implemented deficient aggression theory by G. Ammon assumes the lack of self assertive behavioural skills, the impaired ability to regulate inner tension, the inner accumulation of frustration that can bring the tragic outburst of violence with a great number of innocent victims. That means that speaking about aggression, we as mental health specialists, should emphasize in our discussion not only the problems of the aggressive behaviour of seriously mentally ill, but the needs and highlights of the psychotherapeutic aggression prevention programs in society.

The challenges we face today and the lessons we learned defined the topic of the congress. More than 400 spe­cialists – psychiatrists, psychotherapists and other professionals – from Germany, USA, Russia, France, Italy, Israel, India, Australia and other countries are going to participate in our congress. Our main goal is to provide a vigorous discussion and creative experience exchange to the wide spectrum of specialists involved in the treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and also maintenance of mental health. We cordially invite you to participate at our congress and make your contribution to the topic.

Professor Nikolaj G. Neznanov
President World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry

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