Participants at the 2009 Conference
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ISPS Croatia
Conference Review
The 14th ISPS Croatia School of Psychotherapy of Psychoses
Traditionally place in the midst of May the 14th School of Psychotherapy of Psychoses was held in the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Under the general title "Toward comprenhesive therapy of psychoses," this year focus was on "Empowerment and Recovery."
The first day this School started visiting one new psychosocial institution in Lecce, Italy . Prof Marcello Viola was hosting the participants. As he is very well known psychoatrist committed to the community psychiatry the psychosocial institution was an example of how should be organised the care for those patients with psychosis that inspite of rehabilitation programmes don't attain the level of recovery to socialise during or imediately after the rehabilitation programme. It was really an excellent example of the comprenhesive care and empowerment of very difficult patients.
Other our guests from Spain, France, UK and Slovenia, were president of ISPS Int prof Manuel Gonzales de Chavez, prof Guy Gimenez ,prof. Mark Agius and president of ISPS Slovenia Marjeta Blinc. From Croatia, besides the organizers Sladjana Ivezic and Ivan Urlic who were exposing „Psychobiosocial model of psychiatric rehabilitation: Empowerment and Recovery“, Branka Restek-Petrovic and her group of residents in psychiatry were exposing their method in early intervention in first episode of psychosis, aiming at recovery.
Prof Manuel Gonzales de Chavez exposed two remarkable lectures: "In search of the 'lost patient': Helping the powerless, helpless and isolated psychotic patients," and "Recovery and empowerment."
Prof Guy Gimenez had important presentations on „Psychotic hallucinations: the dynamics of distorsion of psychotic perception and its symbolic meaning“, and the case description of psychotherapy of patient ewith psychosis "From hallucinatory expereince to thinking – the evolution of therapy of psychotic patient."
Prof. Mark Agius was exposing "The recovery model in modern community psychiatry," exposing one British model.
Marjeta Blinc participant from Slovenia was presenting one very interesting psychodynamic treatment of one patient with psychosis.
The 15th School of Psychotherapy of Psychoses will take place May 12-15, 2010 with the focus on Comprenhensive understanding and treatment of psychoses.
Split, May 24, 2009
Ivan Urlic