Hellas Local Group News
24.9.2008
ISPS Hellas is in its third year of operation and already has 40 members who are active in a number of different fields.
ISPS Hellas completed its first Annual Educational Seminar (2007-2008) entitled 'Psychoses: Theory and Clinical Perspectives' with success. In addition to the attendance of most members of ISPS Hellas, the Seminar was attended by about 70 students from schools of psychiatry, psychology, social work etc. ISPS Hellas is organising, in conjuction with the University of Peloponese, a course entitled 'Psychology and Athletics', starting in June this year.
On 1-2 December 2007,the second Annual Meeting-Conference of ISPS Hellas, entitled 'Psychotic States of Mind in Trauma and War', took place in Athens. The guest speaker was Dr Ivan Urlic, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Split in Croatia. Group analyst Dr Urlic, through his excellent presentations, succeeded in ensuring the full attention of a large audience for two days. His lectures focused on the view that, particularly in times of war, the survivor's feelings are primarily feelings of shame. Shame becomes encapsulated in the personality in such a way that it is always ready to break out leading the subject to psychosis or psychosis-like states and eventually to suicide. Individual and especially group psychotherapy has been proved effective in these cases.
ISPS Hellas announces its 3rd Annual Meeting which will be held on December 2008 on the subject 'The Use of Psychodrama in the Treatment of Psychoses.'
Dr Anastassios Koukis
President of ISPS Hellas
a_koukis@otenet.gr