Aims
The Transcultural Psychiatric Section, 2005 Symposium will encourage
scholarly discussions about the unsuspecting partnership of psychiatrists
and traditional healers from around the world.
Also covered will be the worldwide increase of a new culture of “psychospirituality,"
and the a priori assumption of spirituality as a practice of therapeutic
value. Concomitantly, the meeting in Quito shall
facilitate a friendly and unique encounter of transcultural psychiatrists
with Yachactaitas (Quichua-Inca traditional healers) of the Andes.
Scientific
Program
The different TP Section Symposia will be organized around the main
subject of traditional healers, their practices, efficacy, diagnostic
skills, and the relevant links with the work of transcultural
psychiatrists from around the world.
The
symposium program comprises plenary sessions, symposia, and posters.
The Scientific Committee will select all abstracts and proposals by the end of
March
2005. Five overarching themes have been proposed.
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Knowledge
and Clinical Skills of Traditional Healers (Asia, America, Europe,
Africa, Oceania)
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Exploring
the Bridges Between Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers
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Traditional
Healers and the Challenges of Constructing National Mental Health
Programs
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Western
Folk Healers, Western Psycho-spiritual Healers, and the Alternative
Medicine Movement
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Issues
on Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Healers' Interventions
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