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WELCOME LETTER
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Prof. Miguel Casas
Congress Chairman |
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Dear colleague,
We are pleased to welcome you to the “III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DUAL
DISORDERS:
Addictions
and other Mental Disorders”, to be held in
Barcelona, Spain, from the 23th to the 26th October 2013.
Dual Disorders/ Dual Diagnosis/ Dual Pathology/ Co-occurrence Disorders, are
related concepts describing the comorbid presence of substance use disorders and
other mental disorders in an increasing number of patients of our every day
clinical practice.
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The Spanish Society
of Dual Pathology (SEPD) kindly invites all professionals in the field of
Addictions, Addiction Psychiatry and Mental Heath, to debate the state of
the art of Dual Disorders as one of today’s main Mental Health challenges.
After the successful “II International Congress” that was held in Barcelona in
2011, the aim of this new edition is to consolidate a platform on which
professionals in the field of mental health and addictions, together with
the main opinion leaders in this area, can review and share recent knowledge
and developments. The themes to be addressed are the etiopathogenesis,
diagnosis and therapeutics of Dual Disorders, from molecular biology to
daily clinical practice and from prevention strategies to recovery programs.
The possibilities for participating, both in English or Spanish, are
extensive for all fields related to Dual Disorders, through the plenary
sessions, symposia, workshops, meetings with the expert, educational update
sessions, oral communications and posters.
We have also scheduled a special two day symposia entitled “Parallel
Symposia on Dual Diagnosis in Health Caregivers” in order
to review the evidence in favour and against the theory sustaining that some
caregivers could suffer dual diagnosis as a reflection of the patients in
their care.
We encourage you to be an active participant in the Congress as well as to
submit proposals for the diverse sessions of the scientific programme.
The members of the organizing committee are proud of the great support
received from the most prestigious national and international institutions
involved in mental health, psychiatry and drug addiction as is reflected in
their co-sponsorship of the Congress.
We are certain that Barcelona will be a magnificent location to host such a
high level meeting, with its two thousand year history reflected in
monuments, streets and museums and with its current modern, cosmopolitan and
Mediterranean environment.
We look forward to welcoming you to Barcelona in 2013.
Miguel Casas
Congress Chairman
Professor and Head
Servei de Psiquiatria
Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron.
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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