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The IAP Scientific Conference for 2007 will be held in Apia,
Samoa. Its theme is Psychiatry in the Pacific. During the
weekend we will hear speakers with experience in psychiatry
in the developing Pacific region examining approaches which
bridge the gap between Western and traditional treatment of
mental illness.
On Friday we will have a guided tour of Apia and its
surrounds. This will include a visit to an old peoples'
home at Mapuifagalele. The home is renowned for its
holistic and respectful care of elderly Samoans.
On Saturday morning we will hear Dr Satu Viali, Dean of the
Oceania University of Medicine, University of Samoa
orienting us on health in Samoa.
Dr Ian Parkin, Australian psychiatrist, resident in Samoa ,
patron of Samoa's LifeLine will speak on Psychiatry in
Samoa.
Dr Uli Bardulis will discuss his experiences in psychiatry
in the Solomons.
Saturday afternoon we will hear from Naz Remtella and Paul
Hill, Remote Mental Health workers in Central Australia,
speaking on assessment and treatment of somatisation
in Indigenous Australians.
On Sunday, Dr. Abhyankar, Child and Adolescent psychiatrist
in Darwin will discuss psychiatry in a cross cultural
context.
Dr. Russell D’Souza will speak on spirituality and
psychiatry followed by a panel on traditional healing which
will include a Samoan traditional healer and Dr. Elaine
Kermode, who has a special interest in this area and Dr.
Anne Noonan who is a Jungian psychoanalyst on Western
traditional healing.
There will also be informal discussions on the side effects
of neuroleptics with posters supplied by Dr. Yola Lucire, a
forensic psychiatrist.
Dr.Naveen Chandra will give information on volunteer
psychiatry.
Possibilities of visits to a Samoan church to hear the
splendid Polynesian polyphony and the local hospital. |
