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The XVI World Congress of Psychiatry

The report of The XVI World Congress of Psychiatry by Dr. Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili

Application Code :

306-0214-0088

Created Date : Friday, April 25, 2014 19:21:32Update Date : Friday, January 9, 2015 23:35:57IP Address :151.240.35.165
Submit Date : Saturday, November 8, 2014 11:39:50Email : dr.m.a.esmaeeli@gmail.com

Personal Information

Name :	Masoumeh
Surname :	Amin-Esmaeili
School/Research center :	HIV Research Center (HIVRC)
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Possition :	Assistant professor
Tel :	+98-21-66581676

Information of Congress

Title of the Congress :	The XVI World Congress of Psychiatry
Title of your Abstract :	Subthreshold bipolar disorder among individual diagnosed as major depressive disorder: results from Iranian mental health survey (IranMHS)
country :	Spain
From :	Sunday, September 14, 2014
To :	Thursday, September 18, 2014
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) :	Objectives: The evidence suggests that bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed and mistreated as a major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to compare the prevalence and correlates of 12 months MDD lying on bipolar spectrum with pure MDD. Methods: Data were drawn from the Iran Mental Health Survey (IranMHS), a national survey on a representative general population aged 15-64 years (N=7886, response rate=86.2). The diagnosis of MDD, bipolar I and II disorders had been made using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 2.1). Participants were also assessed by Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) to identify history of bipolar spectrum. Two definition were used for "MDD lying on bipolar spectrum ": those diagnosed as MDD plus: 1) had high symptom rating in MDQ (above cut-off), or 2) answered positive to either of the two mania screening questions in the CIDI and failure to meet the full diagnostic criteria for lifetime hypomania. Results: Twelve months prevalence of MDD was 12.7 (11.8-13.7). Prevalence for MDD plus screened positive on MDQ was 3.0 (2.6-3.5) and for MDD plus screened positive to either of the two mania screening questions was 2.3 (1.9-2.7). Socio-demographic and clinical phenotype of MDD with sub-threshold bipolarity was closer to bipolar disorders than pure MDD. They had more suicide ideation and attempt, co-morbidity and functional impairment than pure MDD. Conclusions: Our data support the underlying bipolarity in individual with MDD who never diagnosed as bipolar disorder. It is suggesting the utility of dimensional approach in diagnostic assessment.
Keywords of your Abstract :	Mental Health Survey; Bipolar disorders; Major depressive disorders; Iran.
Acceptance Letter :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/17809/Forms/306/Acceptance_1.docx
The presentation :	Oral
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Where has your abstract been indexed? :	none
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The Congress Reporting Form

How many volunteers were present at the Congress? :	More than 8000 volunteers
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? :	US, UK, Netherlands, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Japan, China ....
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? :	Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box :	National and international organizations including World heaalth Organization, World Psychiatric Association and universities and research centers around the world
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :	Conducting a national survey on mental health with the same methodology and complexity comparing to world mental health survey was interesting for them. They want to know the details of the quality assurance of the field work. They were agree with the results.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. :	I could not meet any staff members, although I tried to meet who were involved in the world mental health survey to share my experience with them.
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress :	Thanks for your kind cooperation. No Follow up action is needed. I could not get the e-book of the abstracts. I sent an email to the executive managers. They sent me an account to get the e-book. I will communicate with them by email myself. I also get contact numbers and email address of the some researchers with same interests to share our experience.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) :	The process of getting visa was a boring and time consuming process and the staff of Spain embassy were not familiar with the respect and dignity.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: :	The world psychiatric congress held in every four years . Every time, almost 10,000 scientific people working on mental health usually take part in the congress. In this congress, famous scientific people from United states, Australia, Netherlands and UK had participated in the congress. Almost 32 scientific people from Iran had taken part in the congress and it was great for me to meet my colleagues from different universities in Iran in such a excellent scientific gathering. So, it was a great opportunity being there and sharing the experiences and the knowledge on this field.

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