Invitation to the sixth Barents Conference on Psychiatry
“Integration of psychiatric care in the primary healthcare system.”
October 6-7, 2015
City of Arkhangelsk
The main purpose of the conference is to offer a meeting place for health professionals and
health policy makers from the Barents Region where experiences and knowledge mainly related
to psychiatry in primary care will be exchanged and discussed.
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Main topics
organization of the psychiatric care with the consideration of the Barents area regional
peculiarities;
cooperation of primary and specialized level of public health service in rendering psychiatric
care;
interagency cooperation in the process of psychiatric care provision;
medical, social and preventive aspects of destructive behavior (aggression, suicides,
psychoactive substance dependence);
up-to-date aspects of diagnostics and treatment of psychiatric and addiction disorders;
staff training, results and perspectives of the regional and international scientific research
works in the sphere of mental health protection of the Barents region population.
Conference venue: Northern State Medical University (Arkhangelsk, 51 Troitski).
The conference will be held in Russian and English. The conference materials (abstracts)
will be published in a conference book which will be free of charge.
All the abstracts must be submitted before September 1, 2015, to the Unit for
International Affairs of “Arkhangelsk Centre for Medical Information and Statistics”. E-mail:
u4ic@yandex.ru
The abstracts (up to 2 pages) are to be presented in the file format – Microsoft Word
97/2000/XP, font «Times New Roman», font size 12, through 1 interval, A4, with standard
margins (top – 20 mm, bottom – 20 mm, left – 30mm, right – 10mm).
A copy of the detailed program and further information will be sent to the e-mail address
provided by you in your registration form.
Cooperating institutions :
 University of Tromsø
 University Hospital of Northern Norway
 Nordland County Hospital
 Arkhangelsk Region Health Ministry
 Northern State Medical University
 Arkhangelsk Clinical Psychiatric Hospital
 Arkhangelsk Psycho-Neurological Dispensary
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The conference is receiving economical support from the the Norwegian Health and Care
Ministry
REGISTRATION FORM
VI Barents conference on psychiatry, October 6-7, 2015, city of Arkhangelsk, Russia
You are kindly requested to fill in this registration form and submit it to the following electronic
address u4ic@yandex.ru
deadline September 1, 2015
Last Name __________________________________________________________
First Name ______________________________________________________________
Middle name __________________________________________________________
Position, academic degree, academic title ____________________________________
Place of employment, address_____________________________________________________
Tel. ___________________________Fax: _________________________
E-mail: _______________________________________
I plan to participate in the conference:
 deliver a report
 publish an article in the collection
 participate as a listener
Report topic: ______________________________________________________
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Co-reporter: _____________________________________________________
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Form of report: oral , poster paper 
Room reservation in the «Pur-Navolok» hotel: yes , no 
October,5 , October,6 , October,7 , October,8 
single room , double room 
If you need a Russian visa please fill in the following information for invitation:
Passport number___________________ Citizenship______________________
Issue date ______________________ Expiration date ____________________
Date of birth ____________________ Gender______________________________
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
OF THE VI BARENTS CONFERENCE ON PSYCHIATRY
“Integration of psychiatric care in primary healthcare system.”
October, 5 – arrival of participants, accommodation in hotel “Pur-Navolok”
October, 6
Plenary session
Organization of mental health care services. Integration of psychiatric care in primary
healthcare system – an international overview
Parallel sessions:
I section session
Models of cooperation between primary and specialized psychiatric care.
II section session
Competence building in psychiatry in primary care. Diagnostics of mental disorders.
III section session
Overcoming of stigma, legal, organizational and professional barriers in rendering care for
people with mental disorders. Patient’s rights.
October 7
Parallel sessions:
IV section session
Rendering care for patients with mental disorders in primary healthcare (prevention,
psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and rehabilitation).
V section session
Prevention of suicides.
Plenary session
Psychiatry on a present stage. Perspectives of development of primary and specialized care
cooperation.
Endorsement of resolution.
Conference closing.