World Congress on Psychiatry & Psychological Syndromes was successfully hosted by OMICS Group in Rome, Italy during Dec 06- 07, 2018. The conference was organized around the theme “Scrutinizing innovative and advance treatment towards Psychological Syndromes” with the purpose to strengthen the future of Psychiatry.

Active participation and generous response was received from the Organizing Committee Members, Editorial Board Members of Journals as well as from Eminent Scientists, Talented Researchers and Young Student Community. All the support and cooperation from the Organizing Committee Members, Researchers and the Speakers had made Psychiatry Congress 2018 a successful event.

Psychiatry Congress 2018 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderator of the conference, Laurice Khoury, Jordan who contributed a lot for the smooth functioning of this event.

The highlights of the meeting were the enlightening keynote lectures from:

• Susanna Mittermaier , University Clinic of Lund, Austria  on the topic “Pragmatic psychology: empowering leaders of the future”
• Javier Fiz Pérez, European University of Rome, Italy on the topic “Resilience and psychological development: coping support technics with the positive psychology approach”.
• Nikolaus Blatter, University of Innsbruck, Austria, on the topic “The effect of the C.O.M.E program for people with mental and/or drug disorders to live a more independent life”
• Tony Tran, American Psychological, Psychotherapy and Psychiatrist Associations, USA, on the topic “Steps to explore the proper formations which deals with ethnic/immigrant mental health issue”.
• C.P Abdolrasoul Aleezaadeh, Payame Noor University, Iran, on the topic “The relationship of family factors with schizophrenia relapse (recurrence)”.

The conference proceedings were carried out through various scientific sessions and plenary lectures:

• Title: The validation of positive and negative rumination scale among school students by Hongfei Yang, Zhejiang University, China
• Title: A study of impact of new media technology on the health-related quality of life among middle adolescents  by Rachel Priyanka Pulla, KLE University, India
• Title: Women’s stories about alcohol use disorder mediated by alcoholics anonymous by Liezille Jacobs, Rhodes University, South Africa
• Title: Beyond Mindfulness – the Cessation of Seeking by Tobyn Tribbeck, Prezent Mind, UK.
• Title: Psychiatric comorbidity among adolescent suicide attempters M N V Giridhar, NTR University of Health Sciences, India.
• Title: Traumatic symptoms assessment battery for people with intellectual disabilities: depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, by Ana Dolado Contreras Fundación A LA PAR, Spain.
• Title: Prevalence, trend, determinanants and prediction of autism spectrum disorders among Dubai population, diagnostic approach and management contexts, by Hamid Yahya Hessian, Dubai Health Authority, UAE.
• Title: Expressive writing with adolescents: what’s really going on?, by  Maria F. Guzzo and Danielle Groleau, McGill University, Canada
• Title: Somatoform disorders in the outpatient psychiatric setting: an overview, by Yousif Ali Yaseen, University of Duhok, Iraq
• Title: Conceptual challenges of psychiatry, by Malladi Srinivasa Sastry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
• Title: Issues and goals in the treatment of dependent personality disorder (codependence, or codependency) by Sam Vakinin,, Southern Federal University, Russia

We are glad to inform that all accepted abstracts for the conference have been indexed in Conference Series LLC Journal, Journal of Psychiatry as a special issue

We sincerely thank the Organizing Committee Members, Participants and Media Partners for their gracious presence and generous support, without which the conference would not have reached the pinnacle of success. With the unique feedback from the conference, Conference Series LLC would like to announce the commencement of the “2nd World Congress on Psychiatry & Psychological Syndromes” during November 11- 12, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.

Let us meet again @ Psychiatry Congress 2019