PGIMER Chandigarh: DJICMH 2023 to be held in September; Registration, abstract submission open

Diamond Jubilee International Conference on Mental Health (DJICMH 2023) will be held at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, between September 14 to September 16, 2023. The theme of the conference is "Public Mental Health: Mental Health of the People, by the People, for the People." Read here for more details.

Registrations are open for Diamond Jubilee International Conference on Mental Health (DJICMH 2023) to be held between September 14 to September 16, 2023, at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

DJICMH_PGIMERCHANDIGARH tweet reads, "Welcome to Diamond Jubilee International Conference on Mental Health (DJICMH 2023) to be held at PGIMER Chandigarh from 14th to 16th September 2023. Registration and Abstract submission are now open!"

Dr Debasish Basu, Organizing Chairperson, Professor and Head, of the Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER said that on September 16, 1963, Dr Narendra Nath Wig joined PGIMER as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Medicine, which led to the creation of the Department of Psychiatry later in 1968. This day is celebrated as the Foundation Day of the Department of Psychiatry at PGIMER Chandigarh.

"To commemorate this precious year we have decided to hold the Diamond Jubilee International Conference on Mental Health in PGIMER from September 14 to September 16, 2023," he said.

"Keeping in view the emerging importance of Public Mental Health (Our department has been recently designated as a World Psychiatric Association Collaborating Centre on this theme), the theme of the Conference is "Public Mental Health: Mental Health of the People, by the People, for the People." Several World Associations, including the World Psychiatric Association, World Association of Social Psychiatry, and World Federation for Mental Health, have agreed to Co-sponsors for this event or are under process to do so soon. We have also applied for CPD/CME credits from the WPA," he added.

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