Conference on Behavioural Medicine
New Approaches in Behavioural Medicine: Integrating Health &
Clinical Research to Improve Population Health Outcomes
Date: 25th – 27th January 2008
Venue: Cititel Hotel Penang, 66 Jalan Penang, 10000 Penang,
Malaysia.
Tel: +604 3701188
The objective of the conference is to
- promote integration of research and good clinical practice
using the
methods and multidisciplinary approaches of behavioural
medicine,
- incorporate new approaches from behavioural medicine to
improve
health outcomes, and
- address the challenges of lifestyles related diseases
The conference is aimed at people working in the medical
profession such as specialised doctors, psychiatrists, medical
assistants, nurses, psychologists, dietician and other health
care profession.
The conference will comprise of the following symposiums:
- Pain
- Lifestyle & cardio-metabolic disease
- Depression
- Sexual Health
- Eating Disorders
- Psycho-oncology
- Mental Health Disorders & Behaviour
- Asthma
- Illness & Behaviour
- Life Course Disorders & Problems with Ageing
- Medical Education and Curriculum Development
There will also be
Pre-conference workshop:
Psycho-social
Rehabilitation, CBT and
Research Training Workshop for
mental health professionals.
 |
A Workshop on Research Training for Mental Health
Professionals will be conducted by Profs Kua Ee Heok and
Scott Henderson for the Western Pacific Division of the
Royal College of Psychiatrists (U.K.) and the Teachers
of Psychiatry Club. |
Please note that only
50 people are entitled to participate in each workshop. Due to
the limited places available for the workshops please register
early.
