The following topics will be discussed in the plenary talks, the state-of-the art sessions, the intersectional symposia, and the oral/poster sessions:

• COVID-19: Psychological, emotional and physical well being
• Trauma and neglect in childhood: lifelong consequences and prevention
• Psychological trauma beyond the diagnosis of PTSD: comorbidities and cultural diversity.
• Mental and somatic consequences of natural disaster and psychological trauma
• Medicine in the face of genocide
• Mental and somatic health in refugee populations
• Access of refugees and migrants to mental health services and the ensuing burden to the services
• Ethical issues in detention and involuntary treatment of immigrants
• Bioethical sustainability
• Understanding psychopathology in situations of extreme threats to one’s mere existence
• Cultural adaptations of psychotherapy
• Gender victimization
• Impact of trauma on women’s health and reproductive life
• HIV as great magnifier of mental health issues
• The biology of psychological trauma: psychoneuroimmunology, genetics and epigenetics
• The stealthy burden of medically unexplained symptoms in the community setting
• Preventing mental illness stigma and its consequences for patients
• Psychodynamics of violence and xenophobia
• Creating healthcare environments in times of unseen and ever shifting needs
• Cultural sensitization and training of mental health service providers
• Arbitration and negotiation in war areas and mental health in transitional justice