The conference in brief
The spirit of the conference
The first conference after the death of Assoc. Prof. Georgi Koychev was dedicated to his memory and brought the community together under the motto “Let us be together”. “Dr Georgi Koychev had the gift of gathering people from the caring professions into communities,” the organisers wrote in their invitation – and the best way to honour him was to continue his work. Anger was explored from neurobiology to art, sociology, religion and psychosomatics. A few months later, on 24 July 2017, the College became a full member of the European Psychiatric Association.
Programme highlights
- “Anger in the life and work of Iliya Beshkov – in memory of Zhoro Koychev”.
- The neurobiology of anger and physiological affect; the cardiovascular system and the “synonyms of anger”.
- “Anger – one of the seven deadly sins. Why?”; sociology and psychiatry.
- Anger in addiction (20 clinical cases), anger and anorexia, alexithymia and impaired social interaction in adolescents.
- Psychosomatic medicine, consultation-liaison psychiatry and integrative care; internalised anger in traumatised men.
- The psychiatrist–clinical psychologist dyad; the “Improved mental health services” project two years on; the Kindiru programme for early childhood development.