The 9th International Congress on Women’s Mental Health “Determination and Solidarity” was held on November 6th-8th 2022 in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Our international team presented a symposium “SHE WAS THE PHANTOM OF DELIGHT: WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH – FROM SUICIDAL THOUGHTS TO ACTIONS FOR A PROSPEROUS LIFE” under the supervision of the President of the International Association of Women’s Mental Health, Prof. Florence Thibaut (France). The title of the symposium was suggested by our creative colleague Assoc. Prof. Xenia Gonda and is consonant with the idea of an art of English poetry (She was the phantom of delight by William Wordsworth).
The Symposium program included presentations on the topics the pathogenesis of depression and suicide, taking into account the role of trauma and stress (Xenia Gonda, Budapest, Hungary), anxiety disorders in women and health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (Jelena Vrublevska, Riga, Latvia), the implementation of the WHO recommendations to protect the rights of women experiencing mental health disorders within the framework of the destigmatization program and the provision of timely psychological and psychiatric care, taking into account the psychotraumatic experience and cultural aspects of Asian countries, including the phenomenon of VAW – violence against women (Daria Smirnova, Russia, Salmi Razali, Malaysia).
The atmosphere of the congress was ufriendly and productive. In addition to psychiatric lectures, the famous primatologist Professor Franz Waal from the University of Utrecht delivered a keynote lecture on a biological topic in the format of an extended TED-Talk about how socialization and the continuation of the active life of generations had been mainly grounded on women, and among monkeys, the “leaders of evolution” were alpha individuals of a female gender, not male ones, the information was perceived critically.
Detailed information about the congress with participants from 45 countries from all continents is available at the website by the link: https://www.iawmh2022.org
The conference program is available by the link: https://www.iawmh2022.org/programme/
Maastricht University Rating
- According to THE World University Rankings[en] 2019, Maastricht University ranks 128th.
- QS World University Rankings 2019 placed Maastricht University 211th in the world.
- Shanghai Ranking (ARWU) 2018 placed the university in the 201-300 range.
- The QS Top 50 Under 50, placed Maastricht University 15th in 2019[16], while the Times Higher Education THE 150 Under 50ranked it 5th in 2018
Faculty of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences
Randwyck Campus: Faculty of Medicine
Randwyck Campus: University Hospital and Nobel Laureate Peter Debye Monument
The Faculty of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences was formed in 2007 by merging the Faculty of Health Sciences with the Faculty of Medicine, which was the oldest faculty at Maastricht University. The Faculty of Health Sciences was founded in 1980. The broad range of subjects taught in the field of human health made this faculty truly unique, not only in the Netherlands but also in Europe. This format of study allowed students to integrate their research work in the fields of social and medical sciences.
