Health and Mental Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Approach
The Second International Conference
26-27 September 2014
Kraków, Poland
Organized by: Department of Developmental and Health Psychology, Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Website and email
The scientific aim of this conference is skill sharing among experts in health psychology, medicine, pedagogy, philosophy and sociology. As all interdisciplinary meetings tend to be very stimulating, we expect the event to provide the following outcomes.
The conference schedule will involve keynote lectures with the participation of foreign guests, thematic and poster sessions as well as workshops. Selected papers will be subsequently published by the Jagiellonian University Press in a reviewed monograph.
Keynote speakers:
- Prof. Christopher Gill (University of Exeter)
- Prof. Marios Pourkos (University of Crete)
- Prof. Władysława Pilecka (Jagiellonian University)
The subject areas suggested:
- Resilience as a health predictor
- Health and mental resilience in children and adolescents
- Health as seen from the existential perspective
- The relationship between coping with stress and health
- Contemporary threats to mental health
- Deficiencies in health
- The change of the attitude towards looking for help: pharmacotherapy and resources’ regeneration
- Prevention and health promotion
The submissions to paper and poster sessions as well as workshop proposals are very welcomed.
ORAL PRESENTATION – 15 min of presentation + 5 min of discussion. Abstract must be no more than 250 words long. A submission should include the title and abstract of the talk, along with names and affiliations of the speakers.
POSTER – The poster size should be A1 or A0 format. Abstract must be no more than 250 words long.
ALL THE ABSTRACTS should adhere to the APA standards.
In order to submit an abstract for an oral presentation, poster or workshop please email us.