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IACP’s 47th National Annual Conference to be held from May 28 to 30 

IACP's 47th National Annual Conference to be held from May 28 to 30 

1000+ mental health practitioners from across the globe will attend the virtual conference  Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP), an umbrella body of clinical psychologists in India is holding its 47th National Annual Conference on a virtual platform from May 28-30, 2021. Dr K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India will inaugurate the conference as Chief Guest Lt Gen Nardeep Naithani, Director and Commandant is going to be the dignitary during the inauguration of the conference. The conference will feature Dr David D Burns from Stanford University’s School of Medicine, Dr Andrea Chronis-Toscano who is president of the International Society for research in child and adolescent psychology, Dr Susan Howard a well-known psychoanalyst and founder of the interpersonal psychotherapy centre at the University of Surrey and Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis from teachers College, Columbia University.  Indian scholars will include Dr SL Vaya, Director of the School of Criminology and Behavioural Sciences (SCBS) at Rashtriya Raksha University, Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar and Dr Paulomi Sudhir - Professor of Clinical Psychology, at NIMHANS, Bangalore. Panel discussions will address the challenges that clinical psychologists face during delivery of mental health in India, telemedicine and how psychologists themselves are in need of healing during the pandemic second wave. Other topics that will be covered range from positive psychology, forensic psychology, neuropsychology to psychotherapy training and supervision in India. The three-day programme will be concluded by Dr Mohan Agashe, a renowned psychiatrist and famed stage/film actor presenting his views and addressing the professionals. Dr Kalpana Srivastava, President, IACP, a senior scientist from DRDO posted at Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, is organising the online conference at a time when the demand for tele-counselling and therapy has been at its peak especially due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.