NEWS! CONFERENCE PROGRAMME!! (in the Details section of the site)

FRIDAY - 09.09.2016

  • 11:00 – Vernissage exhibition “Nature artist – Man artist”
  • 14:00-16:00 - PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION

SATURDAY - 10.09.2016

  • 9:00 - 9:30 – OPENING SESSION - Representatives of organizing institutions
  • 9:30 – 13:00 – PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION
  • 9:30 – 10:30 – PLENARY SPEECH: ANTHROPOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH – ACAD. C-TIN BALACEANU STOLNICI, Ph.D.
  • 10:30 – 11:30– PLENARY SPEECH: MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISORDERS OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT - PROF. GERMAIN WEBER, Ph.D.
  • 11:30 – 12:00 – COFFEE BREAK
  • 12:00 – 14:00 – WORKSHOP 1- CORRELATIONS OF ASSESSMENTS METHODS REGARDING POSTTRAUMATIC CONSEQUENCES IN ADULTS – Rozeta DRAGHICI, Ph.D. and Elena VLADISLAV, Ph.D.
  • 12:00 – 14:00 – ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SESSION 1
  • 14:00 – 15:00 – LUNCH BREAK
  • 15:00 – 17:00 – WORKSHOP 4 - DEPRESSION - BETWEEN NORMALITY AND PSYCHOPATOLOGY – Lavinia DUICA, MD., Ph.D.
  • 15:00 – 17:00 – ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SESSION 2
  • 17:00 – 17:30 – COFFEE BREAK
  • 17:30 – 19:30 – WORKSHOP 3 - PATHOLOGY OF WORK – Marius MILCU, Ph.D.
  • 17:30 – 19:30 - ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SESSION 3

SUNDAY - 11.09.2016

  • 10:00-11:00 ROUND TABLE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND CONFERENCE CLOSING SESSION

ORAL PRESENTATIONS September 10, 2016

SESSION 1 – 12:00 – 14:00
No. Authors Paper
1

Raducea Corina

 

A modified perception of space – The emotional psychotraumatological perspective for early diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders
2

Raducea Corina

 

The psychosomatic neurocognitive effects of a disharmonius relationship with living/work spaces
3

Severin Hornung, Matthias Weigl, Jürgen Glaser, Peter Angerer

 

Impact of inter-role conflicts on physicians’ mental health
4

Rus Mihaela, Banariu Gheorghe Mihail

 

Correlation and Regression of height and Shoe Size Data
5 Andrei Kozma, Anne Marie Herghelegiu, Raluca Mihaela, Nacu, Loredana Ecaterina Lungu, Ana-Gabriela Prada, Adina Carmen Ilie, Ioana Dana Alexa, Gabriel-Ioan Prada Impact of Neurosensorial Disorders in Older People
6 Horia Lăzărescu, Iuri simionca, Andrei Kozma, Lucian mirescu Anthropological considerations to ensure quality of life of patients through halotherapy treatment
7 Lupeanu E., Barsan M., Roditis D., Iovita A., Jugurica I., Hnidei R., Raducanu I., Ulmeanu M.-E., Morosanu B Anthropometric parameters and cognitive changes related to age
8.

Gudzovskaya Alla, Evgeniya Pesina

 

Image of the Future of Elderly People as a Factor of the Their Life Quality
9.

Tatiana-Gabriela Pescaru (Marinescu)

Quality of life after the partner’s demise
10. Miruna Radan, Mihaela Gaisteanu Perspectives on neurodevelopmental disorders in Romania
11.

Draghici Rozeta

 

Correlations of cognitive dysfunction, depression and drawing distortion in elderly people
SESSION 2 – 15:00 – 17:00
No. Authors Paper
1

Popa Daniela, Rogozea Liliana

 

Prevalence of Psychosomatic Indicators among Primary School Pupils’ Computer Users
2

               

Bentea Corina Cristina

 

Self-efficacy, self-regulation and psychological well-being as predictors for teacher burnout
3

Virgil Gheorghe, Marius Constantin Romașcanu, Dan Florin Stănescu

 

Occupational stress, burnout and emotional labour. Evidences from an exploratory pilot study
4

Elena Ancuța Santi, Gabriel Gorghiu, Ramona Ioniță

 

Correlations between the Teenagers’ Self-esteem and the School Stress Determined in the Context of Science Education Lessons
5

Švarcová Eva, Skořepová Veronika

 

Analyses of Learning Styles in a Group of Tertiary Students
6

Maidaniuc-Chirila Teodora

 

Experiences of Workplace Bullying? Why And What To Do About It!
7

Mihai Claudia

 

Violent content in the Romanian mass media products
8.

Borosanu A., Glavce C., David-Rus R., Iancu E

 

Value changes in left-behind children of Romanian migrants
9.

Duica Lavinia

 

Depression - multiple psychopathological faces (a case report)
10. Anca Elena Boalca, Cristiana Glavce, Dana Popescu-Spineni Mental hygiene in Romania – a comparative analysis relative to the standard of living
11. Cristiana Glavce, Emilia Iancu, Elena Radu, Andrei Kozma Obesity and overweight prevalence in the adult population in Romania
12. Dana Popescu-Spineni, Richard David-Rus, Alina Gabriela Ionita, Francoise Roville-Sausse, Cristiana Glavce Nutritional deficiencies as the cause of chronic non-communicable diseases in the participating countries of the MOCA project
SESSION 3 – 17:30 – 19:30
No. Authors Paper
1 Ecaterina Serban Arahnofobia - the oldest human phobia
2 Corina Mihai The corals in people's lives
3 Daniela Ursu Chromotherapy and aromatherapy
4 Raluca Marinescu Animal X-files: the owls
5 Marin Giurea Cancers and collagen diseases - common etiology, healing

Dates Event
May 15, 2016 Deadline for submission of papers and poster proposals – EARLY SUBMISSION
July 29, 2016 Deadline for submission of papers and poster proposals – REGULAR SUBMISSION
August 20, 2016 Deadline for submission of papers and poster proposals - LATE SUBMISSION
September 1, 2016 Camera ready for the accepted papers
9-11 September 2016  
Conference

In order to register for the conference, the participants should pay the general fee.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.

GENERAL FEE (to be paid by all participants, authors and co-authors attending the conference): 50 EUR

The fee covers: the conference bag, the participation diploma, the access to the conference rooms, and the coffee breaks.

PUBLICATION FEES (are dependent on the submission period – see Deadlines):

Submission type Interval Fee for one paper / fee for two papers
EARLY SUBMISSION 01.04.2016 – 15.05.2016 80 EUR / 120 EUR
REGULAR SUBMISSION 16.05.2016 – 29.07.2016 100 EUR / 150 EUR
LATE SUBMISSION 30.07.2016 - 20.08.2016 130 EUR / 175 EUR
WORKSHOP (PARTICIPATION TO ONE WORKSHOP) BEFORE JULY 20 20 EUR
WORKSHOP (PARTICIPATION TO ONE WORKSHOP) AFTER JULY 20 30 EUR

NOTE: Please specify on the bank receipt the purpose of payment as "ICMH Conference". For all the fees you pay, please send us an email with a SCANNED COPY OF THE BANK RECEIPT, as attachment at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and, also, your name and the purpose of the payment.

For FOREIGN CITIZENS the bank account where you can pay the Conference fees (in EUR ONLY) is:

International Society for Applied Psychology
Bank: BRD Groupe Societe Generale
Agency: Agentia UPG Ploiesti. Agency address: Bd. Bucuresti, nr 39, Ploiesti, Romania
IBAN EURO: RO12BRDE300SV30709813000
SWIFT: BRDEROBU

For ROMANIAN CITIZENS who would like to pay in Lei, they should make the payment on the day rate plus 2%. The bank account where you can pay the Conference fees (in LEI ONLY) is:

International Society for Applied Psychology
Banca: BRD Groupe Societe Generale
Agentia: UPG Ploiesti. Adresa agentiei: Bd. Bucuresti, nr 39, Ploiesti, Romania
IBAN LEI: RO16BRDE300SV30709733000
Cod fiscal: 14552056

Participants are invited to submit a paper of up to 5 pages, using the guidelines for authors found on Resources & downloads page.

We strongly encourage all participants to develop a 5 page paper. All the submitted papers will be subject to a double blind peer-review process according to the following criteria:

  • for empirical papers: focus of the paper, an indication of the theoretical framework for the study, an indication of and justification for the methodology used, and some relevant sample data and results.
  • for theoretical/philosophical essays: focus or theme of the paper, an indication of the theoretical or philosophical framework within which the focus or theme of the paper is developed, a clearly articulated statement of the author's position about the focus or theme, and implications.

The authors whose first language is not English are kindly requested to have their work proof read prior to submission by a proficient English speaker. Papers can be rejected due to a poor standard of English.

Please submit your paper as attachment by e-mail at the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Use the following format for your file: ICMH_authorslastname.doc.

You are kindly asked to mention the conference topic for your paper in the subject of your email and at the top of your paper.

Please send a scan of the bank receipt to the address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Use the following name for the respective scanned file ICMH_payment_your name.jpg (or pdf etc.). When you make the payment it is mandatory to specify on the bank form: conference fee for Mental Health International Conference 2016.

The authors of the accepted papers have two options to present their work:

Poster presentation

During the conference there will be interactive poster sessions when the authors can discuss their findings in small groups and answer the attendees’ questions. During the specified time period, the authors are expected to be near their posters.

Poster size: 70 cm x 100 cm, portrait. The poster should be readable from about 2-3 meters distance.

Poster contents (Possible structure):

  • Title: [Maximum length: 1-2 lines.
  • Introduction: [Maximum length: approximately 200 words.]
  • Materials and methods: [Maximum length: approximately 200 words.]
  • Results: [Maximum length: approximately 800 words.]
  • Conclusions: [Maximum length: approximately 200 words.]
  • References: [Maximum length: approximately 10 entries.]
  • Acknowledgments: [Maximum length: approximately 40 words.]
  • Further information: [Maximum length: approximately 20 words.]

Oral Presentation

The conference agenda includes several sessions for oral presentation. Each session will be moderated by an expert in the domain. Each presentation will last for 15 minutes (10 minutes for the presentation + 5 minutes for a “question and answers sequence”). A computer with Microsoft Powerpoint and a video projector will be made available to all speakers.

The conference will be held at The Palace of Culture (downtown Ploiesti, Republic's Blvd., no. 1).

Ploiești (Romanian pronunciation: [ploˈjeʃtʲ]; older spelling: Ploești) is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located 56 km (35 mi) north of Bucharest.

According to the 2011 Romanian census, there were 201,226 people living within the city of Ploiești, making it the 9th most populous city in Romania.

Ploiești is situated on the future highway Bucharest - Brașov, the main path towards the north and west provinces and the Western EU. The Henri Coandă International Airport is just at 45 km (28 mi) distance, and the ski resorts from Prahova Valley can be reached in one hour driving. 

Ploiești is the second railway center in the country after Bucharest, linking Bucharest with Transylvania and Moldavia.

The conference venue can be reached by public transportation. Take bus 30 from Gara de Sud (right in front of the railway station).

Ploiești is home to the Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra - one of the top-rated philharmonic orchestras in Romania and a prominent football club in Liga IPetrolul.

There are many cultural and architectural monuments, including the Cultural Palace; the Clock Museum, featuring a collection of clocks and watches gathered by Nicolae Simache; the Oil Museum; the Art Museum of Ploiești, donated by the Quintus family; and the Hagi Prodan Museum, dating to 1785: the property of a merchant named Ivan Hagi Prodan, it contains elements of old Romanian architecture and for a short time after World War I it hosted the first museum in Ploiești, "Prahova's Museum".

The climate is similar to that of the nation's capital, Bucharest. According to the Köppen climate classification, the city falls within the temperate humid continental climate (Dfa) of the hot summer type.

Climate data for Ploieşti
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 1
(34)
4
(39)
10
(50)
18
(64)
23
(73)
27
(81)
28
(82)
28
(82)
24
(75)
18
(64)
10
(50)
3
(37)
16.2
(61.2)
Average low °C (°F) −6
(21)
−3
(27)
0
(32)
6
(43)
10
(50)
14
(57)
16
(61)
15
(59)
11
(52)
6
(43)
1
(34)
−3
(27)
5.6
(42.1)
Precipitation mm (inches) 40.6
(1.598)
35.6
(1.402)
38.1
(1.5)
45.7
(1.799)
71.1
(2.799)
76.2
(3)
63.5
(2.5)
58.4
(2.299)
43.2
(1.701)
33
(1.3)
48.3
(1.902)
43.2
(1.701)
596.9
(23.5)
Source: Weather Channel