The Royal College of Psychiatrists is inviting poster submissions for our Joint Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry and the Faculty of Rehabilitation and Social, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2023. All submissions will be reviewed ahead of the conference and successful authors will be invited to present their work (format TBC).
We welcome and encourage submissions from a diverse faculty, including women and ethnic minority groups.
1. Abstracts must be in English. Abbreviations may be used only if they are defined.
2. The abstract must not contain bibliographical references, tables, diagrams or appendices. If accepted for presentation at the conference these can be added at a later date.
3. Abstracts must be presented in five headed paragraphs in the following order:
Aims and hypothesis, Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
4. Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
5. All sources of financial sponsorship of the study should be stated at the end of the abstract.
Douglas Bennett Prize
The prize is awarded annually for the best paper on rehabilitation psychiatry. It will be awarded to the psychiatrist working in rehabilitation as a trainee, in a non-career grade post, or as a consultant within two years of appointment, who presents the best original work at our Residential Meeting.
The monetary value of the prize is determined by our Executive and is currently £200.
There is no set topic, but the prize given in Douglas Bennett’s name will use his guiding values in adjudication. He valued creativity with practicality, simplicity with illumination, applicability with humanity and had an eye for clear and rigorous methodology. This is a high and demanding standard, which he applied to both his research and clinical work and for which he is honoured with this prize.
The best submissions will be included in the final programme for the Douglas Bennett Prize session at this conference. Those shortlisted to make an oral presentation for the prize will have their delegate fee for that day of the meeting waived.
Who can enter
A psychiatrist working in rehabilitation as a trainee, in a non-career grade post, or as a new consultant within two years of appointment.
Guidance
There is no set topic, but the prize given in Douglas Bennett’s name will use his guiding values in adjudication. You should submit a paper with a maximum length of 2,000 words, on one of the following:
Original work to investigate hypotheses relevant to the care of individuals suffering from severe mental illness
Description, rationale and evaluation of innovative service for people with severe mental illness
Critical review/meta-analysis of existing treatments, interventions or services for people with severe mental illness
Critical appraisal of the impact of contemporary health and/or social care policy affecting the care of people with severe mental illness.
Those shortlisted will be invited to give an oral presentation in this session which will be assessed by the prize adjudication committee
Poster Prize
A non-monetary poster prize for the best poster presented at the conference as judged by members of the scientific committee.
Please submit your abstract for a poster or paper for the Douglas Bennett Prize through
