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Oral Communication and e Poster Abstract Guidelines

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Here's a step-by-step guide for submitting your abstract:
1. Types of Abstracts
Please read the submission guidelines carefully before preparing your abstract. Submissions may fall into one of the following three categories:
  1. Scientific Abstracts – Abstracts reporting a research study; clinical or social audit, or a systematic review/meta-analysis.
  2. Professional Abstracts – Abstracts describing a service or intervention related to women’s mental health, including clinical, community, digital, or systemic initiatives (health, social, justice, rights, media, arts), as well as training or policy initiative programmes.
  3. Collaboration Abstracts – Abstracts describing the objectives and experiences of a collaborative initiative such as an alliance, association, network, or professional group.

Please note that each abstract must follow the specific formatting requirements, and word limits of 250 words (excluding the title). All abstracts should be submitted in English.

A maximum of two abstracts per presenting author is permitted.
2. Conference Themes
Abstracts are invited under the following themes:
  1. Addictive behaviors and women’s mental health
  2. Adolescence and gender
  3. Adversity and social risk factors (violence and mental health; poverty and mental health)
  4. Anxiety disorders
  5. Art, culture, literature and women’s mental health
  6. Bipolar disorders
  7. Classification, diagnostic assessment and nomenclature
  8. Clinical practice in women’s mental health- unique challenges and directions
  9. Community mental health 
  10. Digital psychiatry and women
  11. Dissociative and somatization disorders
  12. Eating disorders
  13. Ecology, psychiatry and mental health
  14. Gender-based violence including sexual violence 
  15. Genetics and epigenetics
  16. Geriatric women’s mental health
  17. Health systems 
  18. Leadership and Professional issues including Ethics
  19. Lived Experience –Patient and caregiver perspectives
  20. Medical conditions, neuropsychiatry and mental health
  21. Menopause
  22. Menstrual cycle-related conditions including PMDD
  23. Mood disorders, depressive disorders and other depression and anxiety
  24. Neuromodulation (including DBS, TMS; tDCS, VNS; Neurofeedback)
  25. Obsessive-compulsive disorders
  26. Perinatal disorders
  27. Personality disorders
  28. Primary prevention
  29. Psychopathology and epistemological issues in psychiatry
  30. Psychopharmacology
  31. Psychotherapies
  32. Recovery and rehabilitation 
  33. Rights and justice 
  34. Schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorders
  35. Sexuality and sexual functions/dysfunction
  36. Social determinants of mental health in women
  37. Somatic treatments other than pharmacotherapy
  38. Suicidology
  39. Training of health professionals
  40. Trauma-Informed Care
  41. Trauma and PTSD: clinical aspects
3. Structure Your Abstract
  1. Scientific
    • Title: Provide a concise title for your research study/project.
    • Introduction: Provide context and background for your research.
    • Methods: Briefly describe the methodology or approach used.
    • Results: Summarize the key findings or outcomes of your work.
    • Conclusion: Highlight the relevance of your findings and their implications.
  2. Professional
    • Title: Provide a brief title for your service or intervention related to women’s mental health, training or policy initiatives.
    • Purpose: Provide context focusing on women’s mental health needs and the rationale for initiatives aimed at improving services or addressing policy challenges.
    • Description: Discuss the approach used/design and implementation of services/strategies used in training and reforms.
    • Findings/Indicators/Outcomes: Summarise the outcomes of intervention/impact/effectiveness of the service/interventions/training/initiatives.
    • Conclusion: Discuss the broader implications and recommendations for future advocacy efforts.
  3. Collaborations
    • Title: Provide a brief title for your service or intervention related to women’s mental health, training or policy initiatives.
    • Purpose: Provide context with a focus on the mental health needs for women within that context/need for initiatives to improve mental health services for women/policy challenges.
    • Description: Discuss the approach used/design and implementation of services/strategies used in training and reforms.
    • Findings/Indicators/Outcomes: Summarise the outcomes of the intervention/impact/effectiveness of the service/interventions/training/initiatives.
    • Conclusion: Discuss the broader implications and recommendations for future advocacy efforts.
4. Write Clearly and Concisely.

Use clear and straightforward language.
Avoid jargon or overly technical terms or short forms that may be unfamiliar to the audience.
Be concise but ensure that all essential information is included.

Please use Person First and Identity First language to ensure inclusivity and respect for diversity.
If in doubt, please refer to this resource https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines

5. Highlight Key Points:
Emphasize the novelty or significance of your research.
Clearly state the main findings or conclusions.
Highlight any implications or applications of your work.
6. Proofread

Check abstract for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
Ensure that all information is accurate and well-presented.

7. Deadline
Please take note of the submission deadline and ensure that your abstract is submitted before the 30 October 2026.
Allow enough time for any revisions or edits before the deadline.
8. Confirmation
After submitting your abstract, you may receive a confirmation email or notification from the conference organizers.
Keep track of any communication regarding your abstract submission.
9. Prepare for Presentation
If your abstract is accepted, prepare your oral/e-poster presentation based on the content of your abstract.
Organize your presentation to effectively communicate your research within the allotted time.
10. Attend the Conference
If your abstract is accepted for oral presentation, make arrangements to attend the conference and deliver your presentation.
Be prepared to engage with the audience and answer questions about your research.

Important:

Please note that only abstracts of Registered Participants (those who have paid the registration fee) will be included in the final program.

All submitted abstracts will be peer‑reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by 30th November 2026.

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We look forward to receiving your abstract submissions and to welcoming you to the 11th World Congress of Women’s Mental Health, 2027 in Sitges, Barcelona! 

Important Dates

  • Call for abstracts
    15th February 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Symposia and Workshops
    31th August 30th September 2026
  • Author’s notification for Symposia and Workshops
    30th September 5th October 2026
  • Opening of Congress registration
    15th February 2026
  • Call for Orals, Posters submission
    15th February 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Oral communications and Posters
    30th October 2026
  • Oral/Posters author notification
    30th November 2026
  • Deadline for submission of Oral communications and Posters- Undergraduate student
    23th December 2027
  • Oral/Posters author notification- Undergraduate student
    8th January 2027
8. Confirmation