ISBD Venezuela

The Venezuelan Chapter of the ISBD has a number of objectives that are derived from local and regional needs, but also the necessary interaction with other regions, and their opinion leaders:
– Create spaces for meeting and discussion related with the Bipolar Disorder, with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals interested in the study and treatment of this disorder
– Create, promote and support national and international conferences, in addition to workshops and seminars, in order to provide recent and relevant scientific information, which supports the development of continuing medical education
– Promote awareness, diagnosis and alert in the medical community in Venezuela, and the rest of the health system to include non-psychiatric medical staff, nurses, paramedics, among others
– Support the Venezuelan foundations of bipolar patients, their families and relatives to join to schemas suitable of psychoeducation and support groups where we can manage and monitor these activities
– Create and coordinate research networks of mental health professionals in Venezuela interested in the bipolar disorder and other mood disorders. This point represents a major challenge for the ISBD Venezuela, because in our country, the local research has occurred in a very poor level, having to rely on information from other latitudes
– To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities, inviting other professionals to register and participate actively in the ISBD.
– Developing tools for statistical and epidemiological surveillance in terms of the population behavior of the disorder, thereby supporting government and private institutions who work in this area
– Participate actively in academic exchanges in the different postgrads of psychiatry and clinical psychology at the universities of our country
– Perform expert consensus regarding diagnosis and treatments of patients with bipolar disorders, supported by international guidelines and consensus, but with local suggestions.