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7th Edition of Global Conference on
Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry
October 19-21, 2026 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mental Illness
Mental Illness
It is sometimes referred to as a mental disorder, and it refers to a wide spectrum of mental health issues that impact your emotions, thinking, and behaviour. The tough issue of mental illness affects many individuals. There are many different types and sizes of mental illnesses. Furthermore, both children and adults may display them. The area of mental health has made progress in its knowledge of the many causes of mental illness. Depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviours are all examples of mental illnesses. Among the symptoms are Anger, anxiety, despair, mania, paranoia, and psychosis. The risk elements include for mental illness are:
- Genetics
- Environment
- Substance abuse
- Chronic disease
- Personality characteristics
- Causal models
Committee Members
Nile Stanley
University of North Florida, United States
Ann Marie Leonard Zabel
Curry College, United States
Edie Raether
NeuroShifts and Wings for Wishes Academy, United States GAB 2026 Speakers
Sindu Padmanabhan
Bharathiar University, India
Kayla Albers
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, United States
Jorja Jamison
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, United States
Andrew Drasen
A Vision of Hope Media, United StatesSubmit your abstract Today
Title : The Storm Within: Neuropsychological Insights into Dysregulation and Substance Use in the Adolescent Brain.
Ann Marie Leonard Zabel, Curry College, United States
Title : Sexualizing anxiety and anxiolytic sex: Misattribution of arousal
Sam Vaknin, CIAPS, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Title : Workplace and occupational mental health: Supporting well-being at work
Sindu Padmanabhan, Bharathiar University, India
Title : Resilience in counseling: Processing grief for the addictions counselor
Kayla Albers, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, United States
Title : Resilience in counseling: Processing grief for the addictions counselor
Jorja Jamison, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, United States
Title : Identity restoration as a missing variable in relapse prevention
Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope Media, United States