The Committee invites the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation. The closing date for the submission of abstract is 15 July 2010.

The theme of the Congress is "Modern Psychiatry in Africa"

All abstracts must be submitted on-line.

All appropriately submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee. Authors must indicate their preference for oral presentation, but the final decision on the format of presentation rests with the scientific committee. All abstracts received will be acknowledged, and authors will be sent acceptance or rejection letters by 15 August 2010.

Instruction to all Authors

1. Each abstract must clearly state the following:
   
   
   1. Abstract title
   2. Name and list of author(s). The name of the presenting author must appear first in the list of authors.
   3. Affiliations of author(s).
   4. Contact details of first author (telephone numebrs, e,mail addresses etc)
   5. Preferred format of presentation (oral or poster)
   
   
   
2. Abstract must be typed in English, single line spacing, Arial font.
3. The body of the text must not exceed 450 words (this is excluding the information listed in point 1)
4. Please adhere to the following format:
   
   
   1. Introduction: should be brief and informative and state the aim of the study;
   2. Methods: include description of subject and research methodology;
   3. Results: outline the findings of the study supported by statistics as appropriate. Do not use figures, graphs or tables in the abstract. The data provided must be sufficient to permit peer review of the abstract;
   4. Conclusion: provide summary and relevance of the main findings.
   
   
   
5. All accepted abstracts will be published in the abstract handbook without further editing. Abstracts that do not adhere to the specified format cannot be included in the handbook.

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