Content and methodology
The Congress has once again been a broad space for meeting and participation, both in its preparatory phase and during its celebration. The content, work sessions, and consequently, the final program of the Congress, were defined based on the proposals of three working groups that worked in the months preceding the Congress.
Below are the three working groups, with the topics they addressed, the direction of their proposals, and their composition.
Thematic Axes of the 7th Congress
The Congress revolved around three thematic axes, and for this reason, three working groups were previously established to initiate discussion and develop proposals for the congress program.
Working Group 1:
Psychosocial and ethical aspects
- Influence of digital social networks on communication methods, values, and the quality of relationships and beliefs of the population.
- Social risks of massive data collection and its opaque management through algorithms.
- Impact on family relationships, partnerships, and sexuality.
- Abuse and neglect in childhood and adolescence.
- Impacts on the form and results of learning in school.
- Impact of ICT on the world of work: the risk of excessive control and the consequences of technostress and burnout.
- Other topics to determine.
Working group 2:
Psychopathological aspects
- The exacerbation of narcissism and immediate accessibility as risk factors for technology addiction, toxic relationships, and behavioral addictions.
- Consequences of attention deficit and underutilization of memory on cognitive abilities.
- Individual, family, and community health patterns
- Risks arising from the misuse of technologies
- Other health risks, and mental health
- Other topics to be determined
Working Group 3
Care, research, training, and teaching in mental health issues
- Support programs through apps and virtual reality
- Online interviews and therapy.
- Patient social networks
- Ethical aspects and mental health care models involving these technologies, and future projections for their implementation.
- ICT in university education and continuing education.
- The development of high-level artificial intelligence and its relationship with theory of mind and self-awareness
- Other topics to be determined