About 100 professionals in the area of mental health – psychiatrists, internists of the specialty, pedopsychiatrists and nurses, among others – from different countries, visited Hospital Beatriz Ângelo (HBA) , last August 23. The visit to the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health from HBA took place in the scope of the 19 th World Congress of Psychiatry , that happened in Lisbon between 21 and 24 August and counted with 4.000 participants. The organization of the congress was ensured by the World Association of Psychiatry , in partnership with the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (SPPSM), presided by Maria João Heitor, director of that department at HBA . Two institutions were chosen for these visits, one of them being Hospital Beatriz Ângelo. In the photo above : Maria João Heitor (at the centre) with some of the visiting professionals.
