The 8th International Conference on Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry Universitas Sumatera Utara

Introduction

For more than 2000 years in the West, neurology and psychiatry were considered part of one unified branch of medicine, often called neuropsychiatry. Charcot, Freud, Jackson, Bleuler, among many others, thought in terms of a unified study of the brain and mind, regardless of specific clinical and research interests. However, during the 20th century, a schism emerged as each of these fields went their own way. Neurologists focused on brain disorders with cognitive and behavioral abnormalities that were also accompanied by somatic signs - stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and so on - while psychiatrists focused on mood and thought disorders that were not accompanied by physical signs found on neurological examination of the motor and sensory systems - schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, and so on.

Most people affected by mental and neurological disorders do not have access to a wide range of evidence-based interventions that can prevent and treat these disorders, resulting in a huge treatment gap. This problem is not just limited to mental and neurological disorders as cost-effective interventions in other health sectors are inadequately available and underutilized. De Savigny and Adams have mentioned, "evidence-based interventions often fail to achieve their goals, not because of inherent deficiencies in the intervention itself, but because of the unpredictable behavior of the system around it".

Because of the enormous increase in neurobiological knowledge in recent years, and the growing number of disorders (including those mentioned above) that were once thought to be psychopathological but are now known to be neuropathological, some neurologists may cling to the view that their specialty has now emerged alone as the queen of medical science. Neurologists and psychiatrists must have a fairly broad perspective, as the domains of intentional behavior and intentionality (final causation) are brain/mind functions that are no less important than sensory perception and movement. Clearly, the education of future generations of neurologists and psychiatrists should be grounded in neuroscience, but should also be focused on those dimensions of professional activity that essentially define the work of medical doctors from the neck to the head.

Organizing Institution

Universitas Sumatera Utara

Jl. dr. T. Mansur No. 9 Medan 20155, Indonesia

Honorary Board

• Dr. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si (Indonesia)
• Prof. Dr. dr. Aldy Safruddin Rambe, Sp.S (K) (Indonesia)

Editorial Board

• Dr. dr. Mustafa M. Amin, M.Ked., M.Sc., Sp.K.J.(K) (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
• Prof. Dr. dr. Elmeida Effendy, M.Ked., Sp.K.J.(K) (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
• dr. Inke Nadia Diniyanti Lubis, M.Ked.(Ped)., Sp.A., Ph.D. (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
• dr. Fasihah Irfani Fitri, M.Ked., Sp.N.(K) (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
• Prof. Mohamed Hatta Shaharom, M.D. (Islamic University of Malaysia)
• Prof. Uttam Kumar Sharma (Uttarakhand Ayurveda University)
• Prof. Kyriakos E. Kypreos, Ph.D. (University of Nicosia)
  

Scientific Session :

• Prof. Dr. dr. Kiking Ritarwan, Sp.S.(K)., M.K.T
• Dr. dr. Khairul Putra Surbakti, Sp.S(K)

Symposium Session :

• Dr. dr. Cut Aria Arina., Sp.S.(K)
• dr. Cindy Chias Arthy, M.Ked., Sp.K.J.
• dr. Kiki M. Iqbal, Sp.S.(K)

Free Paper Session :

• Dr. dr. Vita Camellia, M.Ked., Sp.K.J
• dr. Chairil Amin Batubara, M.Ked., Sp.S.(K).

Editorial Policies

Peer Review Process

The articles submitted to the 7^th ICoNaP USU will be processed through a formatting review by the editor and a substantial review by independent reviewers. The reviewing process is conducted by the double blind review. The reviewers are chosen by an editor. The decision regarding article publication is based on the review result.

Editor applies a plagiarism scanning with Turnitin and Google Scholar before the article is subjected to a substantial review process.

Ethics

Authors:

1. Authors must ensure that they have written original works.
2. Authors must ensure that the manuscript has not been issued elsewhere.
3. Authors are responsible for language editing before submitting the article.
4. Authors submitting their works to the journal for publication as original articles confirm that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works without clearly citing.
5. Authors must notify any conflicts of interest.
6. Authors must report any errors they discover in their manuscript.
7. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources should be appropriately credited and referenced.
8. An author agrees to the license agreement before submitting the article.
9. All articles must be submitted using online submission procedure.

Editorial Board:

1. Editorial Board must ensure a fair peer-review of the submitted articles for publication.
2. Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
3. Editorial Board must ensure that all the information related to the submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.
4. Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.
5. Editor-in-Chief will coordinate the work of the editors.

Reviewers:

1. Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors.
2. Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the Editor-in-Chief if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.
3. Reviewers must evaluate the submitted works objectively as well as present clearly their opinions on the works in a clear way in the review form.
4. Reviewers must keep information pertaining to the manuscript confidential.
5. A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the Editor-in-Chief and excuse himself from the review process.

Timeline

Abstract and full paper : 30 June 2024

Reviewing Process : 1 July - 30 August 2024

Publication : August - September 2024

Call for papers (including case reports)

• Patient Safety and Ethics
• Sexualities from Research to Application
• Infection and Stroke
• The Neuroscience of Movement Disorders
• Gene Predisposition of Schizophrenia
• Sexual Dysfunction and Religiosity
• Epilepsy and Behavioural Problems in the Elderly
• Addressing mental health and cognitive problem in diverse population: challenges and solution
• Other related-health issues