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A conference organized by

the International Association for Spiritual Psychiatry

If there is no conviction that the destruction of the physical body will end suffering, there will tend to be fewer physical suicides.

This conference will explore:

• the source of psychological suffering;
• the role of the I-image and memory at the heart of suffering;
• the tendency to escape suffering and the ways this tendency is expressed;
• the specific mechanisms underlying the desire for suicide;
• the ways of liberation from suffering.

Psychiatrists, psychotherapists, scientists, seekers and spiritual teachers will invite us to reflect deeply on an acute problem of the modern world.

Scandinavian countries, renowned for their balance and harmony, are curiously considered to have one of the highest suicide rate in the world.

Our conference in Finland, one of the most beautiful countries of our planet, will help us to understand better this paradoxical phenomena.
 
A forum on Internet has been set up at the Saint Johns University for discussing all questions related to the conference and more generally to the topic of suicide.
 

For further information, please contact:

Olavi Noronen
Finnish Coordinator
scorpitos@KOLUMBUS.FI
http://www.netti.fi/scorpitos/

Jean-Marc Mantel, M.D.
Conference Coordinator
jmm@essence-euro.org
 

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