Oral and Poster Abstract Guidelines
Important information
- Deadline for Oral and Poster abstract submission: Sunday, 6 March 2022, 23:59 GMT +8.
- All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
- Submitted abstracts should include non-published data. Abstracts previously presented will not be accepted.
- Submission of the abstract constitutes the content of all authors to publication (e.g. Conference website, programs, other promotion, etc.)
- There are no restrictions on the number of abstracts submitted.
- There are no restrictions on the number of authors for each abstract.
- All abstracts must be submitted through this abstract submission portal.
- All communications will be sent to the email address used to submit the abstract. Your abstract is not successfully submitted until you receive a confirmation email after clicking the final submit button. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check your spam mailbox or contact us at iepa13-program@icsevents.com.
- All speakers with accepted abstracts are required to register and pay for the meeting by Sunday, 1 May 2022 in order to have your abstract included in the final program and listed in the Online Abstract Book.
List of themes
Primary Themes
Basic Neuroscience
Diagnosis and Phenomenology
Electrophysiology
Epidemiology
Ethical Issues
Genetics
Lived experience & Carers Research
Neurocognition
Neuroimaging
Psychopharmacology
Psychosocial Interventions
Public Policy
Service System Development and Reform
Stress Responsivity
Substance Use
Translational Research
Secondary Themes
Anxiety Disorders
Comorbid Conditions
Eating Disorders
First Episode Psychosis
Mood Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosis NOS
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Transdiagnostic Approaches
Trauma
Ultra High Risk/Prodromal Research
Other
Submission Instructions
- Oral and Poster Abstracts should deal with early intervention research topics in mental health. Oral presentations are typically 15 minutes which includes 5 minutes for questions.
- The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission.
- All submissions must be written in English and in final form and ready for publication in the Abstract Book.
- Your submission will NOT be reviewed for typos or other errors.
- Check your work carefully as no changes will be allowed after the submission deadline.
Title
- Title can not be longer than 30 words. Please ensure that your title is inputted in title case. For e.g., 'Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health Problems' and not 'Prevention and early intervention for mental health problems'.
- Do not enter the title in all capital or all lowercase letters. If you are unsure, please use this tool for title casing.
Abstract
- Abstracts must be divided into the following headers:
- Aims
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
- Figures and graphics will not be accepted.
- The word limit is 250 words.
- Abstracts must be new and may not have been previously presented.
Authors & Affiliations
- Enter each school or university name only once. The affiliation number is located on the top left of the box below for each affiliation entered. Associate the affiliation with the speaker by keying the number in the 'Affiliations' box under the Abstract Authors section. If the speaker has multiple affiliations, you can enter it in this format '1,2,3 etc.'.
- Enter all affiliations for all authors in your abstract.
- Do not enter addresses or department names - they will be removed.
- Do not enter affiliations in all capital or all lowercase letters. Please do so in title case.
- Authors and affiliations will be published in this format: Joe Smith1, Jane Jones1,2, 1Stanford University, 2UCLA.
Abstract Review Process
- Proposals will be evaluated by the IEPA13 Scientific Committee using a variety of criteria including scientific merit, timeliness, theoretical innovation and breadth, methodological innovation, lack of overlap with the regular program, and diversity of the speakers.
- When submitting an abstract author will have to state whether they want their abstract considered for oral only, poster only or oral or poster. Abstracts not accepted as Oral abstracts will only be considered as posters if the presenter has submitted for ORAL OR POSTER.
- All speakers are required to register for the meeting by Sunday, 1 May 2022 in order to have their abstract listed in the printed program.
- The last day to submit Oral or Poster abstracts for presentation is Sunday, 6 March 2022, 23:59 GMT +8.