Participation in the 18th annual Conference of Croatian Psychologists

18th annual Conference of Croatian Psychologists was held in Opatija between October 13 and 16, 2010. The topic of this year’s conference was Cross-cultural Psychology. Section for Psychology of Sexuality organized symposium Sexuality, Culture, Context, which was coordinated by Maja Mamula, head of the Section for Psychology of Sexuality of the Croatian Psychological Association. Symposium was composed of 9 presentations, and two of them were presented by members of the Women’s Room: Ida Šamanović: Sexual dysfunction among women – vaginism and Maja Mamula: Sexuality, Culture, and Gender. The symposium was very successful and it attracted over 100 psychologists.

Section for Psychology of Sexuality and Section for Clinical and Health Psychology also organized a panel: Mandatory Psychological Counseling during the Process of Medically Assisted Reproduction – Ethical Concerns, moderated by Jasna Belamarić and Maja Mamula.

At the conference, Maja Mamula received an award of the Croatian Psychological Association „MARULIĆ: FIAT PSYCHOLOGIA“ as a public recognition for significant contribution to development and promotion of Croatian applied psychology.