2024 SUMMER NEWSLETTER
We are pleased to bring our members the winter edition of the ISPOG Newsletter.

Message from the ISPOG President
Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to send you the summer edition of our newsletter and realise how quickly
time is passing. In this half-yearly review, we would like to express our thanks to all those whohave worked on a voluntary basis and with great commitment for our company at national
and international level. This thanks also goes to all those who have worked and will work on
the book project, both the one that has been completed and the one that has started thisyear, both published by Springer, and who will take on responsibility as editors.
Even though many people would like to see a return to normality, we are not experiencing
this in a world that is noticeably falling apart. The pandemic is over, but we are seeing how
much our patients and perhaps also our colleagues are still suffering from the consequencesof the pandemic and the effects of the disease, such as long Covid. Conflicts, including
those involving the use of weapons, are on the increase and are having a detrimentalimpact on our globalised world. It is often women who are increasingly restricted in their parttime employment and suffer the economic consequences. In our daily work, we areconfronted with a wide range of stressful events. A heavy workload, differences within theteam, (alleged) incorrect treatment, demanding patients or relatives can be some examplesof triggering situations. "Doctors have limits" and that applies to everyone who works in the
medical field. Nevertheless, we do our work with the best intentions and determination,
because the world, especially in these times, needs an understanding and unifying
perspective in order to get through the difficult crises. It is the psychosomatic perspective
and competence that can help to avoid polarisation, stigmatisation or exclusion under thispressure – but to integrate, connect and promote development and maturation. In this way,
we can be helpful advisors and companions for our patients in the event of physical andmental illness and social stress, which may play a role as a cause or consequence. For ourmembers, this expertise and the opportunity for a collegial exchange of advice may be
helpful and supportive.
We have summarised a wide range of topics, some of which you can also read about on ourhomepage. At the events that took place in the first half of the year, I would like to thank all
those who gave lectures and chaired sessions. ISPOG symposia took place during the 17th
ESC Congress in Bilbao, Spain and during the 53rd DGPFG Annual Meeting in Bonn,Germany. In addition, board members were involved in the 1st Nordic Symposium for
Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Copenhagen, Denmark and the NASPOG
Biennial Meeting in Aurora, Colorado, USA. Unfortunately, there is not enough space here toadequately recognise all of our members' activities.
Even though we are travelling again, we would like to assure you that climate neutrality is an
important issue for us and plays an important role in our work and organisation. For example,
it has proven to be worthwhile to hold our Executive Committee meetings in a ZOOM
exchange, which allows everyone to participate and allows for a multifaceted discourse –this is how we come together twice a year – while the face-to-face meetings used to takeplace once a year in the past.
A very important event is approaching: our ISPOG Congress in Seoul, South Korea, in April
next year. You can read more about it elsewhere in this newsletter. I would like to draw yourattention to the many relevant and highly topical issues in the field of psychosomatics in thecontext of obstetrics, migration, ageing, oncology, burnout and climate change, and I am
pleased to invite you to participate actively with a presentation.
In the ISPOG newsletter, you will find my welcoming words and a short report under "Messagefrom the President".
With best wishes and all the best for a relaxing summer breakYoursMechthild Neises-Rudolf"Women's Health and Pandemic Crisis" nowavailable!
The post-conference book of ISPOG 2022 is now available. In avery speedy process, the 25 contributions for this book wereprepared and collected under the editorship of Vivian
Pramataroff-Hamburger and Mechthild Neises-Rudolf. It can beordered through Springer-Verlag via
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43748-9

A new textbook on Bio-psycho-social obstetrics and gynaecology
in preparation
At the last Executive Committee meeting a proposal for the new book was presented. Thisbook will be open access and thanks to a generation contribution from the German society
will be made possible for 3 euro per ISPOG member. Our aim is to have contributions frommembers of ISPOG all around the globe. Vivian Pramataroff-Hamburger, Chulmin Lee andM.Caroline Vos will serve as editors for this edition. Please share your suggestions with us forcontributing authors. It would be nice if junior and senior members as well as members fromdifferent countries could cooperate.

ISPOG on tour Spring 2024
The Spring of 2024 was very vibrant for ISPOG. Many members travelled to different countries
to share experiences and collaborate. It started with the first Nordic meeting on
Psychosomatics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Copenhagen on February 2nd where
members from the Danisch, Dutch and Swedish societies came together. Finnish andIcelandic colleagues also joined. Liat Helpman fro Israel travelled to Tokyo to meet with theJapanese society. Chulmin Lee, our president-elect joined NASPOG for their annual meetingin Denver, Colorado in March. At the German society’s meeting in Bonn, also in March, asymposium was held on trauma where members from Austria, Israel, the Netherlands andNigeria joined. Finally, ISPOG was represented at the ESC in Bilbao, Spain in May with asymposium on sexuality which was well received.

Executive Committee meeting Fall 2024
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on line on 26 September 2024. Details forthe meeting will be send around later.

ISPOG 2025 Seoul, Korea
The next ISPOG Congress will be held on Apr 3-5, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. The Korean
Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology (KSPOG) is working elaborately tomake the congress the most meaningful and memorable one. The scientific program iscurrently under development and all the relevant information will be officially announced ona website which will be posted in September. Seoul is a great exotic place to visit in the fareast that combines modernity and history and will be the right place to meet the congress'
motto of "Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Globalised World". Please savethe date and don’t miss this opportunity!

Treasurer’s report
ISPOG has a healthy financial situation. Total assets end of 2023 are € 70.026,19. Thank youvery much to all of you who sent your fees on time.

Forthcoming events
21st ISPOG Congress 2025, 3-5 April, Seoul, Korea

Save the dates!
Happy holidays
The ISPOG board wishes you, and your families and colleagues healthy and happy holidays.
M.Caroline Vos, Secretary-General on behalf of the ISPOG Board.