World Psychiatric Association

The new impact factor of World Psychiatry

World Psychiatry just received its new impact factor, 4.375. It ranks now in the top ten of international journals of general psychiatry and in the top twenty of all journals of clinical psychiatry, biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology.

The 15th World Congress of Psychiatry in Buenos Aires

The 15th World Congress of Psychiatry will take place from 18 to 22 September, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will provide an overview of the achievements which have stood the test of time and of...

WPA Member Societies and Scientific Sections participate in the development of ICD-11

The WPA-WHO global survey on psychiatrists’ attitudes about classification systems, with the participation of WPA Member Societies, has just started.

A WPA International Call for Research Proposals - No Health without Mental Health

The WPA will fund an innovative international project involving research centres in psychiatry and at least one other medical specialty, investigating the epidemiology, pathogenesis, social implications, cultural variation and/or management of the comorbidity between one or more mental disorders and one or more physical diseases.

Latest Activities

WPA Programme on Depression in Persons with Physical Diseases

The WPA has started a programme aiming to raise the awareness of the prevalence and prognostic implications of depression in persons with physical diseases.

WPA Project on Partnerships for Best Practices in Working with Users and Carers

The WPA has launched a project aimed to produce guidelines on best practices in working with users and carers, intended for the international mental health community.

WPA Activities in Relation to Emergencies

The WPA strategy to address the mental health consequences of disasters and conflicts has two components: 1) actively training professionals from regions at risk to prevent and manage these consequences, so that...

WPA Activities on Enhancing the Image of Psychiatry

> Choosing Psychiatry as a Career

> Stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists

WPA Guidances

The WPA is producing guidances on issues of great practical interest to psychiatrists worldwide. The first one deals with steps, obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care.

WPA Train-the-Trainers Workshops in Sri Lanka, June - July 2010

One of the goals of the WPA Action Plan is to promote the development of mental health care in low-income countries and its integration into primary care...

News from WPA Components

The WPA is an association of national psychiatric societies aimed to increase knowledge and skills necessary for work in the field of mental health and the care for the mentally ill. Its Member Societies are presently 135, spanning 117 different countries and representing more than 200,000 psychiatrists. Here you will find the recent news on the activities of the WPA Member Societies.

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WPA Scientific Sections are considered as the scientific backbone of the WPA. The purposes of the Sections cover the collection, analysis, presentation and dissemination of information concerning services, research and training in the various fields of psychiatry and mental health and the advancement of scientific knowledge in these fields. Here you will find the recent news on the activities of the 65 Scientific Sections of the WPA.

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In addition to Member Societies and Scientific Sections, the WPA has several further components, which have been undertaking many activities. Here you will find some recent news on these activities.

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The WPA website: with a new face and infrastructure

The WPA website is reconstructed and redesigned lately with a higher quality content and aesthetics based on a well developed infrastructure.

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