World Psychiatric Association / Psychiatry in Developing Countries

Psychiatry in Developing Countries

CHAIR:	E. Mohandas	Address: Elite Mission Hospital Koorkenchery Trichur Kerala 680007 India Phone: 91 487 2381520 Fax: 91 487 2424322 E-mail: emohandas53@gmail.com, e.mohandas@gmail.com
CO-CHAIR:	Russell Franco D’Souza	Address: Melbourne University 185 Cooper Street Epping 57A Nepean Highway Melbourne 3070 Australia Phone: 61 3 8405 8885 Fax: 61 3 8405 8892 E-mail: rdsouza1@bigpond.net.au, russell.f.dsouza@gmail.com
SECRETARY:	David Ndetei	Address: University of Nairobi Africa Mental Health Foundation Ralph Bunche Road AIC Building Flat No. 4 Nairobi 00100 Kenya Phone: 254 20 2716315 E-mail: dmndetei@uonbi.ac.ke, dmndetei@amhf.or.ke

2008 Activities:

2007 Activities:

Section actively collaborated:
First World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in Goa, India
2nd Aug. – 5th Aug, 2007
Organised by South Asian Forum on Mental Health & Psychiatry International
In collaboration WPA Section on Psychiatry in Developing Countries
The Section’s first international meeting (from February 15-19th 2007) was a historic event in Lahore (Pakistan) that attracted the key players in the field of mental health from all over the world. The conference was organized by WPA Section on Psychiatry in Developing Countries and South Asian Forum on Mental Health and Psychiatry in collaboration with BIA and Asian Division of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Asian Federation of Psychiatric Association, World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, World Federation of Mental Health and Pakistan Psychiatric Society. Read more in newsletter.
Collaboration with Midlands Psychiatric Research Group’s annual meeting at Coventry, UK on 14-16th June 2007.
Joint Symposium with WPA Section on Psychiatric Rehabilitation in the Congress of Psychiatric Association for Eastern Europe & the Balkans (PAEEB) held in Thessaloniki, Greece on 21-23 September 2007. Section was a collaborating group in this important meeting. Please have a look at the PAEEB website www.paeeb.com.
Symposium in WPA Regional meeting Shanghai, China Sept 2007.
Symposium in WPA International meeting at Melbourne, Australia Nov 2007.