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A new education module on \"Medical Students\' Wellbeing\" is now available on the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Education Portal. This interactive course aims to cultivate a culture of self-care among medical students and to provide information, strategies and resources for wellness, as an essential part of their undergraduate life.
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New "Medical Students' Wellbeing" Education Module - Now Available on WPA Education Portal

By WPA Education Coordinator
The course is developed on behalf of the WPA Working Group on Medical Students. Faculty members and medical students from Pakistan and Canada collaborated on…
WPA Webinars || Rethinking and experience sharing on Psychiatric Rehabilitation 28th October 2021 @ 7pm HKT (2 hour webinar) ________________________________________________________________ ­­­­ With only days to go until the World Psychiatric Association\'s (WPA) online learning webinar - ‘Rethinking and experience sharing on Psychiatric Rehabilitation’ - it is timely to meet the world-class presenters who will be sharing their knowledge on this vital topic. In a one-off, live, two hour event, Prof. Kamonnet Wannasewok and Prof. Tsuyoshi Akiyama will present on the concept of ‘Psychiatric Rehabilitation\', with examples from Japan and Thailand to illustrate how psychiatric rehabilitation practice can make use of existing mental health, social care, housing care and spiritual care resources to create synergy in providing a culturally relevant and acceptable psychiatric rehabilitation model.
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Meet the Presenters and Discussants: WPA Webinar on Psychiatric Rehabilitation

By WPA
Prof. Kamonnet Wannasewok Prof. Kamonnet Wannasewok, M.D. is an assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University…
Registration now open for the new WPA online learning webinar on: Early Intervention
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Registration now open for the new WPA online learning webinar on: Early Intervention

By WPA Education Coordinator
Registration is now open for the first webinar in the new World Psychiatric Association's (WPA) online learning series: ‘Early Intervention’ This webinar forms the first…
President Welcomes Participants to the 21st WPA World Congress of Psychiatry
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President Welcomes Participants to the 21st WPA World Congress of Psychiatry

By Prof. Afzal Javed, President, WPA
As we near the end of day one, I would like to take a minute and offer everyone one a very warm welcome to the…
World Mental Health Day 2021 took place on Sunday, 10th of October 2021
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World Mental Health Day 2021 took place on Sunday, 10th of October 2021

By Prof. Afzal Javed, President, World Psychiatric Association
World Mental Health Day (WMHD), celebrated annually on 10 October, is organised by the World Federation for Mental Health and endorsed by the World Health…
World Psychiatric Association’s (WPA) Section on Transcultural Psychiatry will be holding a free webinar discussing COVID-19 and its impact on mental health from an international perspective. On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 to be a worldwide pandemic. The global pandemic caused by SARS-COV-2 has had a notable impact across the globe.
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WPA’s Upcoming Webinar on COVID-19 and Mental Health - International Perspectives

By WPA
The incidence of COVID-19 and death rates has been substantially higher among ethnic minorities, migrants, and economically exposed groups. In addition, persons with psychiatric disorders…
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