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WPA urges priority to be given to people with severe mental illness in vaccination programme
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Apr 07, 2021

WPA urges priority to be given to people with severe mental illness in vaccination programme

WPA urges health departments to give priority to people with a severe mental illness in the vaccination programmes being rolled out around the world.

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The WPA Advisory Committee in Response to Emergencies (ACRE) has been meeting regularly throughout the COVID 19 crisis. During its January 2021 meeting, the WPA…
Professor Michaela Amering was selected by the members of the European Psychiatric Association’s (EPA) jury as the winner of the EPA “Constance Pascal – Helen Boyle Prize” of €10,000 for “Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Working to Improve Mental Health Care in Europe for 2021”! The WPA President, Professor Afzal Javed, commented “We are thrilled that Prof. Amering, our chair of an Action Plan Working Group on Partnerships with Service Users and Family Carers, has been awarded with such a prestigious prize from the EPA”.
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Apr 07, 2021

Professor Michaela Amering wins EPAs 2021 “Outstanding Achievement” Award

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Prof. Amering is a psychiatrist and Professor at the Division of Social Psychiatry of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. The main focus of her…
The recently established Indian Association of Psychiatry Trainees (IAPT) held its first event on 28 February 2021 to officially launch the association. During this important gathering, IAPT also announced a new initiative, the “Asian Federation of Psychiatry Trainees Interest Group (AFPTIG)”, which aims to support psychiatry trainees across Asia. Proposed by the IAPT President, Dr Sharad Philip, the initiative is fully supported by the WPA. At the event, WPA President, Professor Afzal Javed emphasised the “role that numerous WPA activities play in supporting the promotion of psychiatry training, as well as how they improve access and opportunities, particularly in Asia”.
WPA Archive
Apr 07, 2021

IAPT Launches a New Initiative for Psychiatry Trainees during their Opening Event

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The event was also attended by two former WPA Presidents, Professors Norman Sartorius and Dinesh Bhugra who both gave insightful presentations. Professor Sartorius highlighted areas…
During the 20th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry earlier this month, immediate past-President of the World Psychiatric Association, Professor Helen Herrman, announced Professor Hannelore Ehrenreich as the winner of the 2020 Jean Delay prize. Professor Hannelore Ehrenreich is a remarkable and distinguished winner, and is the first woman to win the prize. Not only is she a psychiatrist, but she is also a veterinarian and physician of neurology and psychiatry. Her work extends from molecular-cellular characterisation of disease-relevant phenotypes to genotype-phenotype associations of human and animal behaviour and to clinical studies; and beyond that, to the promotion of science and psychiatry in society.
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Apr 07, 2021

Professor Hannelore Ehrenreich named winner of the 2020 Jean Delay prize.

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She has won numerous awards and honours in Europe and the USA, and is currently working as Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry and Head of…
WPA joins WHO to identify gaps and solutions to the mental health impacts of COVID-19
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Apr 07, 2021

WPA joins WHO to identify gaps and solutions to the mental health impacts of COVID-19

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The World Psychiatry Association's (WPA) President has been asked to join The World Health Organisation (WHO) to assist in identifying gaps and finding solutions to…
Meet the Speakers: Principles of Supportive Psychotherapy Course
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Apr 06, 2021

Meet the Speakers: Principles of Supportive Psychotherapy Course

WCP Online Learning Program || Course 2 || Principles of Supportive Psychotherapy April 22, 2021 @ 12pm UTC (3 hour course beginning at 8 AM EST, USA time)

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Dr. César A. Alfonso (USA)-Course Director Chair of the WPA Psychotherapy Section Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Columbia University Medical Center Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry Universitas…
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