The overarching goal of our section is to promote biological psychiatry to improve patient care by optimising a bio-psycho-social approach for the care and treatment of patients by strengthening the role of Neuroscience in psychiatry through the following:

• Education through WPA meetings and other WPA venues

• Organising presentations and symposia on biological psychiatry to WPA Congresses

• Contributing to presentations on biological psychiatry in other pertinent professional conferences, including regional and thematic meetings.

• Promoting publications on biological psychiatry in academic and professional journals - Promoting collaborative international research on key aspects of biological psychiatry.

• Improve the visibility of the section on Biological Psychiatry within the WPA by interacting with other sections and organising intersectional symposia

• Collaborating on the promotion of bio-psycho-social psychiatry with pertinent professional and academic organisations with an emphasis on person-and people-centred care