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$The WPA Working Group on Medical Students publish an eBook compiling some of the selected essays they received as part of their fellowship award to attend last year\'s WPA World Congress in Bangkok Capacity building and to promote psychiatry among medical students is one of the major components of World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Triennium Action Plan 2020- 2023. In this regard, WPA offered Medical Students the opportunity to win a fellowship (Travel Award) to attend the 22nd WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP22) in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2022.$

WPA Post

Apr 12, 2023

WPA Medical Student Working Group Release eBook of Essays on Stigma and Mental Health

Par Professor Muhammad Waqar Azeem (Chair of the WPA Working Group on Medical Students)

The WPA Working Group (WG) on Medical Students invited all medical students to submit an essay of up to 1,500 words (including references) on the…

WPA Medical Student Working Group Release Second Video on Stigma

WPA Post

Mar 28, 2023

WPA Medical Student Working Group Release Second Video on Stigma

Par Dr. Bernardo Ng (Member of the WPA Working Group \"Medical Students\" Leadership team)

A video on “Stigma” is now available on the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) website and YouTube channel The World Health Organization has defined stigma as…

It is with great sadness that we inform WPA members that Emeritus Professor Yrjö Alanen passed away in Finland on the 26th of December 2022. Main awards The mainstay of his professional life was the development of humane holistic care of people experiencing problems within the schizophrenia group of psychoses. In recognition of his exceptional career the World Psychiatric Association granted him the Philippe Pinel Prize for Psychiatry for the person in 2008.

WPA Post

Mar 25, 2023

In Memoriam: Professor Yrjö Alanen (1927-2022)

Par Jukka Aaltonen and Klaus Lehtinen

Alanen was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, (ISPS), a society in which he had been…

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Pedro Ruiz, MD, who left us on the 14th of March 2023, 14 in League City, Texas, USA at the age of 86. Dr. Ruiz was a renowned psychiatrist, educator, and researcher who made significant contributions to the field of mental health throughout his distinguished career. As one of World Psychiatric Association’s (WPA) former President (2011-2014), the news of Professor Pedro Ruiz has come as a great shock and with huge sadness to WPA, his family, friends, colleagues and members of the psychiatric fraternity.

WPA Post

Mar 23, 2023

Obituary: Professor Pedro Ruiz (1936-2023)

Par Dr. Afzal Javed, President, WPA

Aside from his presidency with WPA, Dr. Pedro Ruiz was professor & Executive Vice Chair as well as Director of Clinical Programs at the Department…

Only Two Weeks Left to Submit your Nominations for 2023 WPA Elections

WPA Post

Mar 20, 2023

Only Two Weeks Left to Submit your Nominations for 2023 WPA Elections

Par WPA

As the deadline date of the 31st of March 2023 is fast approaching, we would like to remind you to submit your nominations for the…

McMaster University’s Psychotherapy Training e-Resources (PTeR) now on WPA’s Education Portal

WPA Post

Mar 20, 2023

McMaster University’s Psychotherapy Training e-Resources (PTeR) now on WPA’s Education Portal

McMaster University’s Psychotherapy Training e-Resources (PTeR) can now be accessed via World Psychiatric Association\'s (WPA) Education Portal

Par WPA Education Coordinator

WPA is excited to announce that the McMaster University’s Psychotherapy Training e-Resources (PTeR) can now be accessed via its own Education Portal. PTeR is a…