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WPA President Danuta Wasserman, WPA Immediate Past President Afzal Javed, WPA Medical Student SIG Members, WPA ECP Section Members, Distinguished Faculty, and medical students at the WPA WCP25 Medical Student Session.

WPA News

Nov 07, 2025

Fostering a Global Community of Medical Students and Educators at the 25th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry

Medical Students Essay Competition Winners Acknowledged

By Professor Muhammad Waqar Azeem, Chair of the WPA SIG on Medical Students, Qatar; Professor Howard Y. Liu, Co-Chair of the WPA SIG on Medical Students, USA; Professor Danuta Wasserman, WPA President, Sweden

Promoting psychiatry among medical students is an integral part of the World Psychiatric Association’s (WPA’s) Triennium Action Plan 2023-2026. In this regard, the Medical Student…

For a long time, I lived with the incomplete idea that Human Rights were a legacy of European philosophers at the end of the 17th century, such as John Locke in England or Blaise Pascal in France, then, by Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot and others at the Century of Enlightenment.

WPA News

Nov 04, 2025

The Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry

by François Ferrero, Director of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Geneva and at the Geneva University Hospitals and President of The Geneva Prize for Human Rights

By François Ferrero, Director of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Geneva and at the Geneva University Hospitals and President of The Geneva Prize for Human Rights

These European philosophers certainly played a key role in disseminating ideas such as freedom and equality and critical thinking and the notion of the Subject…

Nominations are now being sought for the WPA Jean Delay Prize which is psychiatry’s most prestigious award. Conferred triennially by the World Psychiatric Association at its World Congress of Psychiatry, the Prize bears the name of the first president of the WPA and commemorates his own significant contributions to the practice of psychiatry in the 20th century.

WPA News

Oct 18, 2025

WPA Jean Delay Prize 2026

By WPA

The Prize was first established in 1999 to honour distinguished colleagues who have 1) made a noteworthy contribution to the biological, psychological or social aspects…

WPA statement by Professor Danuta Wasserman for the World Mental Health Day – on 10 October 2025, led by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH).

WPA News

Oct 08, 2025

WPA statement by Professor Danuta Wasserman for the World Mental Health Day – on 10 October 2025, led by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH).

By Prof. Danuta Wasserman, WPA President

One of the greatest health threats in the world is the growing number of brain and mental disorders, commonly called neurological and psychiatric disorders. These…

Responding to Mental Health Needs in Humanitarian Emergencies: A Hands-On Simulation

WPA News

Sep 18, 2025

Responding to Mental Health Needs in Humanitarian Emergencies: A Hands-On Simulation

By WPA Secretariat

Join a unique WHO-led course that takes you inside real-world humanitarian crises to practice critical mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) skills. Guided by Dr.…

Over a billion people are living with mental health conditions

WPA News

Sep 10, 2025

Over a billion people are living with mental health conditions

By Prof. Danuta Wasserman

Dear Colleagues, According to the reports World Mental Health Today (https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/382343/9789240113817-eng.pdf) and Mental Health Atlas 2024 (https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/382452/9789240114487-eng.pdf) released by the World Health Organization (WHO), more…