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WPA News
Dec 15, 2025
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2026 WPA ELECTIONS - NOW OPEN
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Elections of the EC members and the Zonal Representatives
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is gearing up for its highly anticipated 2026 elections, scheduled to take place at the General Assembly, on the last…
WPA News
Dec 09, 2025
Prof. Ferrero Presents the History and Purpose of the Geneva Prize
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is proud to share the recorded lecture prepared by Professor François Ferrero, President of the Geneva Prize Foundation, to present…
WPA News
Nov 24, 2025
In memory of Gabriela Cruz Ares passed away on the 18th of July 2025 in Hamburg, Germany.
Gabriela Cruz Ares was chair of the Section Public Policy and Psychiatry from 2022 until 2025. She joined the section in 2019 as co-chair. She…
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
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…
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
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…
WPA News
Oct 18, 2025
WPA Jean Delay Prize 2026
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…
