The WMH section aims to promote international and interdisciplinary collaboration between psychiatrists , mental health practitioners and government institutions so that appropriate sex- and gender-based interventions can be developed and used to enhance women’s overall wellbeing.
The WMH section has already published a position statements on the role of violence and discrimination in the genesis of mental health problems in women as well as a curriculum to be used in clinical and academic centres. These 2 documents have been approved and published in 5 languages.
Another matter of importance for the WMH section is that women’s mental health issues are always on the agendas of the thematic, regional and world WPA conferences. Finally the WMH targets to ensure a significant presence of women within WPA scientific and executive committees.
WPA Regional Congress, Alexandria, Egypt, 11-14 April 2025
Prof. El Nahas and Prof. Florence Thibaut were involved in two symposia during the last WPA regional congress held in Alexandria, Egypt, in April 2025.
Symposium 16: Scoping Perinatal Psychotropics: Case-based Insights for Safe Prescriptions
Chairs: Gihan ELNahas (Egypt) – Florence Thibaut (France)
- Florence Thibaut (France): Substance Use Disorder pharmacological treatment during pregnancy
- Gihan ELNahas (Egypt): Pharmacological treatment of Depression in pregnancy
Symposium 19: Stress in the Womb: Unravelling the Maternal-Fetal Connection
Chairs: Florence Thibaut (France) – Gihan ELNahas (Egypt)
- Gihan ELNahas (Egypt): Revealing Maternal Stress Transmission to Offspring
- Heba Elshahawi (Egypt): Is Maternal Nutrition protective against neurodevelopmental disorders
- Marwa Elmiissiry (Egypt): Mitigation of maternal stress risk for the wellbeing of mothers and offspring
- Discussant – Florence Thibaut (France)
EPA 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, 5-8 April 2025
Plenary Lecture: Women's Mental Health: A Global Perspective
Chair: Martina Rojnic Kuzman (Croatia)
Speaker: Florence Thibaut (France)
Symposium: Current priorities in women's mental health: Resource, policy and training
This session is organised by the Section on Women's Mental Health and included:
- Recent progress in women's mental health research and future priorities (Speaker: Florence Thibaut (France))
- The WPA Equality, Development, Inclusion and Transcultural Perspectives (EDIT) strategy - addressing barriers to gender disparity (Speaker: Mariana Pinto da Costa (United Kingdom))
- The American Psychiatric Association's current priorities for women’s mental health (Speaker: Ludmila De Faria (United States))
- Opportunities to mainstream women’s mental health in psychiatric training across Europe (Speaker: Angelika Wieck (United Kingdom))
Webinar: Women, alcohol and substance use disorder (including perinatal period)
Where: Online (see Zoom link below)
When: 10 March 2025, 16:30–18:00
How to join: Join on Zoom
More information: EPA webinar page (opens in a new tab)
Webinar programme
- 16:30 – 16:40 | Tamas Kurimay – Welcome and introduction
- 16:40 – 16:50 | Arnt Schellekens – Context and presentation of the speakers
- 16:50 – 17:10 | Florence Thibaut – Presentation: “Alcohol use disorders during pregnancy and peripartum”
- 17:10 – 17:20 | Q&A and discussion
- 17:20 – 17:40 | Jan K Melichar – Presentation: “Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine, Opioid Use Disorder and Pregnancy”
- 17:40 – 17:50 | Q&A and discussion
- 17:50 – 18:00 | Tamas Kurimay & Arnt Schellekens – Wrap-up and conclusions
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The 10th World Congress of Women's Mental Health, Bangalore, INDIA
Date: 5–8 March 2025
Venue:
Convention Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences,
Bangalore, INDIA
Theme: Inclusion and Integration across the Lifespan
Abstract Submissions: Open for Oral and e-Posters until 30 September 2024
Early Bird Registration: Available until 31 October 2024
Congress Highlights
- Special program for Early Career Professionals, including Registration Fee Bursaries for LAMIC
- Lived Experience presentations and discussions
- Multiple session formats highlighting recent themes in Women's Mental Health — Plenary talks, Ask the Expert, Panel Discussions, Workshops, Case Conference, Films, and Conference Fringe with book readings and art workshops
Website: www.iawmh2025.org
World Congress of Asian Psychiatry
which was held in conjunction with WPA and attended by Dr. Danuta at Bali, Indonesia from 4-7th December, 24. It was World Congress of Asian Psychiatry which was held in conjunction with WPA and attended by Dr. Danuta at Bali, Indonesia from 4-7th December, 24. It was Menaz Zafar’s honor, co-chair of the WPA women’s mental health section to voice the issues pertaining to the mental health of women across lifespan and the challenges for accessing mental health care for vulnerable women.
WFP Regional Congress – Psychotherapy, Creativity, and the Arts
Where:
Palazzo Marco Polo, Aula Magna, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
When: 18–19 October 2024
Theme: Psychotherapy, Creativity and the Arts
Website
October 2023 – Scientific & Education Programme on International Collaboration in Healthcare and Neuropsychiatry
Supervised by
Republican Specialized Scientific & Practical Medical Center for Mental Health of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan
and
The International Centre for Education & Research in Neuropsychiatry (ICERN) of the FBSEU Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia
The programme included
- Women’s mental health challenges in the 21st Century – Prof. Florence Thibaut (Chair of the Women's Mental Health Section of the WPA, University Paris Cité, University Hospital Cochin (AP-HP), Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France)
- Women and Addiction – Prof. Florence Thibaut (Chair of the Women's Mental Health Section of the WPA, University Paris Cité, University Hospital Cochin (AP-HP), Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France)
8 April 2024 – Scientific Meeting during the 32nd Congress of the EPA, Budapest
In collaboration with the Women’s Mental Health Section of the European Psychiatric Association
The programme included
- Welcome and Introduction by Prof. Tamas Kurimay (Chair of the Women Mental Health Section of the European Psychiatric Association; Head of the Buda Family Centered Mental Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Teaching Department of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
- Women’s mental health is everybody’s business: current challenges, some solutions by Prof. Florence Thibaut (Chair of the Women's Mental Health Section of the World Psychiatric Association; University Paris Cité, University Hospital Cochin (AP-HP); INSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France)
- UEMS and opportunities to mainstream women's mental health across Europe by Dr. Marisa Casanova Dias (President of the European Union of Medical Specialists Psychiatry Section; Secretary of the European Psychiatric Association Section of Women and Mental Health; Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK)
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- The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders have been published online in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- From the CANMAT website, you can also access the Patient and Family Guide: Seeds of Hope (English and French)
- BMJ Public Health Journal: What all physicians should know about women’s health: a Delphi study
