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Q3 2021
Dear Friends,
Welcome back to the second edition of our World Psychiatric Association's (WPA) eNewsletter – WPA Review! We were overwhelmed and delighted with the feedback we received following the first edition, and we are thankful to see the continued support for this edition. With nearly 50 submissions received from all WPA components, it is clear to see that we all remain committed and dedicated to our work despite the limitations we continue to face due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As some of us are slowly opening up and getting back to some kind of normality, the news and images coming out of Afghanistan these past weeks have been difficult to watch and our thoughts go out to the people of Afghanistan. WPA and its members stand ready to support those impacted in the months ahead and we should work together to ensure that we provide the mental health resources to address this traumatic situation for all who need them. I am constantly impressed by what our members accomplish through their collaborations, adaptability and resilience during these critical situations.
The WPA has also been busy this past quarter with a number of projects. Our Action Plan 2020-2023 Working Groups have continued to meet and work together to fulfil their terms of reference. I am pleased to see the progress they have been making and the activities they have and are organising.
Our meetings programme is also active planning October’s 21st WPA World Congress of Psychiatry. Following the success evolution of the previous WCP Congress in a fully digital format, we are very much looking forward to meeting everyone again soon. Registration is still possible here. We also had two very successful WPA Regional Congresses in Russia and Ukraine that were held in a unique hybrid format.
The new Executive Committee and Zonal Board has met several times over the past months to discuss a number of ongoing topics and activities. Groups have also been selected to the review of the WPA Position Statements. Once these documents have been updated, they will be available on the WPA website. We have also been strengthening our relationships with the Collaborating Centres (CC) to knowledge share and support their work. As such, we have now created a dedicated page on the WPA website so that others can gain insight into their work and potentially some inspiration for their own projects. Content will be added here as and when we receive it.
The WPA Educational Portal team have continued to develop the platform further by adding fresh content and hosting our own and co—owned webinars. With this tool, we not only facilitate further education in psychiatry but also that it will encourage and inspire learning among colleagues and trainees around the world. If you haven’t done so already, I encourage you to take a look at the wealth of resources that are available to you – click here.
As COVID-19 has shown us that we can achieve a lot with our online tools, we have been focusing a lot of energy in this area. Not only have we completed a restructure of our WPA website’s navigation, we have also brought to life our social media channels with regular postings regarding our news, congresses and meetings. As touched on above, we have also embraced the world of webinars, working with both our members and third-party associations, institutions and companies, we are in the process of setting up and running a number or free and paid online educational activities. These include, a mental health care course (in collaboration with NCD), a new ICD-11 course, a yoga in mental health course, psychiatric rehabilitation course and an early intervention course. We are also looking into a genetics and suicide prevention courses. Keep an eye on this page for any details of upcoming courses.
Finally, we have also been working on an exciting film project where we have been interviewing the members of the Executive Committee as well as past WPA Presidents. Subscribe to our news page and YouTube channel to make sure you do not miss them as we publish them.
As we enter the third quarter of 2021, I am very proud of WPA’s strong adaptability, energy and creativity shown in dealing with such difficult situations. Together with all of you, I look forward with confidence, convinced that we will be able to transform new challenges into opportunities. Thank you all for the ongoing support you provide us in return.
Best wishes,
Afzal
Prof. Afzal Javed
WPA President
Scroll down to read ALL the latest WPA news or use the links below to jump straight to items that interest you most. Please note that the links may not work on some mobile phone or tablet devices.
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Updates from the Executive Committee
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Update from the President Elect
Prof. Danuta Wasserman (President Elect) gives an update on the Action Plan of the President-Elect, 2023 – 2026. Read the full story here.
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Update from the Secretary of Scientific Meetings
Prof. Edmond H. Pi, M.D., Secretary for Scientific Meetings provides an update on the Scientific Committee here.
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Update from the Secretary for Scientific Sections
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas G. Schulze, (Secretary for Sections) gives an update on the Sections. Read the full story here.
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Update from the Secretary for Scientific Publications
Prof. Michel Botbol, (Secretary for Scientific Publications) provides Activity Report from the Secretary for Scientific Publications. Read the full story here.
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15th Suzdal School of Young Psychiatrists of Russia
Prof. Petr V. Morozov, Secretary General and Editor of WPA's new eNewsletter, reports on the 15th Suzdal School of Young Psychiatrists of Russia that recently took place. Read the full story here.
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Reminders from the Secretariat's Office
The Secretariat Office is currently sending out reminders for the payment of the WPA membership fees. Please ensure a timely payment of your WPA membership fees invoice. If you have not received your invoice yet, please contact the Secretariat's Office here.
We would also like to ask the member societies to ensure we have the their latest contact information. Please email us here if there any changes to your details.
Thank you in advance,
Your Secretariat Team
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Update on the 2020-2023 Action Plan
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Marco O. Bertelli, chair of the WPA WG on ASD with the collaboration of all members of the Working Group on Defining and Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder give an update on their work and activities so far this year. Read more here.
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Working Group members from the Working Group Child and Adolescent Psychiatry highlight their work so far this year. Read more here.
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Working Group members provides an update on the Working Group on Digitalisation in Mental Health Care. Read more here.
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The Working Groups on Dealing with Learning Disabilities has been working closely with the Section on Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability and have provided a combined update on all of their activities. Read more here.
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Read more about all the different activities the Working Groups on Medical Students have been doing here.
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The Working Group on Public Mental Health have provided an activity report here.
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The Working Group on Volunteering has summarised their activities as well as a successful pilot project they have been working on in Mexico here.
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And finally, the Working Group on Implementing Alternatives to Coercion has summarised their activities here.
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Updates from WPA Components
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Updates from WPA Zonal Representatives
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Thelma Sanchez-Villanueva, our Zone 3 Representative gives an update regarding the activities from their Zone Read more here.
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As representative from Zone 5, Prof. Santiago A. Levín, highlights the news from the Southern South America zone. Read more here.
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Prof. Jana Chihai and Prof. Esanu Andrei, our Zone 10 Representative give an update on the International Congress - 2nd Edition - Mental Health in this Challenging World, that took place in Moldova earlier this year. Read more here.
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Updates from WPA Collaborating Centres
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The Collaborating Centre - Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation
Daniel Mamah and David Ndetei summarise the collaboration between Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation and Washington University for the project "Clinical and Biomarker-Based Trajectories of Psychosis-Risk Populations in Kenya". Read more here.
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Prof. Helen Herrman, WPA Past President 2017-2020 speaks about the continuity and progress in the World Psychiatric Association’s work . Read more here.
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Mario Maj summarises why the World Psychiatry Journal is still the no. 1 psychiatric journal in the world. Read more here.
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Updates from WPA Member Societies
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The Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy gives and update regarding their annual congress which celebrated 125 years of SSPP. Read more here.
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Dr Adrian James gives an update from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Read more here.
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The Indian Psychiatric Society summarises their latest activities, with the highlight of the WPA IPS National Mid-term CME 2021. Read more here.
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Update from the Psychiatric Association of Turkey talks about the support provided to the public and psychiatrists in the disaster area during the recent wildfires in Turkey. Read more here.
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Updates from WPA Sections
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The Section Art and Psychiatry provides a summary of their activities here.
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The Section on Education and the Section on Early Career Psychiatrists provide a combined update on the recent survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Early Career Psychiatrists. Read more here.
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The Section for Evolutionary Psychiatry is pleased to announce their programme of free webinars which will take place bi-monthly via the Zoom platform starting November 2021. Read more here.
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The Section HIV / AIDS Psychiatry highlights their recent work as well as the synergies between the COVID-19 pandemic and the HIV pandemic. Read more here.
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The Section on Early Career Psychiatrists has summarised their activities in their very own newsletter. Read more here.
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The Section Stigma of Mental Disorders has posted an update bibliography of member publications on its WPA webpage. Read more here.
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The Section Genetics in Psychiatry talks about WPA's participation in the upcoming study that will look into whether pharmacogenetic testing revolutionise treatment in psychiatry? Read more here.
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The Section on Mental Health Economics is opening the call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop: “Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Services, Economics, Policy Research". Read more here.
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The Section on Old Age Psychiatry talks about a collaborative project between themselves and the International Psychogeriatric Association. Read more here.
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The Section on Psychiatry Medicine and Primary Care gives an update on recent developments for their Section. Read more here.
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The Section Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry summarises its three main objectives here.
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The Section on Transcultural Psychiatry is pleased to inform you about their upcoming webinar on "COVID-19 and mental health - international perspectives" this month. Read more here.
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Updates from WPA Affiliated Associations
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The Asian Federation of Psychiatric Association (AFPA):
- Talk about the Research being carried out on the Asian psychotropic prescription patterns - read more here
- Introduces the "Bulletin" the newsletter of the AFPA. It has been published regularly since the summer 2014, to facilitate the exchanges of information among the APFA member societies. Read more here.
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We were happy to receive five recommended readings from valued members. These include:
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On Thursday 28th October at 7pm HKT, the WPA will be hosting a free webinar on ‘Rethinking and experience sharing on Psychiatric Rehabilitation’. Read more here or download the course flyer here.
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WPA and Global Mental Health Academy have jointly sponsored the new ICD-11 Diagnostic Guidelines for Mental, Behavioural or Neurodevelopmental Disorders online course. The course will run from the 8 November – 29 November 2021 in four weekly sessions. Read more here.
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WPA is excited to present a Certified Comprehensive Online Educational Course on Yoga in Mental Health. It will be a two part course:
Part 1 - One day Online Orientation Programme (Free) - 9th October 2021 or 6th November 2021 (Participation is mandatory before applying for Certificate Course
Part 2 - Certificate Course
27th November 2021 to 18th December 2021 (Four weekly sessions). Read more here.
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WPA will be offering a series of webinars on Early Intervention services for Psychosis. These include:
Webinar 1 – Early Intervention in Psychosis – A Global Perspective - 5th November 2021,
14:00-15:30 CET (Free)
Webinar 2 – In collaboration with NIHR - Early Intervention in Low Resource Settings – Findings from the WIC (Warwick, India, Canada) Project 10th December 2021, 13:00-15:00 GMT
Read more here.
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Here you will find an insightful list of resources to help guide your response to the mental health challenges our communities are faced with as we deal with COVID-19. All of these papers were published in World Psychiatry, the official journal of the WPA COVID-19 Papers in World Psychiatry Journal. View the list here.
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WPA and BJPsych Advances, The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Continuing Professional Development (CPD) journal for consultant psychiatrists, are delighted to announce a new collaboration aiming to assist psychiatric trainees and early career psychiatrists to develop their writing skills. Read more about it here.
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The 21st World Congress of Psychiatry will take place this month from the 18th - 21st October. With 150 session and over 350 speakers over 4 days, it is set to be an amazing and insightful event. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all there. Don't forget to register here.
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