WPA NEWS July 2017 General Matters of WPA (Including Regional, International and World Congress Announcements)

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Message from the Secretary General Message from the President Dear Colleagues and Friends, Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Happy to come back to This is my penultimate message to you all as my you again! We had a very term draws to a close. fruitful period of activi- Dinesh Bhugra ties during the last three Following the successful launch of Bill of Rights months. The major event for Individuals with mental illness, a Bill of Rights for children and young people was also launched. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil during the period was the WPA Position Statements on WPA Inter Zonal Con- I am delighted to report that it is being circulated. Homelessness and and gress at Vilnius, Lithuania 3-6 May 2017. Theme: Please get your Association/Organisation to sup- Mental Health Mental Health in the Work port both the Bills of Rights. These are available are ready and will be available shortly on “Changing Society, Changing Psychiatry and Chang- Place on WPA website. A Bill of Rights for individuals the WPA website. Please look out for these on the ing Self”. Nearly 500 psychiatrists from 40 countries with intellectual disability is under preparation. WPA website. attended. WPA President Dinesh Bhugra presided. Part of the Congress was held in the Lithuanian A survey of discrimination has been completed in Following two successful round table meetings Parliament. Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga Commonwealth countries and will be launched on violent radicalisation (hosted by the WPA Col- and EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis spoke on the 3rd World Mind Matters Day on 4th laborating Centre in London) and another one on at the Congress. Hearty congratulations to Alvydas September 2017. Details of the international dis- early Interventions in Psychiatry (hosted by Hong Navickas and his committed team! The WPA Plan- crimination survey were published in a special Kong College of Psychiatrists) the papers from the ning Committee met at Florence, Italy on March issue of International Review of Psychiatry volume former are being edited for a special edition of 31-April 1 chaired by WPA President-Elect Helen 28(4). The contents are available online. International Review of Psychiatry. A very successful Herrman and discussed changes in WPA Statutes Round Table on Migrant Mental Health in Europe and By-Laws. My second visit to the WPA Secretar- WPA-Lancet commission on Psychiatry report is was held in Oslo, Norway in March. iat, Geneva took place on April 8 and 9, 2017. We complete. Copies of the report will be available in The work on setting up Diploma in Psychologi- had useful planning on the arrangements for WPA the World Congress in Berlin in October 2017. cal Medicine in collaboration with University of Berlin Congress and discussions with Andrea and Melbourne aimed at psychiatrists continues apace Steffi of CPO Hanser. Updates on our website and and we hope to launch it later this year. We are also changing our old server to an offsite solution were working on the Diploma for non-psychiatrists. also discussed. We are continuing to look for examples of good The biggest event of the triennium is the World Con- clinical practice around the world so that we can gress of Psychiatry, October 8-12, 2017. Under the learn from each other. Please keep them com- overall theme “Psychiatry of the 21st Century: ing. Please check the website regularly and get Context, Controversies and Commitment”. Visit involved. I look forward to seeing you all in the www.wpaberlin2017.com. WPA has a strong pres- World Congress in Berlin. ence in the social media now. Links to all social I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate media accounts are incorporated in our website. Our Chapel Bridge: The Chapel Bridge is a 204 meter (670 Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/wpa- foot) long bridge crossing the Reuss River in the city Prof Mario Maj for his stellar contribution to mak- net/. Please visit our newly designed website www. of Lucerne. It is the oldest wooden covered bridge in ing World Psychiatry number 1 journal in the world. Europe, and one of main tourist attractions in Switzer- wpanet.org and kindly send us your valuable com- land. The covered bridge, constructed in 1333, was de- Best wishes, ments. signed to help protect the city of Lucerne from attacks. Inside the bridge are a series of paintings from the 17th Dinesh Bhugra, CBE Roy Abraham Kallivayalil century, depicting events from Luzerne’s history. Much of the bridge, and the majority of these paintings, were President Secretary General destroyed in a fire in 1993, though it was quickly rebuilt. World Psychiatric Association World Psychiatric Association

WPA NEWS july 2017 General matters of WPA (including Regional, International and World Congress announcements)

WPA Inter Zonal Congress: Vilnius, Lithuania, 3-6 May 2017

Theme: “Changing Society, Changing Psychiatry and Changing Self”. Five hundred psychiatrists and other mental health professionals from more than 40 countries attended. In particular, we need to extend our thanks to Prof. Dinesh Bhugra, the WPA President, whose help in all aspects was invaluable. For their help, encouragement, active participation and input, we would also like to thank WPA President-Elect Prof. Helen Herrman, Prof. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Prof. Masatoshi Takeda, Prof. Afzal Javed, Prof. Michelle Riba and Prof. Edgard Belford. Opening of WPA Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania. WPA President Dinesh Bhugra, Lithuania Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, and WPA Presi- dent-Elect Helen Herrman are seen in the front row.

Hsin-tung Pi, Silvia Gaviria, Michel Botbol, Jyrki Korkeila, Petr Morozov, Nahla Nagy, David M. Ndetei, Min-Soo Lee, and others. Many thanks for Past Presidents of APA Prof. John Oldham and Prof. Paul Summergrad, who also gave lectures in the Congress. Special thanks are due to Prof. Norman Sartorius who organized the Course for Early Career Psychiatrists and to the Nordic Psychi- atric Association Joint Committee for their active participation.

WPA Congress Vilnius: WPA President Dinesh Bhugra, EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, and Lithuania Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga on the dais.

For their participation in the Congress, and even more so for the invitation to hold part of the Congress in the Lithuanian Parlia- ment, special thanks are also due to the Lithuanian Seimas (Par - liament), together with the Chair of the Committee of Health Agnė Širinskienė and Minister of Health of Lithuania Aurelijus Veryga. As a result, many mental health issues have been brought WPA EC meeting at Vilnius Congress. Seen from left to right are: to politicians’ attention and they have been motivated to continue Edgard Belfort, Francesca Sotgiu, Michelle Riba, Afzal Javed, Dinesh to better understand which direction to carry out mental health Bhugra (WPA President), Alvydas Navickas, Helen Herrman, Roy care in Lithuania. We are very grateful to the European Union Abraham Kallivayalil, Masatoshi Takeda, and Beatrice Telschow. Health & Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis who gave a plenary lecture about mental health in the European Un- We have gained new and useful knowledge that will have a posi- ion together with the Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga, WPA tive impact on the evolution of Psychiatry in Lithuania and are President-Elect Prof. Helen Herrman and WPA Secretary General sure the Congress will serve to assist the changing of the negative Prof. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil. public opinion towards mental health problems in the country. We are very grateful to Prof. Sam Tyano and Prof. Tsuyoshi Akiy - ama for their very active participation and comprehensive help. Alvydas Navickas We thank Zonal Representatives Donna E. Stewart, Edmond President, Lithuanian Psychiatric Association

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To WPA Member Societies 29 June 2017

Dear Colleague, sembly on the morning of 10 October 2017 dur- rather than present them for the first time at ing the World Congress of Psychiatry in Berlin. the meeting. I look forward to our discussion Amendments to WPA We have already sent you a copy of the pro- in October. Statutes and By-Laws posed amendments in the document entitled I am writing to you in “Synopsis” and an Explanatory Memorandum With best wishes, my capacity as Chair- giving further details on each amendment. Helen Herrman person of the WPA Plan- Prof. Helen Herrman ning Committee. The Planning Committee has Could I ask you, or your relevant Committee, Chair, WPA Standing Committee on Planning been meeting over the last three years and has to look through these proposed amendments and WPA President-Elect undertaken a thorough review of the WPA Stat- and to send any comments by September 15th utes and By-Laws. A number of amendments at the latest. Your comments should be sent to: NB: If you have not received a copy of the pro- have been prepared by the Planning Committee [email protected]. We shall compile posed amendments and the explanatory mem- and approved by the WPA Executive Commit- the comments received and table them at the orandum, please write to tee. We hope the changes will modernise and Extraordinary General Assembly. In order to [email protected] for a copy. streamline the WPA while being cost-effective. facilitate discussion and the duration of the These amendments will be presented for dis- meeting we would ask you kindly to send cussion at the WPA Extraordinary General As- your comments in advance by the deadline

From the Secretary for the world will give plenary lectures, includ- pital RWTH Aachen, Germany), Sir Michael ing Dinesh Bhugra (WPA President, London, Marmot (UCL Institute of Health Equity, Lon- Scientific Meetings UK), Helen Herrman (Co-Chair and WPA don, UK), Peter Lehmann (BOP&P e. V.), and President-Elect, Australia), Fabrizio Benedetti Hilkka Kärkkäinen (GAMIAN Europe). Final Programme (University of Turin, Italy), Prabha Chandra of the WPA XVII (National Institute of Mental Health and Neu- Interesting scientific site visit programmes World Congress of rosciences, India), Richard Sennett (New York are arranged in pre- and during Congress: Psychiatry is now University, USA), Wolfgang Gaebel (LVR- Visit to Munich (6-8 October) (Psychiatric uploaded Klinikum, Heinrich-Heine-University Düssel- Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians Univer- dorf, Germany), Stephen Scott (Kings College sity (LMU) with lectures by Prof. Dr. Peter Masatoshi Takeda There are only 100 days London, UK), Sir Michael Meaney (The Doug- Falkai, Prof. Dr. Oliver Pogarell, and Dr. until the XVII World las Hospital Research Centre, Canada), Ed- Robert Perneczky); visit to Heidelberg (6-8 Congress of Psychiatry at Messe Berlin, Ger- ilma Yearwood (Georgetown University, USA), October) will be at the University Hospital many, 8–12 October 2017, the most important Andreas Heinz (Charité University Medicine Heidelberg with lectures by Professor Her- event of WPA. Berlin, Germany), Linda C. W. Lam (The Chi- pertz, Professor Fuchs, and Dr. Rotzoll. Dur- nese University of Hong Kong), Jair de Jesus ing the Congress, you may visit the Medical The 17th World Congress will be hosted by the Mari (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil), Historical Museum at the Charité in Berlin German Association for Psychiatry, Psycho- Driss Moussaoui (Honorary Fellow, WPA, Mo- (11 October), and to the Topography of Ter- therapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) under rocco), Anand Satyanand (Former Governor ror and T4 Memorial in Berlin (12 October). the theme of “Psychiatry of the 21st Century: General of New Zealand), Martin Bohus (Cen- Context, Controversies and Commitment” tral Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Masatoshi Takeda, MD, PhD in which renowned speakers from all over Germany), Frank Schneider (University Hos- WPA Secretary for Scientific Meetings

3 From the Secretary for been a noticeable increase in the number of We are preparing a schedule of Sections busi- WPA co-sponsored meetings, joint intersec- ness meetings at Berlin and hope many of our Scientific Sections tional activities and other related intersection- Sections’ proposals will be accepted for the al accomplishments. Sections’ participation WPA Berlin Congress. Scientific Sections are in the recently held WPA Inter Zonal meeting continuously involved at Vilnius, Lithuania, and in the 5th Congress We are optimistic for keeping an on-going en- in different activities on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology and thusiasm of Sections’ leadership for their fu- related to promotion Treatment in Thessaloniki, Greece has been and dissemination of ture work especially looking at further contri- scientific knowledge outstanding. The Sections have also organ- butions to the excellence of scientific knowl- ized training workshops, round table discus- edge and the development of advanced and Afzal Javed around the globe. We are now a family of 72 sions and educational activities in different pioneering approaches in psychiatric practice. Sections and there is still an interest in having meetings along with producing position state- more to cover other scientific sub-specialties. ments and discussion documents on impor- Afzal Javed During the first half of this year, there has tant topics that correspond to their expertise. WPA Secretary for Scientific Sections

WPA SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS AND JOURNALS WPA Secretary for Scientific Publications, Michelle B. Riba, [email protected]

From the Secretary for Scientific Publications

We are coming to the end of a very exciting Elkholy, Michelle Riba, Felipe Picon, psychiatric journals in the world. Dr. Maj triennium, under the leadership of Professor Peter Tyrer, Rajiv Radhakrishnan will be will be addressing the General Assembly in Dinesh Bhugra. The WPA Scientific presenting on ECPs Section Workshop on Berlin in October 2017 where we will receive Publications Committee has been quite Academic Publishing. Under the leadership an update and the latest figures regarding the active in working with Secretary General Roy of Christopher Szabo and Prabha Chandra journal’s impact factor. We will also have the Abraham Kallivayalil to uploading open- and with Peter Tyrer, Dusica Lecic-Tosevski, opportunity to thank Dr. Maj for his ongoing access journals to the WPA Webpage and we Joao Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia and scientific work and excellence on behalf of continue to add journals from throughout Reinhard Heun, there will be a scientific the World Psychiatric Association. the world, including recent submissions presentation on “Overcoming the Problems Professor Juan Mezzich has edited an from Professor Juan Maass from Chile. of Publication”. These two presentations extraordinary book on Person Centered will be wonderful opportunities to discuss Psychiatry, published by Springer, and this is Members of the WPA Scientific Publications a range of aspects regarding publications – being reviewed for World Psychiatric News. Operational Committee include Co-chair obstacles and challenges, as well as ways to Hopefully this book will be available for Dusica Lecic Tosevski; Reinhard Heun, be successful. purchase in the next several weeks, at the Peter Tyrer, Christopher Szabo, Alfredo Cia, APA meeting in San Diego. Prabha Chandra, Joao Mauricio Castaldelli- We continue to appreciate the work of Maia. It has been a privilege to serve with Professor Alfredo Cia in his development and We have a new WPA book coming out such an outstanding group of dedicated organization of the WPA Ibero-American published by Springer, Physician Mental colleagues and we look forward to fulfilling Library, and for his commitment and Health and Well-Being: Research and our goals over the next several months. dedication to this important repository for Practice, Michel eds. Kirk Brower, MD and Spanish-language scientific texts, supported Michelle Riba, M.D. This book will be part We have tried to hold presentations at by the WPA. of the Primary Care Series, series editors various WPA regional meetings to help Dinesh Bhugra and Michelle Riba. young psychiatrists better understand how Our journal, World Psychiatry, under the to get published. In Berlin at the WPA XVII direction of editor in chief, Mario Maj, M.D., Michelle Riba, M.D., M.S. World Congress of Psychiatry, Hussien Ph.D. continues to be one of the leading WPA Secretary for Scientific Publications

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From the Secretary for Education

I am pleased to report Hospital Vall d’ Hebron, the University of (WADD) & V International Congress of the that the proposal of the Barcelona (Spain), and the World Psychiatric Spanish Society of Dual Disorders (SEPD) Secretary for Education Association accreditation. It will be in Eng- on March 23-26, 2017. Madrid, Spain. “So- of the World Psychiatric lish and will start this next July. A first group cio-demographic considerations of substance Association, the WPA of 20 professionals is proposed. We look for- abuse in child population in Latin America”. Executive Committee ward to receiving the proposals of more can- Results: Excellent. No cost for WPA. and its President, to cre- didates from other WPA components and Edgard Belfort ate the Task Force to societies, to start the next group. We hope EDUCATIONAL FORUM: Child Violence study and lay down the this activity will be of great academic value. in the Latin American Context. Central principles and priorities for a framework for American Psychiatry Association Congress training psychiatrists has been finalized. It Finally, I would like to express my grateful- (ACCAP), April 5th to 7th, 2017, San Pedro will be published and sent to scientific soci- ness to my colleagues, members of the Ex- Sula, Honduras. Collaborators: Edgard Bel- eties. The work has been developed by the ecutive Committee, the Operational Com- fort (Venezuela) WPA Secretary for Educa- WPA Operational Committee on Education mittee on Education, and to each member tion, Pedro Ruiz (USA) WPA Past President, which met several times in different places of the various WPA components, for the op- Virginia Rosabal (Costa Rica) WPA Zone and events as Madrid (Spain), Cape Town portunity and support given to fully serve our 3, Silvia Gaviria (Colombia) WPA Zone 4, (South Africa), Cuenca (Ecuador) and Vil- WPA institution. Freedy Pagnussat (Uruguay) Collaborator. nius (Lithuania), with the logistic support of Results: Excellent. No cost for WPA. the Foundation “Juan José López-Ibor”. MEETING OF THE OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE AND THE TASK FORCE DECLARATION DOCUMENT: Declara- The summary of the interim report of the ON EDUCATION: Attendants: Edgard tion of San Pedro Sula. Honduras: Violence World Wide Survey of Training Needs and Belfort (Venezuela), Maria Ines López Ibor in Children and Adolescents in the Latin provisions of Psychiatrists, Task Force of Ba- (Spain), Pedro Ruiz (USA), Michel Botbol American context. Signed by the presidents sic Core Curriculum of Psychiatrists to iden- (France), Silvia Gaviria (Colombia), Marc of the Psychiatric Societies of Central Amer- tify the duration, the range, and the types Herman (Belgium), Virginia Rosabal (Costa ica and the Caribbean. of psychiatric training in different countries Rica), Freedy Pagnussat (Uruguay), Fran- of different levels of income reported by na- cisco Collazo (Spain), Constantin Soldatos EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: WPA Inter tional societies of psychiatry, members of the (Greece), Bulent Coskun (Turkey). March Zonal Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania. Dates: World Psychiatric Association (WPA), will 20-21, 2017. Madrid, Spain. May 3-6, 2017. APA-WPA International Lead- be published in our regular communication Results: Excellent work group in the final ership in Psychiatry. APA Annual Meeting networks. I take advantage of these lines, to structure of the document. Thanks to each 2017. San Diego, California, EE.UU. Marriot thank all member societies for their answers. of the participants for supporting their own Marquis Hotel. travel ticket and to López-Ibor Foundation In addition, we are very happy to report that for their collaboration in the logistics of the ACCREDITATION: was given to several we have received the proposals for a new on- meeting and hosting the team. line course: “Cultural Competence in Mental events. Health and Addictions: Working with Cultur- EDUCATIONAL SESSION: WPA Zonal ally Different People”, in close collaboration Representatives at the World Congress of Edgard Belfort between the Psychiatric Service University the World Association of Dual Disorders WPA Secretary for Education

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5 Global action plan on mentia; improving diagnosis, treatment and intervention guide and global agenda for de- the public health care for people with dementia; supporting mentia research prioritisation. response to dementia dementia carers; enhancing information systems for dementia and fostering demen- The action plan recognises that Member 2017-2025 tia research and innovation. States, WHO and relevant partners will have to work collaboratively to ensure a Tarun Dua and Shekhar Saxena * The dementia global action plan sets out comprehensive public health response to The World Health Assembly in May 2017 clear actions for Member States, the Sec- dementia. Much of the action will need to adopted the global action plan on the pub- retariat and partners at the international, take place within countries, especially in lic health response to dementia 2017-2025 regional and national levels, and proposes low- and middle-income countries where http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ key indicators and global targets that can the majority of people with dementia live. releases/2017/dementia-immunization-ref- uguees/en/. World Health Assembly consists of ministers of health of all 194 member states of WHO and is the highest global decision making body in the area of health.

The plan envisions “a world in which dementia is prevented and people with dementia and their carers live well and receive the care and support they need to fulfil their potential with dignity, respect, autonomy and equality”. The dementia action plan specifically highlights the importance of protecting and promoting human rights and WHO Global Dementia team at the Seventieth World Health Assembly. Seen left to right: Katrin Seeher, Tarun Dua, Tania Dussey-Cavassini, Swiss Ambassador for Global Health, Shekhar Sax- providing community-based care and sup- ena, Neerja Chowdhary, Saskia Sivananthan, and Kevin Ramseur. port. The plan emphasizes the need for a multisectoral response to dementia, align- ment of dementia actions with those for be used to evaluate overall levels of imple- Each Member State faces specific challeng- mental health, noncommunicable diseases, mentation, progress and impact. To move es in implementing the action areas iden- ageing and disability, and balance between the dementia agenda forward, WHO is de- tified above and therefore the action plan dementia prevention, cure and care. veloping practical tools for Member States suggests a range of proposed actions that aligning with each of the seven action ar- each Member State will need to adapt to the “To achieve the goal of improving the lives eas. These tools include: the WHO Global national context. WHO will provide techni- of people with dementia, their families and cal assistance to Member States in line with Dementia Observatory, which will be also carers, while decreasing the impact of de- their individual needs and work closely with used to monitor the progress of the action international and national partners, includ- mentia on communities and countries”, the plan implementation; WHO dementia risk ing professional associations, to implement dementia global action plan lists actions reduction guidelines; the carer training the plan. in seven strategic areas: making dementia programme iSupport; guidance to enhance a public health priority; increasing demen- diagnosis and management of dementia in *Department of Mental Health and Sub- tia awareness and establishing a dementia- primary health care within WHO’s Mental stance Abuse, World Health Organization, friendly society; reducing the risk of de- Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Geneva, Switzerland

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Jules Angst is the the field of psychiatry. It bears the name of recipient of the Jean the first President of the WPA, and is award- Delay Prize 2017 ed to an individual who has made a major contribution in building bridges between

The WPA announces that Jules Angst, Emeri- biological, psychological and social aspects tus Professor at the Zürich University Psychiat- of psychiatry. ric Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, is the recipi- Prof. Angst will deliver a lecture at the Open- ent of the Jean Delay Prize 2017. ing Session of the 17th World Congress of

The Jean Delay Prize, awarded by the WPA Psychiatry, to be held in Berlin, Germany, every third year, is the most prestigious prize in from 8 to 12 October 2017.

Jean Delay Prize President of our Association. Jean Delay is to deliver a lecture at the XVII World Con- one of the most important psychiatrists of gress of Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany, 8-12 At the end of last century the Jean De- the 20th century, as he introduced chlor- October 2017. From the beginning, a gener- ous unrestricted grant from Servier made lay Prize was established to honor distin- promazine in the treatment of psychotic this award possible. guished colleagues that scholarly bridged disorders and described for the first time the biological, psychological and social sci- the antidepressant effect of isoniazide, both Past awardees ences underpinning our clinical profession in 1952. In fact, he was both a great scien- Mitsumoto Sato in 2014 and who veritably emblematized our high- tist and humanist. His eminent disciples Kenneth S. Kendler in 2011 est ethical aspirations. include Pierre Pichot, Pierre Denicker and Professor Hans-Jürgen Möller in 2008 Raymond Sadoun. Professor Otto Steenfeldt-Foss in 2005 The Jean Delay Prize is the most important Professor Hagop Akiskal in 2002 award of the WPA: it bears the name of Jean The Jean Delay Prize consists of a diplo- Professor David Goldberg in 1999 Delay, the President of the first World Con- ma, a medal and a check for the amount gress of Psychiatry (Paris, 1950) and the first of 40,000 Euros. The awardee is expected

The López Ibor Clinic: 50 ration techniques. He was years of history and ex- the first one to install an electroencephalograph in perience Spain, a Grass of four chan- nels. The second TAC and The López Ibor Clinic was founded in 1967. the first one exclusively for Led first by its founder, Professor Juan José the brain, was installed in López Ibor, then by his son, Professor Juan the López Ibor Clinic and José López-Ibor Aliño and at present by the Managing Board of the Clinic made up of afterwards a PET, a PET/ his four children and a sister. The building, CT and a Cyclotron were surrounded by gardens, is ideally located on installed. The first Brain a plot of more than two hectares, right next Mapping equipment in Eu- to Madrid’s ring road and is cataloged in the rope has also been installed in this Clinic. The WPA Secretariat and the office of the architectural guide of the College of Archi- It was the third or fourth place in the world President were once located at the López- tects of Madrid. that began with the systematic use of Lithi- Ibor Clinic. Today and for 50 years, the um, the first to use Clozapine, depot antip- López Ibor Clinic offers comprehensive psy- Juan José López Ibor was a convinced de- sychotics and it is one of the few institutions chiatric mental health care for out and day fender of the most up to date clinical explo- dedicated to Deep Brain Stimulation. patients. In the year 2005, López-Ibor cre-

7 ated the Juan José López-Ibor Foundation In 2007, the Regional Ministry of Health the López Ibor Clinic is a consolidated and (www.fundacionlopezibor.es) whose head- of the Community of Madrid awarded the steadily growing institution. quarters are located in the Clinic. The Foun- Silver Medal to the López Ibor Clinic for its Website: www.lopezibor.com dation is also the depositary of the López experience in the diagnosis and treatment Ibor library that has about thirty thousand of mental illness and in 2009 the Mayor of Prof. María Inés López-Ibor Alcocer volumes and publishes the journal “Actas Madrid decided to rename the street into and team Españolas de Psiquiatría” founded in 1940. Doctor Juan José López Ibor. Currently,

World Psychiatry - among psychiatric journals worldwide! This The journal is also now no. 1 in the overall No 1 Journal official Journal of WPA is the most wide- Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) cat- spread psychiatric Journal in the world egory. The new impact factor of World Psychiatry reaching more than 40,000 psychiatrists. is 26.561, consolidating its position as no. 1 Editor: Professor Mario Maj, Naples, Italy.

Upcoming WPA Major Scientific Congresses WPA Secretary for Scientific Meetings, Masatoshi Takeda, [email protected]

WPA WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY 8–12 October 2017 Berlin, Germany

This year’s congress highlight will be jointly hosted by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN). Meet renowned experts from the whole world and discuss the latest trends in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. You can look forward to a high-quality scientific programme that’s in a class of its own. National and international top experts will be at- tending the World Congress. Motif WCP 2017 Credit: sborisov/Fotolia Continuing education at the highest level At the WPA XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY you can keep your knowledge up to date and expand it. The practice-ori- Go on a discovery tour ented courses of the educational programme are designed to teach Besides a top-class scientific programme you can look forward to an subject-specific and interdisciplinary contents and to enhance prac- extensive variety of tours. These will include various tours of Ber- tical skills. You can choose from about 20 courses, each of which lin, e.g., through the Jewish quarter, Nikolai quarter or government will last about four hours. The courses will be based on the latest quarter. In addition, two pre-congress Scientific Visits are being scientific findings. Space is limited to a maximum of 30 partici- organised to Heidelberg and Munich. The offerings will also include pants. Both EACCME and CME certification is being applied for. visits in Berlin to the Museum of Medical History at the Charité, the Topography of Terror Documentation Centre and the Memorial for the The courses have an additional fee and can be booked when regis- Victims of National Socialist “Euthanasia” Killings. The tours have an tering for the congress. additional fee and can be booked when registering for the congress.

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Important travel information Julie Holzhausen, Scientific Secretariat An identity card is sufficient for participants from EU member coun- Phone: +49 30 240477218 tries. All other participants need a valid passport to enter the Euro- E-mail: [email protected] pean Union. Participants from some countries may require a visa.

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WPA Thematic Congress Melbourne February 25-28, 2018

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us at the World aim to face up to the challenges of innovation, novelty and reform Psychiatric Association’s Thematic Congress “Innovation in Psychi- to make psychiatry more relevant and effective for people with, and atry: Effective Interventions for Health and Society” in Melbourne. at risk of, mental illness around the world. Proposal Submission This first congress of the new WPA term will be different in both date extended to July 3. Website: http://wpamelbourne.kenes.com/ tone and ambition from international forums of recent years. We

WPA Berlin 2017: Young As part of the 17th World Congress of Psy - at www.wpanet.org or the Congress website. Fellowship Programme chiatry, Berlin, October 8-12, 2017, Young Hearty Congratulations to all the awardees! Awardees - Congratula- Fellowships have been instituted. This Welcoming you all to WCP Berlin once time a total of 222 Fellowships - the larg- again! Please visit www.wpaberlin2017.com tions! est ever have been awarded. Kindly see list for more details.

9 News from Zonal Representatives

ZONE 2 (UNITED STATES Anita Everett Begins Term as APA Presi- and has a core professional background in OF AMERICA) dent: The end of the 2017 APA Annual Public and Community Psychiatry. She has Meeting marks the beginning of the presi- emphasized that addressing access to qual- dential term for Anita Everett, M.D. During ity psychiatric care is a priority during her the Opening Session of the Annual Meet- presidency noting that “effective collabora- ing, she urged, “Keep the engagement go- tion with primary care physicians” can be ing, and don’t drop the connections you a remedy to increasing access. To see the make at the Annual Meeting. I encourage full list of global mental health sessions pre- each of you to take just one more step to sented in San Diego, search “Global Men- deepen your involvement with APA”. tal Health” at www.psychiatry.org. Anita Everett, M.D. APA President (2017-18) Dr. Everett is the Chief Medical Officer Edmond Hsin-tung Pi at the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental WPA Zonal Representative for Zone 2 Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (United States of America)

Zone 4 (Northern South America)

WPA Latin American Regional Meeting, Cuenca, Ecuador, 6th to 11th of February: This meeting was organized by the Ecua- dorian Association of Psychiatry and the WPA. Distinguished professors from different continents and well-known psychiatrists from Ecuador and other countries of the re- gion attended this event.

“International Congress for the 50 years of the Specialized Hospital”, San Juan de L to R: Freddy Pagnussat, Pedro Ruiz, Margarita Alegria, Edgard Belfort, Dios, “New Challenges in Mental Health”, and Sylvia Gaviria. Quito, Ecuador, February 21 to 23 of 2017: The religious order of “Los Hermanos de by psychiatrists and other mental health pro- Medellin”, Colombia, which will be held at San Juan de Dios”, Quito headquarters, or- fessionals interested in the subject of Dual CES University, on September 7-9, 2017 ganized a congress directed to psychiatrists, pathology. There was a notable participation psychologists and nurses. This event was of psychiatrists belonging to WPA Zone 4 Silvia Gaviria conceived from an integrative perspective in who developed different modalities of scien- WPA Zonal Representative for Zone 4 the mentally ill patient. tific activities. During this event, the World (Northern South America) Dual Pathology Association confirmed its World Congress of Dual Pathology, March support in order to develop “The First Latin 23-26, Madrid: This congress was attended American Congress of Dual Pathology in

10 WPA NEWS July 2017

Zone 7 (Northern From left to right, upper row: Elmars Ter- auds (Latvia), Martin Balslev Jorgensen Europe) (Nordic Journal of Psychiatry), Thorgun- nurArsaelsdottir (Iceland), Gudlaug Thor- The WPA Inter Zonal Congress was held steinsdottir (Iceland), Ola Marsten (Nor- with success in Vilnius, Lithuania from way), Jyrki Korkeila (Zone 7 Representa- tive), Sami Pirkola (Finland), Hans-Peter 3rd to 6th of May 2017. It was the first of Mofors (Sweden), Kaire Adamsoo (Estonia), its kind in Zone 7. Nordic Psychiatric Asso- Torsten Jacobsen (Denmark), Thomas Mid- ciations held their meeting at the congress. delboe (Denmark), Jan-Olav Johannesen The plans are proceeding well for the next (Norway), and Ramune Mazaliauskiene. Lower row, left to right: Elmars Rancans Nordic Congress to be held in Reykjavik Ice- (Latvia), Nina Lindberg (Finland), and An- land from the 13th to the 16th of June 2