Welcome to the 21st WCP Virtual Congress Program Scheduling

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Filter - Live Sessions: Plenary / Presidential Session   |   Courses   |  Special Sessions  |  Presidential Forum  |  Spanish Language Sessions |  State of the Art Sessions  |  Interorganizational Symposia  |  Original Sessions | Panel Discussions | Thematic Sessions

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65 Sessions
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Hall A

Meet the Fellows
Session Type
Meet the Fellows
Date
10/17/2021
Session Time
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Room
Hall A
Session Type
Course
Date
10/17/2021
Session Time
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Room
Hall A
Focus Session - Priorities of Psychiatry
Session Type
Focus Session - Priorities of Psychiatry
Date
10/18/2021
Session Time
12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Michel Botbol (France)
Plenary / Presidential Symposium
Session Type
Plenary / Presidential Symposium
Date
10/19/2021
Session Time
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Afzal Javed (United Kingdom)
State of the Art Session
Session Type
State of the Art Session
Date
10/20/2021
Session Time
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Kerim M. Munir (United States of America)
Session Description
People with DSM-5 intellectual disabilities/intellectual developmental disorders (ID/IDD) or ICD-11 disorders of intellectual development (DID) have multiple unmet healthcare and mental health needs that are either unrecognized or managed ineffectively. The overarching goal of the WPA Working Group on IDD is to develop a balanced framework for addressing global mental health priorities for persons with IDD with a focus on preventing the impact of stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion, especially in low-resource contexts worldwide. The presentations will highlight three major themes: 1) severe underestimation of prevalence and burden of mental disorder in persons with IDD with an example of Mexico and Latin America, akin to other low-resource settings, where the situation represents a “perfect storm” of population growth with gains in childhood survival accompanied with increasing disparities in the index of poverty, low workforce and inadequate psychiatric training (Katz); 2) the newly established WHO Rehabilitation 2030 process for the development of Package of Interventions on Rehabilitation (PIR) for IDD can be integrated as a basis for disseminating knowledge and trainee skill sets (Roy), and 3) the Global Framework for Action Report will explore global examples of effective awareness building, family and community supports, service access, and promotion of high-quality research and regional networks (Munir). The mental health systems need to adequately engage representative groups of persons with IDD whose care can no longer be delivered based on one-size-fits-all assumptions that have gone untested and undervalued, with a need to leverage available resources for the implementation of evidence-based cost-effective services.
Special Sessions
Session Type
Special Sessions
Date
10/20/2021
Session Time
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Linda C. Lam (Hong Kong PRC)
Session Description
Since 2020, COVID pandemic has created unprecedented impact on World’s mental health. COVID infection has been associated with increased risks of psychiatric and neurological complications, even after resolution of viral infection. The policies to prevent uncontrollable disease spread has far reaching psychosocial consequences. With variations in community COVID spread, government policies on infection control and background social economic atmosphere, the WPA collaborating centers will share their views from the unique situations in their region. We hope that a collective wisdom will help to unfold the roadmap for preparation of mental health interventions in the post-COVID era.
Panel Discussions
Session Type
Panel Discussions
Date
10/21/2021
Session Time
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Norman Sartorius (Switzerland)
  • Helen Herrman (Australia)
  • Afzal Javed (United Kingdom)
State of the Art Session
Session Type
State of the Art Session
Date
10/21/2021
Session Time
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Thomas Wenzel (Austria)
Session Description
Introduction: Human Rights play an increasingly important role also in mental health, though most health care workers including those active in mental health are often not aware of relevant challenges, solutions, and standards. Methodology: The symposium will give a state-of-the-art overview of the relevant standards and examples for their use in practical situations. Relevant areas in mental health care include that of equality of access to health, the protection, and support of survivors of severe human rights violations, issues of gender and LGBT-related challenges, situations where persons have been deprived of liberty including prisons, pretrial detention, and refugee camps, and of research ethics under repressive regimes. Special factors such as the present COVID pandemic will be considered in regard to their impact on the above situations. Special considerations will be given to the practical implication of UN and WMA standards, and of programs to implement them. Summary: the symposium will bring important information on standards all Psychiatrists might face in their practical work but are frequently underrepresented in medical curricula and CME programs.
Interorganizational Session
Session Type
Interorganizational Session
Date
10/21/2021
Session Time
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Room
Hall A
Chair(s)
  • Petr V. Morozov (Russian Federation)

Hall B

Session Type
Course
Date
10/17/2021
Session Time
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Room
Hall B
Interorganizational Session
Session Type
Interorganizational Session
Date
10/18/2021
Session Time
12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Room
Hall B
Chair(s)
  • Afzal Javed (United Kingdom)
Focus Session - Priorities of Psychiatry
Session Type
Focus Session - Priorities of Psychiatry
Date
10/18/2021
Session Time
02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Room
Hall B