Welcome to the 21st WCP Virtual Congress Program Scheduling

This Intersectional Symposium entitled “Intersectional Symposium on the Historical, Philosophical and Anthropological Framework of Diagnosis in Psychiatry” is organized collaboratively between the WPA Section on Classification, Diagnostic Assessments and Nomenclature and the WPA Section on Philosophy and Humanities in Psychiatry. Presenters are officials of the corresponding Sections (Prof. Werdie Van Staden, WPA Section on Philosophy and Humanities in Psychiatry and Prof. Juan Mezzich and Prof. Lourdes Corado, WPA Section on Classification). This symposium will address crucial issues in psychiatric classification and diagnosis. Juan Mezzich will present a historical overview and analysis of the development of psychiatric classification and diagnosis, with a focus on the latest conceptualization of disease cantered vs. person-centered diagnosis. Lourdes Corado’s paper will address the anthropological and cultural contexts of psychiatric diagnosis. Werdie van Staden will present a critical analysis of several causal definitions adopted in current psychiatric classifications (ICD & DSM) and propose potential solutions to identified contradictions.