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WPA Launches 2025 Medical Student Essay Competition: Reducing Inequalities and Promoting Inclusion to Improve Mental Health

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

A Commitment to Global Mental Health This annual competition underscores the WPAs dedication to addressing global mental health challenges through collaboration with the United Nations and fostering the next generation of medical professionals committed to equity and inclusion.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. In 2023 there was little change in most countries average scores, but 35.8% The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report.

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New Year’s Greetings 2025

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

Danuta Wasserman As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a year of resilience, collaboration, and renewed commitments to addressing global mental health challenges, guided by the EDIT principles -Equality, Development, Inclusivity, and Transcultural awareness. On behalf of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) President, Prof.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

Even more concerning is the potential for this trend to be exported to non-Western cultures, as has happened with the diagnostic model under the much-criticised Movement for Global Mental Health. Mad World: the politics of mental health. Morgan, A (2023) Power, Threat, Meaning Framework: A Philosophical Critique.