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

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

Eligibility and Global Participation The WPA welcomes medical students from all over the world to participate in this competition. It is an excellent opportunity for aspiring healthcare professionals to contribute to the global conversation on mental health and social equity, shaping policies and practices that can drive real change.

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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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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.