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

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

World Psychiatric Association announces a Travel Award to attend the 25th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague, Czech Republic for the winner of its 2025 Medical Student Essay Competition The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has launched its eagerly awaited and hugely popular annual Medical Student Essay Competition , a WPA Presidential initiative supported by the United Nations Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals.

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Workplace interventions can improve healthcare workers’ mental health and reduce burnout

The Mental Elf

Olga Lainidi blogs a recent systematic review, which suggests that organisation-level interventions including job and task modifications, create the most benefit to reducing burnout and difficulty with mental health for healthcare workers in a variety of settings. The post Workplace interventions can improve healthcare workers’ mental health and reduce burnout appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Day # 160: Introduction to Substance Use Disorders

Bullet Psych

Addiction and substance use disorders (SUDs) are complex, chronic conditions that impact both brain function and behavior. This post provides an overview of key conceptsfrom definitions and diagnostic criteria to clinical features and management strategies. Today's Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate Introduction and Key Definitions 1 , 2 Various terms have been used over the years to refer to drug abuse: Substance use : The consumption of psychoactive substances.