FAMILY & CULTURE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2022

FAMILY & CULTURE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

Co-Chairs: Vincenzo Di Nicola and Riyadh Al-Baldawi

 

“Insider/Outsider Perspectives on Religious/Spiritual Beliefs

on Therapeutic Process”

Exploring therapeutic intersections with families whose spiritual/religious lived experiences

are at odds with professional formulations

 

Presenter: Anjali Joseph

Family Therapist, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Discussant: Charlotte Clous

Medical Anthropologist, The Netherlands

 There will be a short presentation to frame the issues, followed by a town hall discussion

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2022

11:00 AM-12:30 PM ET (New York time) – 17:00-18:30 PM CET  

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MqJkLpLRQBSe6L145YJN9g

Contact: secretary@waculturalpsy.org, vincenzodinicola@gmail.com, r.baldawi@orienthalsan.se

WACP Awards Ceremony

Saturday, September 17, 2022 @15:00, Rotterdam, World Trade Center

  1. Roberto Lewis-Fernández received the Wen-Shing Tseng Lifetime Award, in recognition of outstanding leadership and professional achievement in cultural psychiatry (introduced and awarded by Mario Braakman)
  2. Meryam Schouler-Ocak received the Pioneering Working in Cultural Psychiatry Award, in recognition of ground-breaking contributions to cultural psychiatry (introduced and awarded by Muthoni Mathai)
  3. Hans Rohlof received the Seva Award, in recognition of selfless, exemplary service to WACP and contributions to cultural psychiatry (introduced and awarded by Vittorio De Luca)
  4. Roberto Lewis-Fernández, on behalf of Pablo Farias, received the Seva Award, in recognition of selfless, exemplary service to WACP and contributions to cultural psychiatry (introduced by Roberto Lewis-Fernández himself)
  5. Hans Rohlof, on behalf of Nikolai Bokhan, received the Pioneering Working in Cultural Psychiatry Award, in recognition of ground-breaking contributions to cultural psychiatry (introduced by Vittorio De Luca) and pronounced a speech on behalf of N. Bokhan.
  6. Hans Rohlof, on behalf of Jie Li, received the 2022 Book Award, in recognition of outstanding scientific and literary competency expressed in publications on Cultural Psychiatry (introduced by Vittorio De Luca) and pronounced a speech on behalf of Jie Li.
  7. Muthoni Mathai received the Creative Education in Cultural Psychiatry Award, in recognition of innovative training and dissemination efforts in Cultural Psychiatry (introduced by Lisa Anderman).
  8. Vincenzo Di Nicola received the Creative Education in Cultural Psychiatry Award, in recognition of innovative training and dissemination efforts in Cultural Psychiatry (introduced by Lisa Anderman).
  9. Samrad Ghane, on behalf of Sushrut Jadhav & Roland Littlewood, received the Goffredo Bartocci Special Award In recognition of exceptional achievements in Cultural Psychiatry (introduced by Vittorio De Luca).
  10. Kamaldeep Bhui, on behalf of Dinesh Bhugra, received the Kamaldeep Bhui Academic Award, in recognition of outstanding academic accomplishments in Cultural Psychiatry (introduced by Vittorio De Luca).
  11. Vera Mohwinkel received from Kamaldeep Bhui, chair of the Poster Award Committee, the 2022 Poster Award Winner, in recognition of impact, clarity and scientific significance for Cultural Psychiatry” for her poster ‘Findings from a German clinical study: Refugees’ Pathways to Mental Health Care’.

 

2022 WACP Awards Committee

Lisa Andermann

Vittorio De Luca (chair)

Muthoni Mathai(except for nr.7)

Xudong Zhao

New Board of Directors

Recently, a new Board of Directors of the WACP was chosen. We will therefore soon change the website.

As preliminary news, here are already the names:

Officers:

Mario Braakman, The Netherlands, President. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/mario-braakman/..

Byamah Mutamba, Uganda, Secretary. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/byamah-brian-mutamba/

Pablo Farias, Mexico, Treasurer. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/pablo-j-farias/

Muhammad Irfan, Pakistan, President-Elect. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/muhammad-irfan/

Roberto Lewis-Fernández, USA,  Past President. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/roberto-lewis-fernandez/

Rest of the Board of Directors:

Itsuo Asai, Japan. He will organise the next WACP-conference in 2025 in Tokyo.

Xudong Zhao, China.https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/xudong-zhao/

Carlos Zubaran, Australia.https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/carlos-zubaran/

Vincenzo Di Nicola, Canada.

Kenneth Fung, Canada.https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/kenneth-fung/

Lisa Andermann, Canada.https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/lisa-andermann/

Alberto Velasco, France.https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/alberto-velasco/

Riyadh Al-Baldawi, Sweden/ Iraq.

Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Germany. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/meryam-schouler-ocak/

Irina Kupyanova, Russia. She will be appointed as Advisor to the Board. https://waculturalpsy.org/portfolio-item/irina-kupriyanova/