“Art Therapy and Outsider Art” at the WPA World Congress

16 August 2022

“Art Therapy and Outsider Art” at the WPA World Congress

The special session “Art Therapy and Outsider Art” was held on the initiative of the Russian NGO “Outsiderville” (St. Petersburg) within the framework of the WPA World Congress, which took place in Bangkok 3 –6 August 2022. The section was chaired by Olga Fominykh (Founder of the “Outsiderville”), and co-chaired by Anna Suvorova (Doctor of Art History) and Thomas Röske (Ph.D., Director of the Prinzhorn Collection).

24 January 2018

MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION. MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS COMMENT ON TOPICAL ISSUES. DARLYNE G. NEMETH, PH.D., M.P., M.P.A.P.

Darlyne G. Nemeth, Ph.D., M.P., M.P.A.P. "I believe that the hallmark of resilient people...

2 April 2019

Autism-Europe advocates for a new dynamic for autism

To mark World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), April 2, Autism-Europe (AE) has launched a Europe-wide awareness raising campaign “A New...

5 March 2020

SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE IN YOUNG PEOPLE: ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AND EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS

Expert Opinion Statement by Professor Ella Arensman, Director of Research, National Suicide Research Foundation, Adjunct Professor of the Department of...

18 April 2022

III ALL-RUSSIAN INTERUNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE «MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH»

The Union for Mental Health (Moscow) in cooperation with the Sochi State University (Sochi), the Perm State National Research University (Perm),...

27 July 2022

WHO and Goodville collaborate to develop new in-game character to help achieve and maintain physical and emotional well-being

18 July 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up with Stork Limited, developers of the popular free-to-play Goodville...

3 April 2019

There is a mental health crisis in entrepreneurship. Here’s how to tackle it

The mental health crisis in start-ups According to Dr Paul Hokemeyer, an expert in elite identity constructs: “Given the extraordinary...

18 August 2017

LEADERSHIP OF THE II CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH: MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE XXI CENTURY

(19-21 October 2018, Moscow, Russia) The Union for Mental Health of Russia announces that the II Congress on Mental Health: Meeting the Needs...

28 August 2019

BULLYING AT SCHOOL

According to researchers, the school age is considered one of the most difficult in terms of mental health preservation[1]. By...

18 January 2016

Emilia Afrange, President of Brazilian Association of Psychotherapy (ABRAP),has joined the International Organizing Committee of the I World Congress

Emilia Afrange is a President of Latin-American Federation of Psychotherapy (2016-2018) (www.flapsi.org); President of Brazilian Association of Psychotherapy (2015-2017) (www.abrap.org)....

13 June 2019

19TH WPA WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY

Psychiatry and mental health narratives have changed extensively over the last centuries. Today, treatment and recovery of mental disorders go...

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