Scientific Program of 19th Congress of the WPA Epidemiology and Public Health Section “Learning from diversities across the world: implications for psychiatric epidemiology”
| Day 1: Wednesday 12 October | ||
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| 17:15 - 18:00 | Opening Session Dean of the University Allocution Welcome from the Organising Committee Speaker: Driss Moussaoui (Morocco), President of the Organising Committee Presentation of the section and the program Speaker: Elie Karam (Lebanon), President of WPA-EPH |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | Plenary session 0: Topic: The spatial and temporal correlation on suicide in the USA Speaker: Katherine Keyes (USA) Discussant: Viviane Kovess-Masfety (France) |
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| 18:30-20:30 | COCKTAIL RECEPTION | |
| Day 2: Thursday 13 of October | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Plenary session 1: Topic: The Beirut Post Blast: Predicting PTSD Speaker: Elie Karam (Lebanon) Discussant: Magdalena Cerda (USA) |
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| 1000:-11:00 | Symposium 1: Intercontinental and Transcontinental Migration and Psychiatric Disorder Risk |
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| Chair | Louisa Degenhardt (Australia) | |
| Session 1 | Migration and Mental health Speaker: Catherine Ettman (USA) |
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| Session 2 | Migration mental health and mental illness around the world Speaker: Driss Moussaoui (Morocco) |
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| 11:00-12:30 | Symposium 2: Child Trauma and Mental health: Understanding Mechanisms and Pathways |
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| Chair | Viviane Kovess-Masfety (France) | |
| Session 1 | Suicide and suicidal behaviour across the life span in Nigeria Speaker: Bibilola Aladeji (Nigeria) |
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| Session 2 | Prevalence and predictors of mental health problems in Syrian refugee children Speaker: Michael Pluess (UK) |
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| Session 3 | Topic TBC Speaker: Lukoye Atwoli (Kenya) |
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| Session 4 | A close look at PTSD in children and adolescents: the role of childhood adversities and sensitivity Speaker: Elie Karam (Lebanon) |
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| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING | |
| 13:30-15:30 | Symposium 4: Etiology and Geography of Addiction and Substance Use Disorders |
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| Chair | Magdalena Cerda (USA), Linda Cottler (USA) | |
| Session 1 | Louisa Degenhardt (Australia) | |
| Session 2 | Supply-side policies and the US overdose crisis: examining the impact of opioid restrictions and cannabis expansion Speaker: Magdalena Cerda (USA) |
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| Session 3 | Monitoring new and emerging substances in the US as a model for other countries Speaker: Linda Cottler (USA) |
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| Session 4 | Cannabis and cocaine-related dependence and treatment trends in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay Speaker: Pia Mauro (USA) |
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| Session 5 | Changing of the drug situation during the first pandemic of COVID Speaker: Chitlada Areesantichai (Thailand) |
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| 15:30-16:00 | BREAK | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Concurrent contributed sessions from submitted abstracts (additional program) | |
| 18:00-19:00 | WPA section session | |
| Day 3: Friday 14 of October | ||
| 9:00-10:00 | Plenary session 2: Michele Tansella Award Winner: Olegeur Plana-Ripoli (Denmark) |
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| 10:00-11:30 | Symposium 3: Religion Across the Globe: Risk and Protective Factors for Psychiatric Disorders by Spiritual Practices and Involvement |
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| Chair | Jim Anthony (USA) | |
| Session 1 | Religion and Mental health Speaker: Viviane Kovess-Masfety (France) |
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| Session 2 | Religion across the globe: Risk and Protective factors for psychiatric disorders by spiritual practices and involvement Speaker: Nadia Kadri (Morocco) |
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| Session 3 | The role of religiosity in Black-white patterns of depression in the United States Speaker: John Pamplin (USA) |
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| 11:30-13:00 | LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Symposium 5: Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in Developing and Developed Countries |
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| Chair | Michael Phillips (China), Driss Moussaoui (Morocco) | |
| Session 1 | Real-time nowcasting of risk factors for suicidality during population shocks Speaker: Michael Ni (Hong Kong SAR, China) |
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| Session 2 | Clinical and biological predictors for suicidal behavior in youth: epidemiological and neurobiological perspectives Speaker: Nadine Melhem (USA) |
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| Session 3 | Environmental risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviour Speaker: Ronny Bruffaerts (Belgium) |
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| Session 4 | Mechanisms and sufficient causes: a theoretical perspective to understand the etiology of suicide Speaker: Etsuji Suzuki (Japan) |
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| 15:00-15:30 | BREAK | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Symposium 6: How Epidemiology could bring Mental Health in the Political Agenda |
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| Chair | Craig Morgan (UK) | |
| Session 1 | Economic exploitation as a structural determinant of mental health and a political target Speaker: Seth Prins (USA) |
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| Session 2 | Topic TBC Speaker: Gerard Hutchinson (West Indies) |
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| Session 3 | The importance of thinking locally with politicians and policymakers for population mental health Speaker: Stephani Hatch (UK) |
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| Session 4 | How to lobby for psychiatry trough epidemiology Speaker: Driss Moussaoui (Morocco) |
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| 17:00-18:00 | Plenary session 3: Topic: Epidemiology, mental health policies and financing Speaker: Viviane Kovess-Masfety (France) Discussant: Katherine Keyes (USA) |
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| 18:00-18:30 | Closure: Speaker: Elie Karam (Lebanon), President of WPA-EPH |
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