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To Study the Nature of Man & His Cultures
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Promoting Collaboration, Knowledge & Practices of Social Psychiatry
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Advancing Physical, Social & Philosophic Well-being of Mankind
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Promote National & International Collaboration in Social Psychiatry
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To Make the Knowledge & Practice of Social Psychiatry Available to Other Sciences
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World Congress of Social Psychiatry
Marrakech, Morocco, 15-17 January 2026

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Andrew Molodynski

Secretary General,
World Association of Social Psychiatry

Welcome:

It is a huge honour to be Secretary General of WASP. After a very difficult period for us all during Covid, it is more important than ever that we reach out to all our friends and colleagues in member countries to rebuild our collaborations and friendships, while also encouraging new people to join us in our journey to make social psychiatry greater than ever! We are developing the newsletter to include much more material from each country so we can all hear from each other about events, achievements, and challenges across the huge variety of countries we represent. Wea er also planning to start regular online learning and networking events for people from member countries to join in. My door is always open so please do get in touch at any time if you would like to.

Purpose

  • To study the nature of man and his cultures and the prevention and treatment of his vicissitudes and behavioral disorders.
  • To promote national and international collaboration among professionals and societies in fields related to Social Psychiatry.
  • To make the knowledge and practice of Social Psychiatry available to other sciences and to the public, and
  • To advance the whole health and wellbeing of humankind.

WASP History

WASP Statutes

WASP Declarations

WASP Executive Committee (2020-2021)

President

Vincenzo Di Nicola

President Elect

Rakesh K Chadda

Secretary General

Treasurer

Professor Yasser Khazaal

Advisor

Rachid Bennegadi

Advisor

Driss Moussaoui

Notices & Events

Book on Medical Student Wellbeing released

Dr Andrew Molodynski, our secretary general, has worked with Dr Sarah Farrell and Professor Dinesh Bhugra on ...

News from the American Psychiatric Association 2025 Meeting, Los Angeles, 17-21 May 2025

Drs Vincenzo Di Nicola, President, WASP and Dr Rakesh K Chadda, President Elect, WASP attended the American ...

WASP co-sponsored Activity

Inaugural Conference of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry (WADP) - India Chapter, held at Nagpur India, ...

25th WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – 15-17 JANUARY 2026

25th World Congress of Social Psychiatry Marrakech, Morocco, 15-17 January ...
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The Journal: World Social Psychiatry (WSP)

The WASP, under President Roy Abraham Kallivayalil (2016-2019), started its official scientific journal in 2019, with the inaugural issue released at the 23rd World Congress of Social Psychiatry, Romania, 2019.

The journal is peer-reviewed, publishes three issues a year, and encourages high-quality work in the realms of social, and cultural aspects of psychiatry and related areas. The journal is registered with Baidu Scholar, CNKI, EBSCO Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, ProQuest, TdNet, & Wanfang Data.