Specialty Sections
WASP Section on RECOVERY
Chair: Shiro Suda (Japan)
Co-chair: Mazhar Malik (Pakistan)
Secretary: Emily Kaye (UK)
WASP Section on FAMILY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
Chair: Dr Saïd FATTAH (France) mzfattah@hotmail.com
Co-Chair: Dr Yann Hodé (France) yann.hode@yahoo.fr
Secretary: Wydad Hikmat (Morocco)
WASP Section on HUMAN RIGHTS and DECISION MAKING in PSYCHIATRY
Chairs: Domenico Giacco (UK) / Emanuele Valenti (UK)
WASP PREVENTIVE PSYCHIATRY Section
Chair: Johannes Wancata (Austria)
Co-Chair: UC Garg (India)
WASP Section on SUICIDE PREVENTION
Chair: Aida Mihajlovic (USA)
Co-chair: Jayan Mendis (Sri Lanka)
WASP Section on MIGRATION and MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Farooq Mohyuddin (USA)
Co-chair: Neeraj Gill (Australia)
Secretary: Joffrey Quiring (Philippines)
WASP Section on DYNAMIC PSYCHIATRY
Chair: Hachem Tyal (Morocco)
Co-chair: Maria Ammon (Germany)
Secretary: Snehil Gupta (India)
WASP Section on CULTURE and MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Swaran Preet Singh (UK)
Secretary: Vaibhav Patil (India)
WASP EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS Section
Nivedita Sudheer
Soumitra (Saam) Das (Australia)
Widad Malik
Advisor: Maria Bernadett Carandang (Philippines) mbcarandang.md@gmail.com
WASP Section on CHILD and ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Eugenio Rothe (USA) EugnRth@aol.com
Co-chair: Varghese P. Punnoose (India)
Secretary: Mahadev Singh Sen (India)
WASP Section on ETHICS and MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Fernando Lolas Stepke (Chile)
Co-Chair: Rohit Verma (India)
WASP Section on PRIMARY CARE MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Prof Gabriel Ivbijaro (UK) gabriel.ivbijaro@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Vincenzo Di Nicola (Canada)
WASP WOMEN Section on MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Alejandra Maddocks (Argentina)
Co-Chair: Louise Penzenstadler (Switzerland)
Secretary: Nishtha Chawla (India)
WASP Section on SUBSTANCE USE
Chair: Anju Dhawan (India)
Co-chair: Joseph El Khouri (UAE)
Secretary: Vinit Patel (India)
WASP Section on BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTIONS
Chair: Luigi Janiri (Italy)
Co-chair: Siddharth Sarkar (India)
WASP Section on DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Chair: Nikos Christodoulou (Greece)
Co-chair: Koushik Sinha Deb (India)
Secretary: Maria Bernadett Carandang (Philippines) mbcarandang.md@gmail.com
WASP Section on OLD AGE MENTAL HEALTH
Chair: Antonios Politis (Egypt)
Secretary: Preethy K (India)
WASP Section on MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION
Chair: D Basu (India)
Co-Chair: Ajay Risal (Nepal)
Secretary: Ruta Karaliuniene (Germany)
WASP Section on SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY in MEDICAL CURRICULUM
Chair: Mamta Sood (India) soodmamta@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Marinos Kyriakopoulos (UK/Greece)
WASP Section on MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
Chair: Sonu Gaind (Canada)
Co-Chair: Isabella D’Orta (Switzerland)
