Action Plan for 2017-2020
WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry
- Expand Section’s international profile – Alan Fung, Avdesh Sharma, Bernard van Rensburg, Bruno Mosqueiro and Chris Cook
- Contact all national psychiatric associations, informing about the Section, the Position Statement and asking contact of potentially interested psychiatrists
- Collaboration with R/S sections of national psychiatric associations (e.g.: Brazil, Germany, India, South Africa, USA, UK)
- Improve Section’s website – Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Annahy Fonseca
- Frequent updates
- Connect with WPA and national associations’ websites
- Improve the content and circulation of the newsletter Psyche & Spirit –Alan Fung, Arjan Braam, Bruno Mosqueiro, Peter Verhagen.
- Organizing conferences, symposia and workshops (including joint activities with other WPA’s Sections) in national and international psychiatric conferences, especially at – Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Avdesh Sharma, Bernard van Rensburg, Alan Fung
- American Psychiatric Association Annual Convention (New York, USA, May 2018)
- Brazilian Congress of Psychiatry (Brasilia, Brazil, Oct, 2018).
- IV Global meeting in Spirituality and Mental Health (Jerusalem, Israel, Dec 2019)
- 18th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (place TBA): to be confirmed
- Global Meeting at an American Psychiatric Association Annual Convention: to be confirmed
- Translation and dissemination (including videos) of the WPA Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry – Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Avdesh Sharma
- Dissemination of information on R/S and mental health – all members
- Publication of papers in academic and lay media
- Videos
- Programs for general public (audio/video/print) for combining spirituality in daily life/mental health.
- Preparation of guidelines for – Avdesh Sharma, Alan Fung, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Hussien Elkholy
- Clinical implications of spirituality
- Including R/S in medical schools and psychiatry residences
- Interprofessional Collaborations between Spiritual Care and Mental Health Professionals
- Principles of good practice for general population for incorporating principles of positive psychiatry and spirituality for improving health in general and mental health in particular.