WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry: Program & Speakers

52 major sessions across 4 days with 29 confirmed speakers — the substantive program for WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry, September 23–26, 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden. Curated from the official program; excludes posters, exhibits, and social events.

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Looking for dates, CME credits, pricing, or registration deadlines? They're on the main WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry page. For every poster and workshop, see the full official program.

September 23, 2026

  • PlenaryOpening Ceremony and Plenary Session 01: Mental Health for Sustainable Development: The Science Behind the Vision

    Opening plenary linking population mental health to the sustainable development agenda and the evidence base behind it.

  • SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Physical Activity and Mental Health - Challenges in Implementation in Psychiatric Practice
  • SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Promotion of Mental Health and General Well-being Across Underserved Populations (council)
  • SessionPresidential Panel: Online Spaces in Youth Suicide Prevention – Therapeutic Promise and Digital Dangers

    Panel weighing digital platforms as both a suicide-prevention tool and a risk environment for young people.

  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Culture, Identity, and the Inner World in Psychiatry
  • DebateSpectrum of Debate: Is Autism Over-diagnosed or Under-recognised?

    Pro-con debate on whether rising autism diagnoses reflect over-diagnosis or improved recognition.

  • CourseCourse 01: Pharmacology in Pregnancy

    Pre-congress course on prescribing psychotropics during pregnancy.

  • CourseCourse 02: Psychopharmacology for Addiction Psychiatry: Recommendations, Clinical Guidelines and Case Scenarios

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    Case-based course on guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy in addiction psychiatry.

  • CourseCourse 03: Psychotherapy Challenges in Clinical Practice

  • CourseCourse 04: How to Integrate Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Psychiatric Practice

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    Practical course on incorporating telepsychiatry and AI tools into clinical workflows.

  • CourseCourse 05: Workplace Mental Health: Changing the Culture

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  • CourseCourse 06: From Insight to Practice: Assessment and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour

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    Skills course on suicide risk assessment and prevention strategies.

  • CourseCourse 07: ADHD in Women - A Life Course Approach

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    Skills-based course on recognizing and managing ADHD in women across the lifespan.

  • CourseCourse 08: Assessment of ICD-11 Personality Disorders and Related Traits in Clinical Practice

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    Course on applying the ICD-11 dimensional personality disorder model and trait assessment.

  • CourseCourse 09: Inflammatory Signatures and Somatic Comorbidity in Psychiatry: Foundations for Precision Immunopsychiatry

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    Course on inflammation-based markers and somatic comorbidity as a basis for precision immunopsychiatry.

  • CourseCourse 10: Psychodynamic Approaches to Team-based Clinical Practice in Psychiatry

  • CourseCourse 11: Creative Arts Therapies for Intimacy & Sex Therapy

  • SymposiumUpdate on Clozapine: Effectiveness, Safety Profile, (under-)utilisation, and Strategies for Improved Utilisation

    Reviews clozapine's evidence base, safety monitoring, and approaches to address global underuse.

  • SymposiumAdvancing Precision Neuromodulation for Treatment-resistant Depression: From Network Biomarkers to Optimized and Novel Shockwave-based and Convulsive Brain Stimulation Therapies
  • SymposiumPrecision Psychiatry Advances in the Biological Understanding and Clinical Management of Mood Disorders
  • SymposiumManagement of Psychiatry Services in the Times of War: Practical Lessons from Ukraine

September 24, 2026

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 02: Mental Health: An Economic Case

    Makes the economic argument for investing in mental health care and prevention.

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 03: From the Arctic Mutation to a Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

    Traces how discovery of the Arctic APP mutation led to development of amyloid-targeting therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 04: Long-term Well-being and its Underlying Economics

    Examines what drives sustained well-being from a behavioral-economics perspective.

  • SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Modern Approaches to Comorbidity in Somatic and Mental Health Disorders and Vice Versa
  • SessionPresidential Panel: Coercion in Psychiatric Treatment
  • SessionPresidential Panel: Ethical Issues: Physician Assisted Death in Psychiatry
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 01: Advances in Addiction and Dual Disorders
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 02: Supporting Families in the Perinatal Period: Bereavement Care and Parent–infant Psychotherapy
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 03: Complex Clinical Presentations in Mood and Related Disorders
  • SymposiumSTATE OF THE ART SYMPOSIUM 04: Biological Pathways and Prevention in Psychiatric Disorders
  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Genes and Planetary Change—biological and Environmental Drivers of Suicide Risk and Mental Health
  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Youth in Crisis: Social Withdrawal, Global Contexts, and Psychiatric Education
  • SymposiumScientific Session: Global Guidelines, AI, and Psychiatry: Joint WPA, WFSBP, and CINP Symposium

    Tri-organizational symposium on global treatment guidelines and the role of AI in psychiatry.

September 25, 2026

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 05: Opportunities and Challenges for Psychiatry in the African Continent

    Reviews workforce, service, and research opportunities and barriers for psychiatry across Africa.

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 06: The Role of Psychiatrists in Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies

    How psychiatrists can contribute to mental health responses in conflict and disaster settings.

  • SessionPresidential Panel: Artificial Intelligence: Doing More Harm than Good?
  • SessionPresidential Panel: DSM and ICD-11

    Panel comparing the two dominant diagnostic classification systems and their implications for practice.

  • SymposiumState of the Art Session 05: Cultural Responsiveness in Psychiatric Practice
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 06: Ethics, Vulnerability, and Mental Health Law
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 07: Mental Health Systems, Access, and Rehabilitation
  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Women's Mental Health in Context: Vulnerability, Reproductive Transitions, and Social Marginalization
  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Ethics, Cognition, and Genomic Frameworks in Contemporary Psychiatry
  • DebateDebate: ADHD - Adjunctive Stimulant for Depression Treatment – Pro-con?
  • SymposiumSpecial Symposium: Human Rights and Psychiatry: More Relevant than Ever

September 26, 2026

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 07: Addiction Science as a Window into Brain Function

    Nora Volkow's plenary on addiction neuroscience; the speakers page frames her talk around GLP-1 agonists and balancing neuro-metabolic opportunities with clinical realities.

  • PlenaryPlenary Session 08: Mothers with ADHD. The Challenge of Raising Children when Diagnosed with ADHD

    Explores parenting challenges faced by mothers living with ADHD.

  • LecturePlenary Session 09 - Closing & Jean Delay Prize Lecture: Myelin and Schizophrenia: From a Better Phenotype to Drug Targets for Treatment

    Award lecture on myelin pathology as a phenotype and treatment target in schizophrenia, closing the congress.

  • SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Challenges for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
  • SymposiumState of the Art Symposium 08: Global Challenges and the Role of Psychiatry
  • LectureDistinguished Lectures: Building Resilient Mental Health Systems Across the Life Course
  • DebateDebate: Assisted Suicide

Program details verified August 20, 2026; sessions and speakers may change — confirm on the official site.

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