Practice, Policy & Workforce at WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry
16 sessions on practice, policy & workforce · September 23–26, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden. Compare practice, policy & workforce at other meetings →
Wednesday, September 23
Plenary
Opening 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.
Course
Course 05: Workplace Mental Health: Changing the Culture
Symposium
Management of Psychiatry Services in the Times of War: Practical Lessons from Ukraine
Thursday, September 24
Plenary
Plenary Session 02: Mental Health: An Economic Case
Makes the economic argument for investing in mental health care and prevention.
Plenary
Plenary Session 04: Long-term Well-being and its Underlying Economics
Examines what drives sustained well-being from a behavioral-economics perspective.
Session
Presidential Panel: Coercion in Psychiatric Treatment
Session
Presidential Panel: Ethical Issues: Physician Assisted Death in Psychiatry
Symposium
Scientific 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.
Friday, September 25
Plenary
Plenary Session 05: Opportunities and Challenges for Psychiatry in the African Continent
Reviews workforce, service, and research opportunities and barriers for psychiatry across Africa.
Symposium
State of the Art Symposium 06: Ethics, Vulnerability, and Mental Health Law
Symposium
State of the Art Symposium 07: Mental Health Systems, Access, and Rehabilitation
Lecture
Distinguished Lectures: Ethics, Cognition, and Genomic Frameworks in Contemporary Psychiatry
Symposium
Special Symposium: Human Rights and Psychiatry: More Relevant than Ever
Saturday, September 26
Symposium
State of the Art Symposium 08: Global Challenges and the Role of Psychiatry
Lecture
Distinguished Lectures: Building Resilient Mental Health Systems Across the Life Course
Debate
Debate: Assisted Suicide
Other topics at this meeting
Diverse & Underserved Populations 5Perinatal & Women's Mental Health 5Psychotherapy 5Suicide & Self-Harm 5Digital Psychiatry & AI 4Neuroscience & Mechanisms 4ADHD 3Depression 3Emergency & Acute Psychiatry 3Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis 3Pharmacogenomics & Precision Psychiatry 3Substance Use Disorders 3