WPA 17th World Congress of Psychiatry Germany

This World Congress offers an ideal opportunity to take stock of the state of psychiatry in the early part of the 21st century and share the vision and future direction of exciting developments in the field. In addition to focussing on new developments in research and clinical practice the congress will consider the human rights of people with mental illnesses and the German tradition of psychopathology.

The scientific programme will appeal to both national and international professional audiences by offering numerous events in German in addition to its many English language offerings. The language of each event is indicated in the programme.

Main topics

• Comorbidity of mental and physical diseases
• Psychiatry and society
• Prevention of mental illnesses and promotion of mental health
• German tradition of psychopathology, psychopathology of new diseases worldwide, classification