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‘Message from our Patron HRH Princess
Iman Afzan Al-Sultan Abdullah of Malaysia’
When I initially set out to focus on mental health, my intention - or niat as they say in Malay - as to simply reachout and support. Who, when, where or how many people - it didn’t matter. I told myself if I could reach out andsupport just the one person, I would make a difference.
As someone who has struggled with anxiety, I understand that sometimes all one needs is to heel heard andcared for. But while the act of reaching out may be obvious or easy to some of us, it may not be so obvious oreasy to others. This is why my organisation, the Green Ribbon Group, aims to bring together other key stakeholders in Malaysia to play their part in pushing the mental health agenda forward. We truly believe that together we can do more.

Iman Afzan
Al-Sultan Abdullah
HRH Princess
Kuala Lumpur

The World Federation for Mental Health has been graciously kind towards me. The invitation to be International
Patron of World Mental Health Day 2020-2021 gave me a bigger platform to shed light on the simple things that
we can all do every day in support of mental health.
For a country like Malaysia, where stigma and prejudice continue to be a barrier in seeking appropriate mental
healthcare, I have come to realise that raising awareness for mental health must come from the bottom up.
Since the appointment, I have focused my efforts on a community approach to mental health.
In some ways, this approach resonates with the way we have had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. We haveheard time and time again that we are only as strong as our weakest link, and that we need to work together tobreak the transmission of the coronavirus. Two years on, we are starting to see the fruits of our labour as wenow gear towards the endemic stage of Covid-19.
A lot of hard work has gone into managing the pandemic, yet more effort is needed to address issues such as
vaccine inequity in lower-income countries.
The mental health agenda is by no means different. In 2020, I wrote I remain optimistic that amidst such adversity, there are silver linings for the mental health community. The psychological dimension of the pandemic
and the ensuing lockdowns have woken up the world into realising that conversations on mental health can nolonger be in hushed tones.
It is now understood across the board that mental health is not the responsibility of government or healthcare
professionals alone. The urgency with which we must address mental health should not be solely confined tochampions of mental health advocacy - many of those who, like myself, have lived experience or have cared
for those going through difficult times.
In Malaysia, and indeed our region, there has been a lot of talk on increasing mental health literacy in schools
for students, parents, and teachers. Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace have gained momentum, as
the link between mental health and productivity is made clear. Decriminalising attempted suicide and insurance coverage for mental health services have also taken centre stage in advocacy and policy circles.
The challenge is to now cultivate a positive attitude towards mental health in general, and to ingrain the belief that mental health problems can be addressed and managed. I am of the view that advocating for mental
health must come hand in hand with basic skills to help support one another. We must also be able to redirect
those in distress to the appropriate services for help.
I hope to create a domino effect whereby what one person learns about mental health is trickled down into
his or her community. I am eager to show that even as individuals, we are an untapped resource in mental
healthcare.
London holds such a special place in my heart. To be able to return, this time on a mission to work on a causethat is very dear to me, is a privilege I did not previously think of.
Malaysia has come a long way but there is still much to do. I look forward to sharing more on the lessons I havelearnt and the ideas I have come up with over the past few years.
I also look forward to being in the company of our peers from around the world those with lived experience, caregivers, resource persons and policymakers. Your insights would be mostbeneficial on how else my country, my organisation and I can contribute towards mental health and wellbeing.
I am certain the 23rd World Congress for the World Federation for Mental Health in London will be an enrichingexperience for us all.

Welcome messages
I’m delighted to welcome you to the 23rd World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health inLondon. It was in August 1948 that the WFMH held the first International Congress on Mental Health inLondon. Today we meet seventy-four years later in the same historical Central Hall Westminster with thecommon aim of continuing the journey of making mental health a global priority.

Dr Nasser LozaWFMH President
Joint CongressPresident

The 23rd World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health, held in collaboration with the World
Dignity Project, will reaffirm the founding principles and values of WFMH and bring together experts withlived experience, carers and family members, mental health professionals from all fields, academics
and policy makers. This unique gathering of advocates offers the ground for genuine discussions of evidence-based policies for all involved.
The COVID19 experience has highlighted the value of mental health support in our communities. It is witha sense of relief that after the past two years of lockdown we can finally meet face to face at the 23rd
World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health that takes place on:
Tuesday 28 June to Friday 1 July 2022
Central Hall Westminster, London, UK
As travel restrictions in the UK have been modified from 11 January 2022 many people will be able to travel to the UK. I look forward to seeing you in London. We promise a rich programme and exciting debates.

Joint Scientific Committee Chair
We look forward to seeing you at the 23rd World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health inLondon, UK – whether in person or virtually. COVID-19 and world politics have certainly demonstrated theneed for mental health advocates to work together, learn from each other, and collaborate to improveand promote evidence-based treatments and policies, resources and access to care. This has never been
more needed and never more timely.
In collaboration with the World Dignity Project, we have an excellent program prepared for you, including
world -reknowned scientists and leaders in their fields; advocates and those with lived experiences; andpolicy makers and educators. London is a unique and wonderful city, rich in tradition, history, theatre,museums, and world cuisine.

Michelle Riba
M.D, M.S.
Joint ScientificCommittee Chair

Most importantly, attending this meeting will help us reconnect with one another. After two years of thepandemic, we are ready to come together to see old friends, and make new ones. We have been isolated
and not travelled much and it will be good to check in with one another, learn about what we have been
doing professionally, and personally, and plan projects and programs, together.
Please join us in London. We look forward to seeing you!

London looks forward to welcoming you to the WFMH Congress 2022. It is an auspicious year for the UKand Commonwealth in that we celebrate this year the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
This remarkable seventy year milestone shines through the global problems we have all been facing with
Covid 19, Ukraine and millions of people seeking sanctuary in so many parts of our world.
With each of these problems has come an integral challenge in mental health. It is crucial that all our policymakers respond by raising the profile and priority of mental health care, treatment and services. This
Congress comes at exactly the right time to build on the better understanding of the seamless connection
between physical and mental disorders that recent events have highlighted.

John Bowis
OBE
Steering
Committee

As a former UK MP and Health Minister, who then worked on the WHO’s ‘Nations for Mental Health’ campaign before becoming an MEP and Health Spokesman and with a long interest in neuropsychiatric policy,
I hope we have a fruitful meeting of minds.

Preliminary Planner
Tuesday 28th June 2022
PLENARY ONE

INVITED SPEAKERS, PARAL-

Invited plenary speakers and 20 LEL SYMPOSIA, AND SKILLSSESSIONS
mins discussion:

Theme: Empowerment &Transformation

Invited speakers:

WFMH (World Federation for
1 Engaging and empowering Mental Health) Round Table
mental health service users, Discussion
families and carers – we
Theme: 21st Century Advocan do bettercacy & Working Together
David Crepaz-Keay
Mental Health Foundation UK

11:30-12:30 (1 hr)

12:30
13:30

E POSTERS, SHORT PRESENTATIONS & INNOVATIVE
PRACTICESPLENARY TWO

Invited Speakers:

Innovative Practice:

WDP (World Dignity Project)
symposiumInnovative practice - dementia

Theme: The Future ofMental HealthYueqin Huang China & Carlos
Augusto de Mendoça Lima
Switzerland

BREAK

1 Policy and mental health

2 A whole system approach to IFP (International Federation
working together
for Psychotherapy) RoundAfzal Javed President WPA
Table Discussion

Vincenzo Di Nicola

4 Bringing mental health research into clinical practiceJean-Luc Roelandt France

2 Rights and mental health

15:40
16:00

Todd Edwards

Invited plenary speakers

1 Mental health: a globalpriority

1 Mental health and our future
workforce – delivering
qualityDevora Kestel (WHO)

2 Mental health from 1948 tothe present – what has beenachieved?

Norman Sartorius

3 Policymakers and the delivery of better mental health

3 Making dignity an integral
component in mental healthdelivery

16:00-18:00 (1 hr 30 mins)
OPENING CEREMONY &PLENARY THREE

Invited plenary speakers and 20mins discussion

Innovative practice - Family
therapy and mental health in 2 Redefining mental health in
the African context
a time of crisis and displacement
Oye Gureje Nigeria

Simon Vasseur France

3 Disasters and mental health Theme: Adapting psychotherapy in a changing world- transforming society toDriss Moussaui President IFP
build resilience

14:00-15:40 (1 hr 40 mins)

INVITED SPEAKERS, PARALLEL SYMPOSIA, AND SKILLSSESSIONS

Theme: Promoting accessto wellbeing and mental
healthTsuyoshi Akiyama
WFMH President Elect

13:30 -14:00 (30 mins)

BREAK

10:10-11:10 (1 hr)

LUNCH

08:30-10:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

11:10
11:30

Nasser Loza President WFMH

3 Mental health: we can andneed to do better
HRH Princess Iman Afzan
Al-Sultan AbdullahJohn Bowis

4 Redefining mental health inthe European context

Claire Brooks World Dignity
ProjectJukka Käkkäinen WFMH
Regional VP Europe

5 Discussion (20 mins)

Pierre Thomas France

5 Discussion (20 mins)

Wednesday 29th June 2022
INVITED SPEAKERS,

Invited plenary speakers and PARALLEL SYMPOSIA,
AND SKILLS SESSIONS
20 mins discussion
Invited Speakers:

Theme: Citizenship
RCPsych (Royal Collegeof Psychiatrists) sym1 Sustainable development and mental health posium– leaving nobody behind Theme: Race, equality &Graham Thornicroft UK
mental health

Eliot Sorel USA

3 Disaster and mental
health – the role ofsocial psychiatry
Tom Craig WASP PastPresident

4 Co-creating dignity
experiences in mental
health service delivery
Claire Brooks World Dignity
Project5 Discussion (20 mins)

WFMH SECTION LED &WFMH REGIONAL VP LED
SYMPOSIAE POSTERS, SHORTPLENARY FIVEPRESENTATIONS & INNO- Invited plenary speakers andVATIVE PRACTICES
20 mins discussion

Invited Speakers:

WFMH Round Table
Discussion Africa

Innovative Practice:Moderator Gabriel Ivbijaro

Theme: Mental Healthin an Unequal World

Moderator Gabriel Ivbijaro

INVITED SPEAKERS,PARALLEL SYMPOSIA,
AND SKILLS SESSIONS

Kathryn Goetzke

WFMH Round Table
Discussion: Latin
American Psychiatry:current perspectives andchallenges
Fernando Lolas Stepke
WFMH Regional VP

WFMH Round Table Discussion North America
Allan Tasman WFMHRegional VP

WFMH Round Table
Discussion: The Mental
Health Challenges of the
Oceania Region
Julie Millard WFMHRegional VP

16:10
16:30 16:30- 18:00 (1 hr 30 mins)
PLENARY SIX
WFMH Memorial Lectures

Theme: Sharing global
experience and expertise

Invited plenary speakers and20 mins discussion

1 Margaret Mead Memorial Lecture

1 Acting early: the keyto preventing mental
health problems acrossthe life course

Nasser Loza WFMHPresident

2 Mary Hemmingway
Rees Lecture. To learn
possibilities of enhanced collaboration
between mental healthactivities and society

2 Transforming mental
health – lessons learnt
from Portugal

Brigitte Khoury WFMH
Regional VP

Jukka Käkkäinen
WFMH Regional VP

14:30-16:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

Vikram Patel USA

WFMH Round Table
Discussion EMROWFMH Round Table
Discussion Europe

14:00-14:30 (30 mins)

Innovative practice –addressing stigma

Johannes John-Langa
WFMH Regional VP AfricaWFMH 2021 Regional Position Statements: North WFMH Round TableAmerica, Caribbean &Discussion Asia Pacific
Latin America, Europe.
Roy Kallivayalil
Round Table Discussion
WFMH Regional VP Asia-PacificDavid James President
RCPsychWFMH 2021 Regional
Position Statements:
Africa, Asia Pacific,
Eastern MediterraneanRound Table Discussion

12:30 -13:00 (30 mins)

Theme: Mental Healthin an Unequal World

BREAK

2 Citizenship and total
healt

13:00
14:00

11:30-12:30 (1 hr)

Miguel Xavier Portugal(20 mins)

3 Learning from the pandemic crisis – lessons
from Australia
Michael Kidd Australia4 Building mental healthskills and competencies
in the primary care
workforce
Igor Švab Slovenia

5 Discussion (20 mins)

Tsuyoshi Akiyama WFMH

President ElectBREAK

PLENARY FOUR

10:10-11:10 (1 hr)

LUNCH

08:30-10:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

11:10
11:30

3 George Albee Lecture
on Prevention
Ingrid Daniels WFMH
Immediate Past President

4 Discussion (20 mins)

Thursday 30th June 2022
PLENARY SEVEN

10:10-11:10 (1 hr)
INVITED SPEAKERS, PAR-

Invited plenary speakers and 20 ALLEL SYMPOSIA, AND
SKILLS SESSIONS
mins discussion
Invited Speakers:Theme: Promotion andprevention

World Dignity Project
symposium Mental Health
1 Promoting mental health Champions Best Practiceand preventing mental
Claire Brooks & Lucjaillness from a WFMH
Kolkiewicz World Dignity
Project
perspective

3 Equity and social justicefor mental health
Dinesh Bhugra UK

4 World Mental Health Day
2022 – playing your part
Gabriel Ivbijaro UK

5 Discussion (20 mins)

1 Inter disciplinary collaborations-- a comprehensive approach

14:00-14:30 (30 mins)

14:30-16:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

16:10-18:10

INVITED SPEAKERS,WFMH SECTION LED AND
PARALLEL SYMPOSIA, AND WFMH REGIONAL VP LED
SKILLS SESSIONSSYMPOSIAWFMH AGM
E POSTERS, SHORT PREPLENARY EIGHTSENTATIONS & INNOVATIVE Invited plenary speakers and 20
PRACTICES
mins discussion

Invited Speakers:

Innovative Practice:

WFMH Women’s Section

Innovative practice – diabetes and depression

WFMH Section on Mental
Health and the Workplace

Theme: Accelerating
recovery from COVID

BREAKDanuta Wasserman WPA
President-Electpractice

13:00
14:00

12:30 -13:00 (30 mins)

WFMH Round Table Discussion Past Presidents

Nasser Loza WFMH President Theme: Interdisciplinary

2 Preventing suicide ispossible

11:30-12:30 (1 hr)

Norman Sartorius Switzerland

Applying evidence based
psychological techniques
and advanced physiological understanding toaccelerate recovery.

LUNCH

08:30-10:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

11:10
11:30

Ben Wright UK

Theme: Dignity & rights
1 Embracing human rights
in mental health policies
and services: what kind ofchange is needed?

Innovative practice – canDainius Puras Lithuania
cer and severe mental
illness
2 Promoting dignity inmental healthMichelle Riba USA

Gabriel Ivbijaro President
World Dignity Project3 Caring for older adults

Uriel Halbreich USA

Manuel Goncalves PereiraPortugal

2 Interdisciplinary working
and primary care

4 The urgent need for a UN
Convention to mitigate
human rights violations ofolder adults

Henk Parmentier & Christos Lionis Chair Wonca Working Party on Mental Health

Debanjan Banerjee India

3 Interdisciplinary working- why is it so difficult?

5 Discussion (20 mins)

Sam Okpaku USA

Friday 1st July 2022
11:10
11:30

INVITED SPEAKERS,PARALLEL SYMPOSIA,
Invited plenary speakers andAND SKILLS SESSIONS
20 mins discussion
PLENARY NINE

Theme: Pathways tohealthAdrian James President
RCPsych

8 Primary care in distress– finding solutions
Amanda Howe Past-President RCGP

9 Discussion (20 mins)

INVITED SPEAKERS,PARALLEL SYMPOSIA,
AND SKILLS SESSIONSE POSTERS, SHORTPRESENTATIONS & INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

Invited Speakers:

Theme: People withlived experience

Mental health challenges
lessons from London

2 Minds in rhyme: The
poetry of mental healthPeter Maeck

13:00
14:00

Tsuyoshi Akiyama WFMH
President-Elect

14:30-16:10 (1 hr 40 mins)

16:10
16:30

• Feedback from ScientificCommittee• Congress awards• Closing plenary lecture

1 Social determinantsof mental health in atroubled world: focus onclinical and educational
issues1 Facing the global
challenges for mental
health advocacy
Nasser Loza WFMH
President

Allan Tasman USA

2 Reforming mental
health services to get
the best for service
users
José Miguel Caldas deAlmeida Portugal

3 Healing the healers
Clare Gerada UK

4 Discussion (20 mins)

Guidelines for abstract submission

Abstract submission deadline
extended to 24th May 2022

16:30-18:00 (1 hr 30 mins)
CLOSING CEREMONYAND PLENARY ELEVEN

Theme: Together we
can make a difference

Ben WrightWars, crisis & mentalhealth

14:00-14:30 (30 mins)

E POSTERS, SHORTPLENARY TENPRESENTATIONS & INNOInvited plenary speakers andVATIVE PRACTICES
20 mins discussion

Skills session: Digitaltransformation

BREAK

7 Balancing community
and in-patient care inmental health

12:30 -13:00 (30 mins)

Invited Speakers:

6 Social engagement and
1 Global advocacy – hearsocial transformation
ing our voices– a pathway to good
healthKathryn Goetzke
Vishanth Weerakkody UK

11:30-12:30 (1 hr)

BREAK

10:10-11:10 (1 hr)

LUNCH

08:30-10:10 (1 hr 40 mins)