The Specialist Corner:
Advances of science and their application in clinical practice

The WPA is developing a platform (as part of the Action Plan) called The Specialist Corner: Advances of science and their application in clinical practice, that will consistently update clinicians about the latest findings, enabling them to discern and adopt best practices. The Specialist Corner’s ambition is to foster the application of best practices, thereby ensuring that patients receive care based on the most recent and relevant evidence.

Evidence-based treatments are available for all psychiatric disorders. However, it is imperative to translate academic research into clinical practice as research papers often present a challenge for clinicians in interpreting results due to their technical nature and the time pressure when working on the front lines of patient care. 

Outcomes from these webinars will be summarised in written form for easy comprehension, intended for use as educational resources for patients, their families, and clinical staff.

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This Corner will serve as a hub to summarise advancements in clinical psychiatry, public mental health, and ethics, while fostering diversity and inclusiveness. The platform, dedicated to clinicians, will feature online webinars on different psychiatric diagnoses, where expert specialists will present, in an accessible, categorical approach, state-of-the-art treatments and best practices for daily psychiatric work, covering aetiology, symptoms, comorbidities with physical illness, and rehabilitation strategies from the gender, developmental stage, and cultural perspectives. This introductory categorical webinar (or webinars) will be complemented by a follow-up webinar (or webinars) on the same diagnosis, and will feature Prevention, Healthy lifestyles, Caregiver and family, Digital psychiatry, and Human rights/Ethics perspectives from experts in those fields.

​Specialist Corner Sessions at WCP 2025:

October 5: 

16:30-18:10 Substance use and abuse
Main speaker: Pratima Murthy, India

October 6:

08:00-10:00 Schizophrenia
Main speaker: Silvana Galderisi, Italy

16:15-18:15 Anxiety Disorders
Main speaker: Dan Stein, South Africa

October 7:

08:00-10:00 Affective Disorders
Main speaker: Allan Young, UK

16:30-18:30 Dementia
Main speaker: Carlos Mendonca Lima, Switzerland

October 8:

08:00-10:00 Intellectual Impairment
Main speaker: Marco Bertelli, Italy

14:30-16:20 Other Psychoses
Main speaker: Peter Falkai, Germany