Pushing forward public mental health agenda and promotion of mental health
The Group is currently engaged in the organization of a series of free WPA webi nars on comorbidity between mental dis orders and infectious diseases, and has started a collaboration with the International Society of Addiction Medicine, in order to or ganize educational activities related to the management of addictions and physical illness in people with severe mental disorders.
Abstract
World Psychiatry 22:1 February 2023 i) creating a list of training and resources available to implement relevant inter ventions. In March 2022, the Working Group or ganized a webinar on “Physical illnesses in patients with severe mental disorders: current challenges and practical impli cations for professionals”, attended by more than 500 health care professionals, trainees in psychiatry and medical stu dents, focusing on the complex interplay between physical and mental disorders. During the 22nd World Congress of Psy chiatry, the Working Group organized a course on the same topic, which was very well attended. The topic of comorbidity was also discussed in the main plenary session and in a stateoftheart symposi um of the World Congress. The Group has developed and made available on the WPA website educational materials on the comorbidity between de pressive disorders and diabetes, depression and cancer, and depression and cardiovas cular diseases (www.wpanet.org). The Group is currently engaged in the organization of a series of free WPA webi nars on comorbidity between mental dis orders and infectious diseases (i.e., HIV, tuberculosis, COVID19), and has started a collaboration with the International So ciety of Addiction Medicine, in order to or ganize educational activities related to the management of addictions and comor bid physical illness in people with severe mental disorders.