Psychiatric care across cultures

Abstract

The Conference Week on Psychiatry Across Cultures, held in Malta, represents the culmination of extensive international collaboration, planning, and shared vision among leading organizations in transcultural mental health. This gathering was conceived as a platform to explore and advance the field of Transcultural Psychiatry, emphasizing the importance of cultural diversity in mental health understanding and care. Malta, with its rich history as a crossroads of civilizations and intercultural exchange, serves as a symbolic and strategic host for this dialogue. The conference brings together professionals from psychiatry, the social sciences, and allied disciplines from around the world to foster mutual learning, cross-cultural understanding, and interdisciplinary collaboration. With the generous support of institutions including the World Psychiatric Association, the WPA Transcultural Psychiatry Section, and the University of Malta, the event underscores a global commitment to promoting well-being across cultural boundaries. The diversity of contributions reflects the conference’s success in encouraging meaningful dialogue and shaping the future of culturally-informed mental health practice.

- Symposium S1 – Looking Back and Looking Ahead; Research in Cultural Psychiatry

- Symposium S2 – Migration, Asylum, Refugees

- Symposium S3 – Cultural Psychiatry in Sub-Saharan Africa

- Symposium S4.1 – Theoretical Issues in Transcultural Psychiatry

- Symposium S4.2 – Research and Clinical Issues in Transcultural Psychiatry

- Symposium M1 – Psychiatric Effects of the Recent Iraqi War

- Symposium M2 – The Influence of Jewish Culture on Psychoanalysis and Transcultural Psychiatry

- Symposium M3.1 – Multicultural Mental Health Services in Europe I

- Symposium M3.2 – Multicultural Mental Health Services in Europe II

- Symposium M4 – Psychiatry or Spirituality?