Update from the WPA Secretary for Education

WPA Working Group on Defining and Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder: spreading knowledge for the next generations of psychiatrists

“…Beside the production of the textbook, the WPA Working Group on Defining and Managing ASD has started the develop ment of educational materials on key di agnostic features of ASD and cooccurring mental health issues for the WPA Educa tional Portal 7 , in connection with a similar initiative of the WPA Working Group on Intellectual Developmental Disorders 8 . A prominent attention has been paid to the provision of strategies for interdisciplinary approaches, according to the overall WPA Action Plan 20202023 9,10 , and to the pro motion of partnerships for joint collabo rative work in capacity building among medical students 11 , young psychiatrists and allied professionals.…”

Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an update

“…The WPA’s drive to encourage and inspire learning among colleagues and trainees around the world led to offering more online educational activities during 2021. We were delighted to organize, support and promote several new educational modules, courses, teaching sessions and online programmes 9 .…”

WPA educational initiatives: reaching different stakeholders in the mental health field

“…Mental health professionals working in underserved regions have suffered greatly, as expertise in mental health field is mostly concentrated in high‐income countries. Yet, the WPA has been able to set up an education portal in its website, and to launch a variety of educational activities including live webinars, recorded webinars, and educational courses 2‐6 .…”