Transcultural Psychiatry has become the official journal of the WPA-TPS.

Click here to go straight to the Transcultural Psychiatric Reasearch Review, 1 June 2009; Vol. 46, No. 2

Click here to go to the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, MacGill

PSYCHIATRISTS AND TRADITIONAL HEALERS Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health.
Incayawar M, Wintrob R, Bouchard L (editors)
Wiley, April 2009.

WPA-TPS and Runajambi (Institute for the Study of Quichua Culture and Health) are pleased to announce the publication of a unique book. It is titled “Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health”, published by John Wiley & Sons.

This book is the result of a fruitful collaboration between WPA-TPS and Runajambi (Otavalo, Ecuador). It includes the contributions of 20 international scholars. The book has evolved from the international conference on "Psychiatrists and Healers: Unwitting Partners - A Challenge for Transcultural Psychiatry in Times of Globalization," held in Quito, Ecuador in May, 2005. The conference was organized by Mario Incayawar, M.D., Director of Runajambi, and was jointly sponsored by WPA-TPS and Runajambi.

You can order this book at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

New Initiative 
Psychiatrists' Pellets of Laughter

We are considering inaugurating a humor (jokes, stories) column.  We will be asking WPA-TPS members to send items for possible inclusion too.  Please let us know your thoughts.  Send your comments to Dr. Gurprit Lamba

WPA-TPS Members' Biosketches

You are invited to browse the newly launched section containing vivid and inspiring biosketches of the WPA-TPS members.  This is a valuable source to locate transcultural psychiatry experts from around the world.  The link is in the upper left corner of this page.

If you are a WPA-TPS member and want to submit your biosketch for publication, please contact Ron Wintrob, MD, Chair.

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