Samuel O. Okpaku

Samuel O. Okpaku, MD, PhD
Treasurer WPA-TPS
United States/Nigeria

Samuel O. Okpaku M.D., Ph.D. is the President and Founder of the Center for Health, Culture, and Society. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. USA. He was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, a Senior Fellow at Vanderbilt Institute of Public Policy Studies, and Professor and Chairman Department of Psychiatry Meharry Medical College. He has been on the faculty of Yale University and University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He has written extensively on culture, psychotherapy, social policy, and disability reduction. His other books relevant to the topic of Global Mental Health include Mental Health in Africa and the Americas Today (Chrisolith Books), Clinical Methods in Transcultural Psychiatry (American Psychiatric Association Publishing), Essentials of Global Mental Health (Cambridge University Press), and Innovations in Global Mental Health (Springer Nature).