World Psychiatric Association

World Psychiatric Association
Association Mondiale de Psychiatrie (French)
AbbreviationWPA
PredecessorAssociation for the Organization of World Congresses of Psychiatry
Formation1961 (1961)
TypeNGO
CHE-114.143.652
Legal statusSwiss association
HeadquartersWPA Secretariat
Location
  • Psychiatric Hospital, 2, ch. du Petit-Bel-Air, Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
Coordinates46°12′22″N 6°12′32″E / 46.2061°N 6.2089°E / 46.2061; 6.2089
FieldsPsychiatry
Official language
English (working language)
Secretary General
Saul Levin
President
Danuta Wasserman
President-Elect
Thomas G. Schulze
Main organ
WPA General Assembly
Publication
World Psychiatry
Websitewpanet.org

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is a nongovernmental organization in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). It brings together 135 national psychiatric societies from 177 countries, representing more than 200,000 psychiatrists worldwide, and convenes the World Congress of Psychiatry.

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